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Comment on US Horse Meat Trade in Decline by Jordan 8

Jordan 8 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:31:21 +0000

Life is a lesson you’ll learn it when you’re through. We should take the lesson seriously. by Jordan 8

Comment on Vegan Prisoner Hunger Strike by R6 lady

R6 lady — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:41:15 +0000

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Comment on Cancer Cancer Cancer by gixxer guy

gixxer guy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:58:48 +0000

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Comment on Ha Ha Ha Hee Hee Hee Dead Reindeer by Yamaha Lover

Yamaha Lover — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:16:55 +0000

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Comment on Philosophy101 by ninja 650 lady

ninja 650 lady — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:00:29 +0000

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Comment on Vegan School Campaigner by ninja 650 lady

ninja 650 lady — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:19:54 +0000

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Comment on Egg are not lovely by Joseph Cape

Joseph Cape — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:23:08 +0000

I am always grateful that the investigative journalists are out there to cover the quotidian facts about the systems on which we depend. It’s amazing that churning hundreds of thousands of living creatures through a grinder every day can be legal when there’s money to be made out of it (but kicking your dog and letting your neighbour see you do it is not).

I’m not sure that the video should immediately compel me towards veganism. I buy free-range eggs but I don’t know whether the standard practice is to destroy the males and give the females better living conditions or if they avoid killing the males. Still, it does provide a good riposte to those who have said, “I can see why someone would go vegetarian, but vegan seems a bit extreme”. Surely ones objections to the cruelty of battery hen conditions couldn’t be stronger than similar objections to destroying male chicks as shown in the video.

Comment on Egg are not lovely by notfb

notfb — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:16:43 +0000

Let me clear. I grew up on a farm, I have no problem killing and eating animals. Deer, Elk, cows, chickens whatever. After all, Jesus did. However, I grew up on a small farm with my Grandfather. It was not a commercial farm so when we slaughtered an animal it was like 1 or maybe 2 at a time. I am going somewhere I promise. Let me be clear on another thing, I despise liberals, tree huggers who ruined the entire town I lived in. I will meet any of those spike tapping hippys at the border of my property any day. All that being said, I recently have joined Easter Orthodox Christianity which happens to be much more active in fasting than any Protestant church I have ever attended. My wife’s Godmother is a sort of nature-path and also a Chiropractic Doctor. She knows all about the hormones and stuff put in well, pretty much everything it seems. I also have to say my attitude toward Vegans has changed thanks to Great Lent. Anything Vegan also happens to be “Lent friendly” as we like to say. It is expensive, but to be honest, we dont eat nearly as much during Lent anyway. As much as I am craving one, I have to admit, the thought of how much food and calories a tripple whopper supersized has in it! Do people really need that much food? And then that lady on tv who is trying to make herself 1000 pounds on purpose! To be in world records. I am approaching almost 50 days now of no meat (other than shellfish, spineless fish). It is starting to get hard… very hard. I cant help to wonder how Vegans do this. I suppose doing it as a spiritual discipline rather than because of an aversion to killing animals makes some difference? Anyway, at least I don’t make fun of Vegans and Vegetarians any more. I also think it would do people good to lay off eating so much meat. Its a good exercise in general and people might be surprised. If that happened, there might not be a demand for commercial meat as smaller farms that care and love their animals and treat them humanly and dont put crap in them could supply the need. Just a thought, in the “meat people 1/2 way” tradition. LOL. Get it? I also have lost about 15 pounds. In three weeks!

Comment on US Horse Meat Trade in Decline by avalon

avalon — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:31:49 +0000

while horses are amazing animals, i don’t think that we should ban slaughter. i think they should regulate it so that it’s more humane. i mean. think about it people. we kill thousands of other animals every day to eat so why should a horse be any different. the way you feel about a horse being killed is the same way someone from india would feel (though they’d probably feel much stronger about it) about a cow being slaughtered. look at what is happening now. do you people seriously think it’s better to let horses starve to death than to be used as food? it just shows an absolute immaturity to me. and yes before anyone gets smart i do have a horse. i love him to death and would never consider slaughtering him ever. when he’s too old and in poor health i’ll have him put down and bury him next to my last horse. but just because i love him, doesn’t mean it should be wrong to slaughter. we need to reach a higher level of understanding here and tease out emotion from the equation.

Comment on Cow Processing by bafjsd

bafjsd — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:54:14 +0000

You are a jerk. go *** in a hole
edited by admin as violence is never a solution to violence.

