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There was a retreat in a Buddhist centre recently, which concluded, so I’ve heard, with a ‘pizza train’ celebration – many large vegetarian pizzas ordered lined up on a row of tables like a ‘train’. The retreat had mindfulness<\/strong> and compassion<\/strong> in the family<\/strong> as recurring themes.<\/p>\n Sadly, many are still not aware that most common dairy cheese these days is possible only by forcing calves to leave their mother cows, whose milk is meant only for their offsprings, not for humans to steal for making into cheese. Do you see the irony? Mindfulness<\/strong> of this is missing. Compassion<\/strong> thus too. And animal families<\/strong>\u00a0are neglected.<\/p>\n What’s more, both mother and child cows get slaughtered eventually for meat, hide, gelatine and such. And most cheese is treated with mammal rennet too, which is extracted from young unweaned calves’ stomachs. A whole train of cruel acts are involved in production.<\/p>\n So what if the pizzas are labelled vegetarian? So long as they are not vegan, demand for them still lead to breeding, suffering and deaths. I dread the possibility that the retreat participants might fall in love with the pizza feast idea and organise more similar ‘celebrations’ among their family and friends. Out of compassion, let’s spread the truth about cheese!<\/p>\n