Smithfield pork: pigs abused at farm

halv
halv Posts: 716
edited December 2007 in A Moving Train
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316624,00.html

Another horrible video...and sadly this is pretty common. Not that intelligence matters, but to think pigs are being brutalized this way and they have been proven to be as intelligent or possibly more so than dogs.
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  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    halv wrote:
    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316624,00.html

    Another horrible video...and sadly this is pretty common. Not that intelligence matters, but to think pigs are being brutalized this way and they have been proven to be as intelligent or possibly more so than dogs.

    Gilka, J., J. Bartos, V. Gajduskova, M. Malikova, J. Masek, J. Sic, and Z. Matyas. "Foreign Substances in the Meat and Organs of Bulls Fed on a Diet of Swine and Poultry Fecal Waste." Vet Med (Praha) 26, no. 11 (1981): 651-60.

    Shelton, J. L., M. D. Hemann, R. M. Strode, G. L. Brashear, M. Ellis, F. K. McKeith, T. D. Bidner, and L. L. Southern. "Effect of Different Protein Sources on Growth and Carcass Traits in Growing-Finishing Pigs." J Anim Sci 79, no. 9 (2001): 2428-35. [One of those protein sources is chicken manure.]
  • Claudia
    Claudia Posts: 398
    :(
  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    why the lack of responses? don't people care what they eat?
  • Scubascott
    Scubascott Posts: 815
    onelongsong wrote:
    Gilka, J., J. Bartos, V. Gajduskova, M. Malikova, J. Masek, J. Sic, and Z. Matyas. "Foreign Substances in the Meat and Organs of Bulls Fed on a Diet of Swine and Poultry Fecal Waste." Vet Med (Praha) 26, no. 11 (1981): 651-60.

    Shelton, J. L., M. D. Hemann, R. M. Strode, G. L. Brashear, M. Ellis, F. K. McKeith, T. D. Bidner, and L. L. Southern. "Effect of Different Protein Sources on Growth and Carcass Traits in Growing-Finishing Pigs." J Anim Sci 79, no. 9 (2001): 2428-35. [One of those protein sources is chicken manure.]

    I care. Animal welfare issues aside, there is a little thing called BSE that is the reason why this kind of thing is illegal in Australia.
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  • gabers
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    WTF is wrong with people?! This is the kind of shit that gets people to join PETA. For all the bad press they get, I think so many overlook their purpose. I hope there's a special place in Hell for people who take joy in hurting animals like this.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
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    I can't watch animals being abused. In the same respect I can't fathom people that do.
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  • blackredyellow
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    gabers wrote:
    WTF is wrong with people?! This is the kind of shit that gets people to join PETA. For all the bad press they get, I think so many overlook their purpose. I hope there's a special place in Hell for people who take joy in hurting animals like this.

    Unless something has changed since this article, but why haven't these people been charged? The county and the company is "investigating"? You have a video of these people abusing animals, I understand investigating the scope of abuse, but for the people actually caught on tape, why not just charge them now?
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    onelongsong wrote:
    why the lack of responses? don't people care what they eat?

    I care. I won't watch the video though. I just can't look at people being cruel to animals. I am a vegan because I care.
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  • halv
    halv Posts: 716
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Unless something has changed since this article, but why haven't these people been charged? The county and the company is "investigating"? You have a video of these people abusing animals, I understand investigating the scope of abuse, but for the people actually caught on tape, why not just charge them now?

    A big problem is there are very little, and in most cases no laws to protect farm animals. Unfortunately these types of abuses are fairly common. Even outside of intentionally inflicting pain out of frustraion or for fun many farm techniques are extremely painful for animals. Tail docking, teeth cutting, branding, neutering, debeaking....all done without any painkiller or anesthetic.

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