PETA India Supporter Bathes in Public to Highlight Meat’s Devastating Impact on the Planet
Ahead of World Water Monitoring Day (18 September), a PETA India supporter bathed in public in a bathtub with a sign that read, “1 kg of Meat = 75 Baths. Save Water: Please, Go Vegan!” to remind passers-by that everyone can save litres of water just by leaving meat, eggs, and dairy off their plates.
The animal agriculture industries put a serious strain on the world’s water supply by watering the crops that farmed animals eat, providing billions of animals with drinking water each year, and cleaning the filth from farms, trucks, and slaughterhouses. According to the Water Footprint Network, it takes 322 litres of water to produce 1 kilogram of vegetables. In contrast, the production of animal-derived foods uses much more water:
- 1 kilogram of milk requires 1020 litres.
- 1 kilogram of eggs requires 3265 litres.
- 1 kilogram of chicken requires 4325 litres.
- 1 kilogram of pork requires 5988 litres.
- 1 kilogram of mutton requires 8763 litres.
- 1 kilogram of beef requires a staggering 15,415 litres.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, meat, egg, and dairy production is responsible for approximately 18%, or nearly one-fifth, of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. And while 224.3 million people are undernourished in India and 91 million people in the country lack suitable access to water, the production of meat, eggs, and dairy uses a third of the world’s freshwater resources and a third of the world’s cropland – which could be used to feed humans instead of farmed animals.
