World Meatless Day - November 25

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In 1986, it was proposed that November 25, Sadhu Vaswani's Birthday

be celebrated as an International Meatless Day. The campaign has met

with considerable success in that, lakhs of individuals send their pledges

to the Mission to go meatless on this day. Four state governments in India -

Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh - have issued

instructions for the closure of slaughter-houses as well as butchers' shops

on 25th November every year, in their respective states.

 

In order to create an awareness in the minds of citizens about the

Meatless Day campaign, peace marches are held in Pune and

other cities in November, every year. Thousands of students from

city schools and colleges march through the streets propagating

the idea of Meatless Day and reverence for all life, as the first step

to World Peace. Meatless Newsletters are also issued between

August and November every year to propagate vegetarianism

and the Meatless Day.

 

World Meatless Day follows November 1, which is World Vegan Day,

and the month of October, which is World Vegetarian Awareness Month.

 

October includes

World Vegetarian Day - October 1

World Day for Farm Animals - October 2 - Gandhi's Birthday

World Week of Prayer for Animals - First Full Week of October

Birthday of St. Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Animals - October 4

October 15 - UN World Food Day (focuses on hunger and food availability issues)

 

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