See here for the story on the meat recall. Here for the Humane Society’s statement on their investigations into the ways sick animals are dealt with on the slaughterhouse floor. This seems like a fairly direct result of treating animals as units of production rather than living beings. (But I would say that, wouldn’t I?)
Factory farming: bad for animals, bad for people
February 19, 2008 by Lee
Posted in Animal Rights and Issues, Economy, Food | 4 Comments
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It’s really sick. C couldn’t even listen to the radio reports. It just reconfirms my choice of vegetarianism for Lent.
Yes. Horrible.
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I HATE factory farms they are crule to the animals they polutes are air,water,and soil.
Its not fair to the animals. We have to do somthing go vegan NOW!!!