Mar 16, 2009
HBO DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM - CAGED PIG CRUELTY
HBO special Death on a Factory Farm airs tonight:
And read about "Pete" who went undercover to film the inside workings of a "modern" hog barn.
Try as some might there is no "happy meat" - It is a fantasy. Those who consume flesh should at least have the stomache to know how these animals lived and how they were killed.
And if upon discovery that these practices are unacceptable, there's (literally) no harm in conceding that a vegan choice is the solution. We can evolve to the benefit of that which is of value to us... namely our survival and our humanity.
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Watching this make me hungry for some USA raised pork.
Was that the tortured USA raised pork?... or just the standard confined, mutilated, notched, artificially inseminated, castrated, isolated and imprisoned USA pork? I hear both resemble human flesh - so it probably makes little difference.
Good day.
Why do you know so much about eating human flesh?
Several years ago, I read the book "Alive" - about the plane crash which stranded a group of soccer players on the Andes...
Also, if you research the stories that the survivors of the Donner party in the 1840's - they also recount having to consume their family members and friends.
And finally, my neighbor is a fireman... He and many other firemen have stated that once you have the misfortune of smelling a burned human body, you will never eat pork again.
It's more than I wanted to know, but now that I do... just passing the information along :)
Farrowing crates are used for safety of the animals, and they look a lot worse than they are. Sows are kept in these crates because if they are allowed to roam "free" than they would fight and kill one another, They also will usually kill the babies by either lying on them or eating them. I do agree that some of the conditions were not good, and farmers and ranchers should really work to improve these conditions, but most are not that way.
Yes, for the "safety" of the animal... along with other precautions such as removing teeth and removing parts of the tail (both without anesthetics).
And I understand that occassionally a mother will crush her young. Yet, what is the answer to the feral hog "problems"? Seems in the wild pigs are doing fine (not killing their young). I've seen the NatGeo episode of how mothers (generally) kneel on her two front legs and gently lie down so her young can nurse - very carefully avoiding harm to them. But I suppose that's porcines the way nature intended.
Confining an animal in a crate for all of his or her's life in order to keep him/her alive just long enough to be slaughtered - for a "food" that is not healthy is offensive to all my sensibilities.
I'm so glad that more and more people are being exposed to these horrible practices and making healty (dietary) adjustments accordingly.
lol. makes me hungry too :) i remember we toured a processing plant and watching the animals and meat go by just made my stomach growl. Good thing I'm an omnivore!
Oh no... It's you again! Since you're an omnivore with such a voracious appetite - thought I'd give you a head's up on a squirrel that was run over yesterday... Still looks fresh enough to pass for buzzard food. ;)
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