How animal rights activist Gary Yourofsky turned 8% of Israel vegan

[TheIrishman]

How animal rights activist Gary Yourofsky turned 8% of Israel vegan after comparing slaughterhouses to the Holocaust

http://metro.co.uk/2015/09/28/how-animal-rights-activist-gary-yourofsky-turned-8-of-israels-population-vegan-after-comparing-slaughterhouses-to-the-holocaust-5361205/

<< Gary Yourofsky is a name that will ring a bell with most vegans. The animal rights activist, from Detroit, Michigan, is credited with singlehandedly turning more people vegan – including 8% of Israel – than anyone else in the world, after an hour-long speech he gave at Georgia Tech was recorded, translated into Hebrew, and shared on social media. In it Gary, 45, who is Jewish himself, controversially calls slaughterhouses "concentration camps" and compares the treatment of animals to the Holocaust.

The speech, which was recorded in the U.S., is now the most-viewed in Israel's history, and is thought to have been the cataylst for a large portion of Israel's population to go vegan. Indeed, according to Israeli media, Yourofsky is responsible for increasing Israel's vegan population from 5% to 13%. >>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5hGQDLprA8

[freedomno1]

This asked for a Scott Pilgrim Moment.



Now why don't we go release some Mink into an ecosystem and create a new legal case against an airliner  
Nova Mink v. Trans-Canada Airlines

[bryant.coleman]

A vegetarian diet is more healthy when compared to a non-vegetarian one, but it is not 100% risk-free. A significant percentage of the vegetables and fruits available in the supermarket contains harmful amounts of pesticides and other chemicals. Also, there is always the issue of genetically modified food, which can cause cancer.

[techboy2]

13% vegan population would mean they have the highest per capita vegans in the world. Difficult to believe.

[Vika NSFW]

[bryant.coleman]

13% vegan population would mean they have the highest per capita vegans in the world. Difficult to believe.

I don't think so. That honor should go to India, where around 40% of the population is vegetarian (especially the Hindus). In some of the Indian states (such as Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana), up to 80% of the total population is vegetarian. And Nepal and Taiwan might come next after India in percentage terms.

[panju1]

13% vegan population would mean they have the highest per capita vegans in the world. Difficult to believe.

Surprised by such a comment from somebody who posts in the India boards. Religion is a much more powerful reason for people turning/remaining vegan, compared to a speech. As long as hinduism and jainism flourish, so will vegetarianism.

I don't think so. That honor should go to India, where around 40% of the population is vegetarian (especially the Hindus). In some of the Indian states (such as Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana), up to 80% of the total population is vegetarian. And Nepal and Taiwan might come next after India in percentage terms.

I think you are wrong about Uttar Pradesh. It has a high proportion of muslims. So it is unlikely that 80% of the population is vegetarian.

[christycalhoun]

A vegetarian diet is more healthy when compared to a non-vegetarian one, but it is not 100% risk-free. A significant percentage of the vegetables and fruits available in the supermarket contains harmful amounts of pesticides and other chemicals. Also, there is always the issue of genetically modified food, which can cause cancer.

This is true. Many vegans will eventually have to resort to monthly B12 injections in the long term. It is still very easy to manage in modern society.

[bryant.coleman]

I think you are wrong about Uttar Pradesh. It has a high proportion of muslims. So it is unlikely that 80% of the population is vegetarian.

Hmm... yes... Uttar Pradesh is like 79% Hindu and 20% Muslim. Almost none of the Muslims are vegetarian, so the figure is likely to go below the 60% mark. Let's assume that 3/4th of the Hindus are vegetarian and none of the non-Hindus are so. That means that around three-fifth of the state population is not taking any meat products. A simple majority.

[isvicre]

This might have happened because Jews' sad past. Gary Yourofsky found good place to create his argument.
And actually even if I really love to eat meat, he is somekinda right. animals are getting tortured badly at those slaughterhouses.