by Sarah Von Alt - Oct 8, 2014 Worldcrunch http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/in-india-the-world-039-s-first-vegetarian-city/india-palitana-food-meat-fish-gujarat/c3s17132/#.VDL6_fldXm7 reports a historic change in Palitana, an Indian city, which has become the first all-vegetarian city in the world.
Behind this revolutionary change are monks who went on a hunger strike to pressure the state of Gujarat to outlaw animal slaughter in their city. The hunger strike was successful and the Gujarat government imposed a ban on animal slaughter and outlawed the sale of meat and eggs. Indian City Becomes First Vegetarian City in the World http://www.mfablog.org/indian-city-becomes-first-vegetarian-city http://www.mfablog.org/indian-city-becomes-first-vegetarian-city Indian City Becomes First Vegetarian City in the World http://www.mfablog.org/indian-city-becomes-first-vegetarian-city Animal slaughter and sale of meat and eggs outlawed. View on www.mfablog.org http://www.mfablog.org/indian-city-becomes-first-vegetarian-city Preview by Yahoo
