“Some people seem to think that if the animals were not eaten they would multiply so rapidly as to overrun the earth. Is it not true that the more beef there is consumed the more there is raised? These people do not understand that there are men in the business who have made an effort to increase their stock by forced means.”

—  Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish

Source: Mazdaznan Dietetics and Cookery Book (1913), p. 197

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