Source: www.hinduismtoday.com
Over the last few years, American universities have had to adjust their cafeteria menus to reflect the fact that ten to fifteen percent of their incoming students are vegetarians. Now the US federal prison system is doing the same, perhaps a dubious distinction for the advocates of vegetarianism. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals see an up side, “It should help us all sleep a little better to know we’re taking away violent criminals’ taste for blood.” Estimates of the number of vegetarians in the US run from one to five percent of the total population.