By now everyone has seen the gruesome footage of dairy calves being bludgeoned with hammers and pick axes at the E6 Cattle Company in Texas.
Here is the full release from
Mercy for Animals for those who haven't...
The "owner" claims that now all employees have been trained in "proper" animal care in accordance with what the dairy industry recommends:
Gun Shot, Captive Bolt, Barbituate Overdose, Throat Slitting, or Electrocution. Yeah... That's "humane dairy" for ya...
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I can only feel sorrow for our victims. There are no words....
I know... This is beyond anything I could imagine. My mind just can't go there to whatever depraved place acts like this are done. Common, tolerated, accepted, encouraged --- Legal and PAID FOR!
I'm disgusted and saddened and so many things that can't be named. I'm also unable to stop thinking of the investigator... I don't know how you heal from witnessing such a thing - Or if you ever do? Again, this industry makes more victims than what could ever be accounted for! Bringing an end to it all NOW is the only justice there is.
I'm so sorry veganelder. :(
This all makes me sick to my stomach. Almost too much to bear. But bear we must....in order to get the word out and affect change.
Thanks Bren... Seems like the fallout and the damage control has begun. There are several sites that have strategically left the "last word" on debates on the "pro ag" side. Youtube has removed the MFA video as well. I think it's acts like this that make their deeds all the more reprehensible. They sure do make getting the word out and affecting change that much more challenging! We'll press on in spite of it all!
It took me a while actually before I could get myself to watch the video (I believe YouTube put it back up after a letter from MFA), but I almost feel it's the least I can do as a way of honouring the victims.
I did see a couple of comments somewhere that said the undercover investigator is also on film using a hammer? Don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, it must be so hard to have to not only document such cruelty but participate as well.
What I am glad of though is that this video got so much mainstream attention, and obviously the states trying to enact those hideous laws are doing so because the videos work! If they didn't feel threatened by them, there would be no need to go on the offensive.
Sorry you even watched HGV - It's something impossible to "unsee". I don't know if the investigator had to participate in any of the murders... I know we all extend our most healing thoughts to him. I know his life is changed forever.
:(
And the strange twist on banning this video... First youtube (then reinstated) - And now vimeo... In a way, it made the video all the more popular. Everyone wants to see what was so horrible that even youtube wouldn't host it.
My belief is that they can't stand many more of these exposures. People will eventually run out of excuses to participate in this holocaust. Ever onward till the day! ;)
Now, this IS legitimate and deserves attention.
You need to push the humane line in order to appeal to the mass of Americans and get this stopped. The way to do it is to make the whole entire production system "humane" with controls and inspections. That's an attainable goal that will reduce suffering.
If you just yell and talk down to industry people and American public, you miss this chance to make REAL meaningful change for animals.
Stop ruining it for people who are actually making headway on this.
Hello Anonymous - I'm sorry, but I don't believe there's such a thing as "humane" slaughter.
Since all unnecessary killing is wrong - What you're talking about is "welfare" issues. I'm concerned with "well being" issues.
I know there's room for all opinions on this subject of animal murder... You're certainly free to keep yours and continue working for legislation to regulate how these killings are done... As I am equally free to strike at the root of the whole process of wrong-doing.
Thanks for your concern.
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