Thai tsunami workers turn vegetarian (smell of death puts people off meat)

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THAI TSUNAMI WORKERS TURN VEGETARIAN

SMELL OF DEATH PUTTING PEOPLE OFF MEAT

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The gruesome task of retrieving the

bodies of tsunami victims has turned many Thai rescue workers

vegetarian, the Matichon newspaper said on Friday.

 

" Our operations in the first days weren't going smoothly, "

Chatchawan Suthiarun, who led a team of 70 in Khao Lak where

about 4,000 people, more than half of them foreign tourists, were

killed on Dec. 26, told the Thai-language newspaper.

 

" After we turned to vegetarian food and lighting jossticks to the

spirits asking for help, the job has become much easier, he

said.

 

Matichon said vegetarian food was all the rage in one nearby

village, where a makeshift relief kitchen produced about 1,000

boxes of meatless food a day.

 

The newspaper quoted a survivor as saying that the smell of

death had put her off meat.

 

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