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Originally posted by rapunzel222
I came across this horrific information while surfing the web.
Please take a look at the link yourself for more information:
LINK
Basically it appears that inspite of laws passed to ensure humane slaughter of cows, pigs etc in slaughterhouses, many are being butchered and cut up; or boiled (hogs), while still ALIVE.
Please please spread this info around - say onto youtube, facebook, etc if you care about the well-being of animals. People just have no idea where their meat comes from and what happens to the animal before it gets to them.
Some inspectors see little evidence the agency is interested in hearing about problems. Under the new inspection system, the USDA stopped tracking the number of violations and dropped all mention of humane slaughter from its list of rotating tasks for inspectors.
Originally posted by rapunzel222
People just have no idea where their meat comes from and what happens to the animal before it gets to them.
Originally posted by dayve
they are much appreciated by my B e l l y
Originally posted by pasiphae
reply to post by rapunzel222
i don't even think "stunning" them before they slaughter them is humane. i don't think there is any humane way AT ALL. it's brutal. the people who work in those places are so numb to it all they don't care about the animals. it doesn't suprise me at all that some would be chopped into while still alive. i mean, i've seen slaughter house videos. it's all horrible.
Originally posted by JibbyJedi
Originally posted by dayve
they are much appreciated by my B e l l y
Mine too, but it's ridiculous to have to go through all that trouble for a food we don't really need anymore.
Maybe in the past 400 years animals like cows and chickens were necessary for survival, especially in the Winters. We are beyond those days at this point.
We are so far more intelligent now. We could be eating each others' faces, and we aren't even aware of that possibility yet..... except for a small few.
Originally posted by nightstalker78
Originally posted by rapunzel222
People just have no idea where their meat comes from and what happens to the animal before it gets to them.
If you think that's true than you're naive.Everyone may not know but I can guarentee you more do than don't.
It's sad,but really what does it matter? These animals are going to die either way to become food.And you're really not posting any new information here...pretty sure what goes on in slaughter houses is common knowledge.And before anyone jumps down my throat(im looking at you,vegans) NO I don't think it's right that animals should have to suffer before they die.
Originally posted by rapunzel222
Originally posted by nightstalker78
Originally posted by rapunzel222
People just have no idea where their meat comes from and what happens to the animal before it gets to them.
If you think that's true than you're naive.Everyone may not know but I can guarentee you more do than don't.
It's sad,but really what does it matter? These animals are going to die either way to become food.And you're really not posting any new information here...pretty sure what goes on in slaughter houses is common knowledge.And before anyone jumps down my throat(im looking at you,vegans) NO I don't think it's right that animals should have to suffer before they die.
not gonna jump down your throat. it makes me sad to think people don't care, so i prefer to think they just don't realise the extent of it yet, and if they saw it they would say, stop eating a certain type of meat until it was fixed or pressure the govt or something.
so i post stuff incase some people dont realise the extent yet and might be moved to do something about it once they see it.
why it matters is that too much cruelty on one planet e..g towards animals - throws out the balance of nature and it's likely to come back and bite humans on the arse e.g. in the form of global flooding, wild weather, earthquakes, possible pole shift, extinction event...
also because if we can do this stuff to animals and not care about their suffering, then we can be sure some carnivorous aliens out there wouldn't hesitate to do the same to us. and i don't want to be boiled alive or butchered alive, so do unto others - i am trying to help the animals....
Originally posted by nightstalker78
Originally posted by rapunzel222
Originally posted by nightstalker78
Originally posted by rapunzel222
People just have no idea where their meat comes from and what happens to the animal before it gets to them.
If you think that's true than you're naive.Everyone may not know but I can guarentee you more do than don't.
It's sad,but really what does it matter? These animals are going to die either way to become food.And you're really not posting any new information here...pretty sure what goes on in slaughter houses is common knowledge.And before anyone jumps down my throat(im looking at you,vegans) NO I don't think it's right that animals should have to suffer before they die.
not gonna jump down your throat. it makes me sad to think people don't care, so i prefer to think they just don't realise the extent of it yet, and if they saw it they would say, stop eating a certain type of meat until it was fixed or pressure the govt or something.
so i post stuff incase some people dont realise the extent yet and might be moved to do something about it once they see it.
why it matters is that too much cruelty on one planet e..g towards animals - throws out the balance of nature and it's likely to come back and bite humans on the arse e.g. in the form of global flooding, wild weather, earthquakes, possible pole shift, extinction event...
also because if we can do this stuff to animals and not care about their suffering, then we can be sure some carnivorous aliens out there wouldn't hesitate to do the same to us. and i don't want to be boiled alive or butchered alive, so do unto others - i am trying to help the animals....
You should be less worried about animals and more worried about what us humans are doing to each other.
What about that child that's going hungry?Or is neglected? Or is abused? Or molested?
We turn a blind eye to that,my friend.And that child is more important to me than any animal.
Or what about the person that is laying there dying right this second?
From a heart attack.Or a cancer that has ravaged their body.
Or maybe because someone saw fit to murder them.
Or they had a stroke and couldn't reach out to someone or call 911 for help.
That person is also more important to me than an animal.
I bet you're not giving a second thought to them because they're not an animal.
They are suffering as well right now.
And there aren't any aliens coming.They're not going to make us pay for anything.Quit being so paranoid.edit on 29-6-2012 by nightstalker78 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ucantcme
This makes me sad. But nothing will be done about it which is even more sad... I have lost count on how many times I have had to ask this but what the hell is wrong with people?
Originally posted by dayve
If the animals not dead before the slaughter, it will be shortly.... They might suffer for like a minute, they are much appreciated by my B e l l y