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Belgian City Goes Vegetarian Once a Week

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Last week, the City of Ghent in Belgium started eating vegetarian one day a week. Not only is there reason to believe that livestock contribute to greenhouse gases, but meat is resource-intensive to produce. Not only is there reason to believe that livestock contribute to greenhouse gases, but meat is resource-intensive to produce.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Horse slaughter for meat export is just plain wrong. Our American horses are not being shipped to the hungry in Africa; they are being served in the most pricey restaurants in France, Belgium and Japan. But horses are not cows, pigs or chickens.