If those who consume mass meat products could witness either a) the conditions 95% of the animals in the factory farm industry have to endure, or b) the loss that is accruing in humanity’s inner life due to this animal abuse - then the industry would grind to a halt overnight. Surely the human race cannot be as diabolical as its relationship with the animal kingdom suggests.
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The End of Factory Farming - the ecological resonance of the animal holocaust
(via www.evbooks.net)
Submitted by josefgraf on Fri, 2008-09-26 06:14. | Tags: food | animal welfare | cruelty to animals | factory farming | sustainable agriculture
Meat Wagon: A roundup of outrages from the meat industry
(via gristmill.grist.org)
Not only is factory farming unacceptable because of the mistreatment to animals but also workers - who else but the unskilled could possibly work in a slaughterhouse? Emotional and physical stress to all - animals, workers, consumers...... the only winner is big ag
Submitted by beaelliott on Fri, 2008-01-11 00:48. | Tags: food | animal rights | animals | cruelty to animals | depression | factory farming | food | health | meatrix | slaughterhouse | Smithfield | sustainable agriculture | workers
Tibetans Turn Festival Into Mute Protest Against China
(via www.nytimes.com)
With so many security forces on hand in this modest town of about 40,000, nestled in a valley surrounded by high mountains, there was little chance of an outright demonstration in favor of the Dalai Lama. The test of wills played itself out instead around a theme unlikely to have been noticed by many of the tourists from China’s Han majority: whether or not to wear animal fur.
Submitted by AC89 on Thu, 2007-08-16 17:35. | Tags: fashion | china | cruelty to animals | endangered species | fur | Tibet | tigers