It is evident from this that Christanity is also not in favor of meat-eating. It is better to follow the Ramayana in practice rather than just ritually reading it. The definition of religion is that what is not favorable to one's own self should not be done to others. We do not like our children to be hurt. Kindness is the only religion.
Vegetarianism is natural, based on a universal truth.
Ultimately, nature is beyond or above human capacity to create, whereas distortions and perversions are manmade. Hindu dharma, the natural universal law of righteousness, is beyond human actions. It is eternal like God Almighty. Anyone against nature is distorted, and their religion is not religion at all. And those sects in which meat eating is prevalent are man made, having a beginning and an end.