When watching or reading any news report or program, it’s gotten to
the point where I can predict what topic the journalists/reporters
will avoid: animal exploitation.
Watching a PBS program about the rising middle class in India and
China was no exception. They mentioned that by the year 2025 India’s
middle class will reach 583 million, approximately ten times its current
size; and the increased use of gasoline, steel, and food were
emphasized. I found it interesting (but predictable) that several times
positive comments were made about India’s changing food consumption for
the “better” (to use their word): more meat, poultry, “protein,” ad
nauseam.
No one ventured to address the obvious increase in heart disease,
strokes, diabetes, and other diseases that are observed in countries
copying western eating habits. Also “interesting” were the scenes
showing McDonald’s, and a huge supermarket’s meat department and shelves
loaded with cans and packages of highly processed “foods” bearing the
labels of Kraft, Spam…. It looks like the rising middle class can’t wait
to emulate the eating habits of the western nations. Perhaps the
diseases resulting from junk food consumption will be viewed as status
symbols! And to complete the vicious cycle, more money will be funneled
into biomedical research utilizing animals to find a “cure” for this or
that disease of their own making.
Isn’t it strange how “prosperity” is equated by so many people
worldwide with the use and abuse of animals – whether as “food” or
“entertainment”?
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