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I will never eat poultry again..........! On my way home from Florida, on IS 95, and in North Carolina, I ended up adjacent to a trailer with Texas plates. This trailer was carrying chickens OVERLY, OVERLY packed in small crates, and they were barely able to move. I stayed for over an hour, bumber to bumper in a construction area, watching them fight for space.
Somehow, seeing them dead in the supermarket never made an impression on me, as seeing them alive. I live in a big city, so I am not use to seeing them alive at all.
Most likely, they were being transported to the slaughter house, but do they have to be tortured prior to their demise? And worst yet, many of the cells at the bottom of the trailer, were EMPTY. It has made quite an impression on me................
Do not take a visit to a beef slaughter house then because that is nothng compared to what you will see there.In fact never go to a farm that they invite you to chicken dinner because you might witness them wring a the chickens neck.
I guess you'll never eat potatoes, either, then. Ever see how potatoes are stacked up in a warehouse waiting to be shipped? OK, they're just dumb plants and you don't think they can feel anything. Ever see fish piled into the hold of a trawler?
An inescapable fact of life is that organisms eat organisms. God did not create a pretty world.
Fighting for space for a few hours is torture? That journey takes less than a day.
Last week on "Car Talk" there was a teacher in Pennsylvania planning to take eleven seventeen year old kids on a cross country trip, where they would do 500 miles a day for days on end. (Think twelve hour stretches of driving buckled into a seat, next to ten other kids.) The vehicle? A twelve passenger mini-van. Now THAT would be torture.
Most likely, they were being transported to San Fransisco, but do they have to be tortured prior to their demise? I'll never look at teachers and kids the same way again. It has made quite an impression on me................
Let's face it: you weren't looking at a truckload of chickens that had just been snatched up from a prairie someplace. They were raised to be eaten. The same can be said for beef cattle. Yeah, they should be treated better than they are. But their entire purpose in life was to wind up on your dinner plate.
Do not take a visit to a beef slaughter house then because that is nothng compared to what you will see there.In fact never go to a farm that they invite you to chicken dinner because you might witness them wring a the chickens neck.
I've spent many months on a farm in central Wisconsin. The chickens were raised for eggs and to be eaten. The chickens had their heads chopped off and then de-feathered. Prior to being killed the chickens roamed freely in a large area and spent the nights in a coop with plenty of room for each.
I've spent many months on a farm in central Wisconsin. The chickens were raised for eggs and to be eaten. The chickens had their heads chopped off and then de-feathered. Prior to being killed the chickens roamed freely in a large area and spent the nights in a coop with plenty of room for each.
...and most likely, said chickens don't spend any time pondering the meaning of life, or wondering when and how they'll die.
Im just glad I was raised on a ranch. my dad was a hunter and fished. Im sorry for some of you. milk does not come from a store. it takes real work, and dirty jobs to make the world go round. I just dont understand some of you "sensitive" types. welcome to the real world. hint: dont ever watch how they make sausage.
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