Comment on Egg are not lovely by Popescu Iacob (Ammit)

Popescu Iacob (Ammit) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:22:05 +0000

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Comment on Pig Farming Conditions in the News by Mindy

Mindy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:21:24 +0000

Routine tail docking is used to prevent tail biting which leads to infection. Farrowing crates keep sows from savaging and laying on their piglets. The bite marks are probably from putting the sows in pens rather then single crates, they do fight for dominance. Pork is one of the cheapest meat products because of mass production and if you have ever smelled a boar, you know why castration occurs. I’m sure you don’t want boar smelling bacon. The sow in the first picture looks like she was a cull sow. (the red X) She was probably sick and died on her own, she doesn’t look skinny or abused.
Pinky T is right, not all hog farmers are abusive. “Humane” is sometimes a term used to prevent emotional distress with humans. A gas box is “humane.” The pigs are infused with C02 and suffocate. Logically, the lack of oxygen to the brain and bodily organs is painful. Blunt force trauma is getting replaced with this method of euthanasia in pigs under a certain weight. The pigs are now forced to sit in a dark box and suffocate.
Not all farming methods are bad. Maintaining good condition is critical, but with the human population demand, certain aspects have to suffer and the image of pigs and their babies running around a 100 acre farm plot is unreal. I do work in a farm and understand that adds for animal abuse leave out the things that make it all make sense. For example, after “processing” the piglets do continue to nurse or sleep and it takes less than 8 hours for them to be up and running around. It really is not all inhumane.

Comment on Cow Processing by cody s

cody s — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:28:46 +0000

well first of all you know that the cows are knocked out before they get killed right? and also if you are a veggitarian and are expecting everyone els to stop eating meat because u did its not gonna happen. so you think that you may be helping by eating nothing but plants but try to live a little because people are not going to go to an all plant diet so please quit pushing your opinions on every one els

Comment on Rabbit Death Mania by Gerry Lee

Gerry Lee — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:27:10 +0000

Obviously as a society we hold a bias over which animals we kill and eat and which ones are pedestelised to the haven of pet. I find this article interesting because the rabbit is one of the few animals that we have in Western society that can be considered both pet and prey. I think this may trigger a conflict within us as we are both a nurturing and a predatory being.
In Korea and China dogs are seen in the same light which caused great discomfort for a lot of my western friends. However being the omnivore that i am i could no more reasonablly condemn someone eating a dog than i could myself eating pork.
You may view the ‘world as sad and sick’ but as humans are animals and not gods, we cannot be held responsible for for our dependiblity on livestock anymore than we could be for constructing food chains. I admire veganism, but it worries me also, to deny the innate predatory being of ourselves and condemn others for aknowledging theirs.

Comment on US Horse Meat Trade in Decline by Blah

Blah — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:38:02 +0000

Stop horse slaughter and abuse plz!! i do horseback and i used to ride the sweetest horse ever! his name was madison, whenever i went there he would be galloping to me!!! then one day i went to horse back after christmas and madison wasnt at the stable, i one of the workers at the stable where madison and…*sob* and they said he was taken to the slaughter and that he was killed and used for meat!! *sob* he was my life!!! i tried to find another horse just like him but none of them was just like him… madison i miss you come back please!!!!!

Comment on Odd Hot Dog Art by Liam

Liam — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:14:01 +0000

Yeah but “Bottled Hotdogs” wasn’t as funny.

Comment on Egg are not lovely by Miles

Miles — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:17:23 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. It’s a prime example of the things that go on, hidden away. People often cling on to romantic, rural ideas of animal treatment, and never consider the respetless way in which their food is really treated. This is chicks, treated as objects, and it has to be investigated undecover as the industry knows it’s horriffic. It’s no different for cows, pigs, or anything else. People have to face this, and wake up if change is ever to occur.

Comment on Odd Hot Dog Art by JF

JF — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:48:54 +0000

That is the artwork for “Bottled Violence,” not “Guilty of Being White.”

Comment on TV Chefs against battery farming by lucy

lucy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:27:26 +0000

yes meat is murder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on TV Chefs against battery farming by lucy

lucy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:26:22 +0000

i think is sick and discusting that people could see and not feel sorry for these poor animals. exactally just because they crnt speck dosnt mean that they dont matter and it is purly for our demands. its not right. i would sign anthing that is going to get rid of battery farming chickens.