Thursday October 22, 2009, 8:41 pm
As a predominately Hindu country India should be setting an example to the rest of the world to not eat the animals. Its so sad that the Hindu religion has such a beautiful philosophy and its not been followed by a lot of the Hindus. I realize that there is also a large Muslim population but India should ban killing and eating animals altogether and show the world that it can be done and that people are not going to die or have a low immune system if they don't eat the animals. India should be the beacon of light for the rest of world, its so disappointing that this path has not been followed.

Friday October 23, 2009, 10:01 pm
If the world went vegetarian, trust me, animals would suffer

Friday October 23, 2009, 10:07 pm
How would animals suffer Thomas, if the world went vegetarian?

Saturday October 24, 2009, 12:18 am
That really is an unbelievable statement, Thomas. Don't understand your reasoning at all.

Saturday October 24, 2009, 6:48 am
please visit the facebook group
"meat the truth"

Sunday October 25, 2009, 7:02 am
NEW DELHI - Strike by meat traders for the past three days, protesting closure of a two-century old abattoir, has seen the price of chicken shooting through the roof and mutton simply unavailable in capital. The traders association will meet later Sunday to decided how long the strike will continue.

The two-century-old abattoir near the walled city was closed down Thursday after a five-year battle between the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and meat trader associations here.

Amid much protests and on the Supreme Court’s directives, slaughter activities have been shifted to the high-tech slaughter house in east Delhi’s Ghazipur.

Muhammed Shagir Qureshi of the Bhai Saheb meat shop in south Delhi’s Gulmohar Park area, said: Members of the Delhi Muslim Meat Merchant association will meet at Sadar Bazar today (Sunday) to decide the action that will be taken to fight the injustice to the butchers.

Our strike has been on from Thursday and all decisions on how long it will continue shall be taken there, he added.

Our previous slaughterhouse has been sealed and the government is forcing us to shift to a place which is the dump house of Delhi. The new area where we have been asked to shift is very dirty and not a place fit to prepare anything that is to be consumed, Qureshi told IANS.

The immediate implication of the butchers-strike has been on the meat shops, a number of which are closed or have hiked prices, affecting the consumers.

Ravi, a worker at the Green Chick shop said there has been no mutton supply for the last three days.

Considering it was a weekend a number of people are coming to buy mutton, but we have had to turn them away because we simply have no supply. We even have people calling us all through the day to know when the supply will resume. But we have no idea, Ravi said.

Qureshi claimed that almost 75 percent meat shops in the capital are closed because there is no supply.

Yasin Husain, a meat shop owner in north Delhi said the price of chicken has risen from Rs.100 a kilo to almost Rs.150.

Mutton supply has been hampered because of the strike but we have made alternate arrangements. Even three days back, mutton was selling at Rs.250 a kilo and chicken has gone up to Rs.150, he said.

Anubha Verma, a home maker, who had guests coming over to her place Saturday said she had a tough time deciding the menu.

I had a budget for the party last night but, thanks to the strike, it went for a toss. I had to buy three kilos of chicken at a phenomenal price and mutton was just not available. I just hope this strike comes to an end soon. It will be difficult rustling up different dishes in the absence of these non-vegetarian items for a long time and keep the kids happy, Verma said.

Sunday October 25, 2009, 8:41 pm
You might have to embrace vegetarianism very soon.

There may be a complete strike by all those connected with the meat trade, including chicken and fish traders, in the city from Wednesday.

The decision was announced even as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) threatened to revoke the licenses of all those shunning the newly-opened Ghazipur slaughterhouse on Sunday.

A senior official from the civic agency said: “If they do not mend their ways soon, we will have to start canceling their licenses. They will not be able to operate anywhere in the city.”

The latter have now resolved to ensure that no meat products — including chicken and fish — go on sale in the city.

“Our brothers using the chicken and fish mandi located in Ghazipur have consented to join us in solidarity, and will go on strike on Wednesday,” said Mohammad Asif, president of the New Delhi Meat Traders’ Association.

“I want to assure the people that we have resorted to this complete strike because this is our last alternative,” he said.

Announced a day before the Supreme Court is slated to review its decision to seal the Idgah slaughterhouse in Paharganj, the decision was taken at a meeting of all those connected with the city’s meat trade.

The meeting was held at the Idgah Slaughterhouse on Sunday afternoon.

“We will not let the buffalo section at the Idgah slaughterhouse be sealed on the 29th, like the halal and livestock sections,” said Tehseem Quereshi, president of the Livestock Section of the Idgah Slaughterhouse.

“The new slaughterhouse may be more hygienic and efficient, and it may be a dream come true for the private operator running it, but it has no use for us,” said Quereshi.

“An amicable way of resolving the issue would be to renovate the old abattoir and let us be,” said Asif.