Sri Lanka,ශ්රී ලංකා,Ceylon,Saving Cows from murder (01)
A comity calling for public help to stop the murder of cattle and especially cows. Buddhist and Tamil people donate money and fruit to save the cattle which will escape the butchers knife thanks to the last minute intervention of the sponsors.Some donations even come from rather poor persons who wish to save the lives of death row animals. About Cattle: (colloquially cows) are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius. Cattle are raised as livestock for meat (beef and veal), as dairy animals for milk and other dairy products, and as draft animals (pulling carts, plows and the like). Other products include leather and dung for manure or fuel. In some countries, such as India, cattle are sacred. It is estimated that there are 1.3 billion cattle in the world today.In 2009, cattle became the first livestock animal to have its genome mapped. About Rice fields: A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. Paddy fields are a typical feature of rice farming in east, south and southeast Asia. Paddies can be built into steep hillsides as terraces and adjacent to depressed or steeply sloped features such as rivers or marshes. They can require a great deal of labor and materials to create, and need large quantities of water for irrigation. Flooded paddies provide an ideal environment for rice cultivation and discourage the growth of many weeds.The water buffalo is one of the most important working animals adapted for life in wetlands, and is used extensively in paddy fields.During the twentieth century, paddy field farming became the dominant form of growing rice.Paddy field farming is practiced in Cambodia, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos, as well as Piedmont in Italy, the Camargue in France, the Artibonite Valley in Haiti, and Sacramento Valley in California. Paddy fields are a major source of atmospheric methane and have been estimated to contribute in the range of 50 to 100 million tonnes of the gas per annum.Recent studies have shown that this can be significantly reduced while also boosting crop yield by draining the paddies to allow the soil to aerate to interrupt methane production.The word "paddy" is derived from the Malay word padi, rice plant.Agriculture in Sri Lanka mainly depends on rice production.[25] Sri Lanka sometimes exports rice but not in recent years. Around 1.5 million hectares of land is cultivated in Sri Lanka for paddy in 2008/2009 maha: 64% of which is cultivated during the dry season and 35% cultivated during the wet season. Around 879,000 farmer families are engaged in paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka. They make up 20% of the country's population and 32% of the employment.
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pingkama or gongkama?
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@NickVenture1 Ica tomi! Harima devili, naydha?
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@IMSSC20 I avoid the spicy food.Kate Daneva, Kemati ne !
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@NickVenture1 Yes, that would keep me from buying meat for sure. Non refrigerated and exposed like that, is definitely not within USDA standards that is for sure! Fruits and veggies are great too so, I wouldn't complain if I didn't eat any meat. I love the hoppers and the various vegetarian curry also. The spicier the better! Can you handle the spicy food there? I love it!
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@IMSSC20 The cows benefit from a particular attention and the Buddhist majority in SriLanka will not eat their meat. But chicken and fish are not included in this consideration.Also Beef and pig is sold in the supermarkets and Christian and Muslim butcheries also display carcasses of goat, cows and pigs. Full of flies and very disgusting which helps you to stay away from that meat when you are in Sri Lanka. A good place to change your habits and focus on more fruits, vegetables and fish(cheap)
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@NickVenture1 Good point and I am sorry if anything I said offended you or anyone else. I do realize the cow and any living thing is considered sacred and should be protected. However I also know, not all people too share this thought. To have a rally like this is a good thing for those who support the cause. I suppose, the world has a long way to go since the stone ages in the eyes of the civilized humans eh?
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@IMSSC20 I just wished toPoint you out the position of people who respect cows as much as they would do a human,at least when it comes to the question how tasty they may be.Some beings are just not considered suitable for mealtime as the course.So tasty or not,a cannibal will have to refrain from his human flesh desires these days because of aLevel of civilization which humanity is supposed to have acquired since the early stone ages.To butcher a cow is as much shocking to such civilized humans.
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Never had it, and don't intend on it. :) Seriously though, I applaud them for the effort and happy they could save the few cows they did that day wit donations and petitions.
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@IMSSC20 I understand. Human meat is also tasty.
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I have to say, it is a noble effort but I love my beef too much. I am not sure I could adapt to not eating meat ever again in my life. I have cut down because I am concerned for my over all health but to cut it out completely would definitely have to be a conscious effort for me.
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