What is the Meat Industry? It is what the name suggests , this industry is where the meat is packed while following a routine ; butchering , processing , packaging and apportion . The irony is , India has the largest number of vegetarians in the entire world , but our country also has the largest population of livestock , i.e , animals used for our own benefit . India is also the biggest producer of buffalo meat , second largest of goat meat , producer of almost 80 billion eggs annually , and producer of 6.3 million tonnes of meat. The Effect of The Meat Industry on our Environment : In the process of producing meat , the release of a gas called ' methane ' , a greenhouse gas, takes place which is 85 times more alarming than Carbon Dioxide . If one eats 680 grams of meat a week , it equals to 381 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions : which would be the same as charging 22,105 smartphones , consuming 19.4 litres of petroleum gas , and driving a car 692 ...
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