What is the Hare Krishna’s contribution to animal rights?
Kurma Dasa: The Hare Krishnas have contributed enormously to the rights of animals ever since the inception of the Krishna Consciousness Movement over 40 years ago, specifically in the following ways: distributing literally millions of books in over 38 languages, encouraging people to become vegetarians; establishing farming communities all over the world where animals are allowed to peacefully live out their natural lives; and cooking and distributing tens of millions of plates of pure vegetarian food in all our restaurants, temples and festivals. Abolitionist: The Animal Rights Movement fights for one right for God’s animals and that is the right for all animals live out their natural lifespan and that this natural lifespan, like a human’s, must not be truncated by humans as all species exist and from that then all are entitled to a right to life. What’s a Hare Krishna’s understanding, Kurma Dasa? Kurma Dasa: We agree. All creatures are sons and daughters of God. So the animals are o
