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Deforestation

Facts we cannot ignore!	Source
More than 90% of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforests have been cleared for growing feed crops for farm animals.	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/758171468768828889/pdf/277150PAPER0wbwp0no1022.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/business/energy-environment/deforestation-brazil-bolivia-south-america.html?_r=0 http://www.mightyearth.org/mysterymeat/
136 million rainforest acres cleared for animal agriculture.	https://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html https://news.mongabay.com/2009/08/brazilian-beef-giant-announces-moratorium-on-rainforest-beef/
Many species of animals and plants are becoming extinct everyday because of extensive deforestation all over the world.	https://www.takeextinctionoffyourplate.com/meat_and_wildlife.html

Water

Facts we cannot ignore!	Source
A single egg takes 53 gallons of water to be produced, a pound of chicken 468 gallons, a gallon of cow’s milk 880 gallons, and a pound of beef approximately 1,800 gallons.	https://pacinst.org/publication/assessment-of-californias-water-footprint/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/food/
A pound of chicken requires 71% more water to produce than a pound of soy	https://www.huffpost.com/entry/food-water-footprint_n_5952862?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tZXJjeWZvcmFuaW1hbHMub3JnL2FuaW1hbC1hZ3JpY3VsdHVyZS13YXN0ZXMtb25lLXRoaXJkLW9mLWRyaW5rYWJsZQ&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD80l2tJJA2FCY3GCiKoqIFLxWcbQ2_yV2if4Jz0Vqv7CvLh4BM4OCSiwThMxy3DMP1zaHvNYYUgscnvJ7GWU8QK5l57bSm2IvTx7irzvN_iLwBx-DLf5LKUqpmfRWIcw6iAVieQck1qNBXc56tCGWEtHaMh08sjP7zb98iB_Kgg

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Facts we cannot ignore!	Source
According to a report by World Watch, 51% (more than half) of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by livestock!	http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294
Methane is 25-100 times more destructive than CO2 on a 20 year timeframe.	https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-bad-of-a-greenhouse-gas-is-methane/
Livestock is responsible for 65% of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide – a gas with 296 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years.	https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/ghg_report/ghg_nitrous.php https://academic.oup.com/af/article/9/1/69/5173494
Cows raised for meat and milk produce 150 billion gallons of methane per day.	https://www.ibtimes.com/cow-farts-have-larger-greenhouse-gas-impact-previously-thought-methane-pushes-climate-1487502 https://www.pnas.org/content/110/50/20018.full

Fishing

https://theecologist.org/2019/feb/11/sea-change-time-rethink-eating-fish-writes-thevegansociety

Health Related Links

Here are some of the best resources available online to understand the health benefits of not eating animal products:

https://www.pcrm.org/.

https://nutritionfacts.org

https://nutritionstudies.org/