“The animal silently looks into our eyes. It meets our gaze, and whether we avert our gaze – from the animal, from the plate, from the reflection, from ourselves – or not, we are in danger. Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have already reacted,” writes Jonathan Safran Foer in his book Eating Animals. (Melanie Publications, 2010, translated by Stella Kasdagli). Something similar happened in Serraia. short life, sports historian and president of Vets in Action, two decades ago. “I was in Corfu at Easter with a large group of people. We fried lamb – my favorite meat since childhood, I ate an incredible amount. At some point, my gaze fell on his head, on his charred eyes. It was my last spit.” But he continued to eat the meat of other animals. A few years later he visited the international exhibition Agrotica in Thessaloniki. “They had two cows in the stall. They looked confused by the crowd and sad. One gently licked the other in the ear, as if giving her courage. Further, in the box, I saw a pig, it climbed there only diagonally. There was also a plate on which kilograms of fattening of a particular breed per day were written! Then the beef goes, the pork too. Soon I also gave up the bird. Today I eat only fish – sparingly and sometimes -.

eating habits This is a personal journey for each of us. They are determined by many factors, individual and collective. But what about Easter, a holiday intertwined with “unity”, with communication, with the holiday of family and company? Can vegetarians or vegans coexist with meat eaters at the same table? “It’s difficult, I won’t hide it,” the teacher says. Matina Ioannidouwho lives and works in Naxos. “Few people understand that spitting and eating meat in general is absolutely creepy for me. However, since my parents are from Elasson and in our places Xhosa is a given, I try to emphasize that on this day I have the opportunity to be with them, as well as with other dear relatives and friends, and enjoy their company. Then I add water to wine. I’m a vegetarian, no… Mujahideen! That’s why I was so excited about a recent advertisement for a large chain of toy stores. We are not “far and near”, but close and dear. Everyone’s personal choice must be absolutely respected, and not be an object of kazura.

Three women tell “K” about how they spend the holiday, which is intertwined with spitting and respect for someone else’s choice.

“We have nothing to share,” she agrees. Anna Maria Zafiriadou, founder of the animal protection organization “Adespotoulia Xanthi”. “I have been a vegan for many years. It is very painful for me to see how fellow villagers load “milk lambs” into carts of agricultural machines to take them to the slaughterhouse, to hear their heartbreaking cry… However, it’s all about education and knowledge. I hope that every day more and more people realize that what is reprehensible is not the eating of meat per se, but the terrible lifestyle that farm animals live and are killed to get on our plates. And, of course, the damage the meat industry is doing to the planet,” he says.

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On Sunday, all three will be with their loved ones at the Lambri table. There are many tasty dishes even for those who… don’t respect lamb or goat meat, they say. OUR short life She will probably be accompanied by Nino, one of the few domesticated goats in the country. He found him newborn, dying, thrown into a well. Today he lives with her and participates in the programs of the Serres charity club as a therapy animal: “Children from special educational institutions come and spend a lot of time with him. I hug him, he sits motionless, with pride, the children caress him, contact with him relaxes them. Revenge of the arrow…