Sir — This refers to editorial, “Animal rights” (July 6). As per study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, people who get protein from animal sources have a higher risk of dying early. Humans must ensure that animals are able to live peacefully in their natural habitat. Rightly a good number of celebrities from different spheres of life are becoming vegetarians. In a word, eating non-veg leaves behind an environmental toll.
One must concede that eating habits are a very personal matter; every person has right to decide what to eat and what not to eat.