{"id":54914,"date":"2020-12-23T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T18:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=54914"},"modified":"2020-12-23T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T18:11:36","slug":"mega-meat-factory-draws-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/mega-meat-factory-draws-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Mega meat factory draws fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Mega meat factory draws fire<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54915 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mega.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"431\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-author-info-wrap left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-author-info-text left relative\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Source:<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/mega-meat-factory-draws-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">It was a crying shame that South Asia\u2019s biggest meat processing factory had been set up in Katunayake, although Sri Lanka was called a Buddhist state, Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobitha Thera said on Thursday, addressing the media at Sri Jayasekerarama auditorium in Rajagiriya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The factory is expected to meet 10% of the world\u2019s processed meat requirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The press briefing was jointly organised by the National Intellectual Sangha Council and the Justice for Animals and Nature Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Thera said, \u201cWe were very happy when we heard the country was going to ban cattle slaughter. But now we are told it is going to take more time. The people have been duped.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ven. Sobitha called upon the government to reveal the persons behind the meat project, and demanded to know where the meat would come from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ven. Prof. Pallekande Rathanasara said Sri Lanka was home to several religions that prohibited animal slaughter. He recalled Nepal\u2019 mass slaughter of animals as a ritual in April 2015 had been followed by an earthquake, which killed thousands of people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dr. Prasanna Cooray, representing the Democratic Social Alliance, highlighted many environmental issues such as loss of forest cover and water shortages due to large scale animal husbandry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-bot\" class=\"left\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-tags\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mega meat factory draws fire Source:Island It was a crying shame that South Asia\u2019s biggest meat processing factory had been set up in Katunayake, although Sri Lanka was called a Buddhist state, Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobitha Thera said on Thursday, addressing the media at Sri Jayasekerarama auditorium in Rajagiriya. 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