there are degrees of violence, but all unnecessary violence is unethical. Many people believe that the problem with meat, dairy and eggs is factory farming. They have an idealistic vision of small family farms that is not actually accurate. For instance, on an organic dairy farm, of any size, the cows still need to be impregnated. The process is brutal - it entails someone shoving their entire arm into the anus of the dairy cow while another shoves their arm into her vagina to implant the bulls semen. The tool used to keep her in place is called a rape wrack. This is an industry term, not coined by animal activists. The bull is held in place and masterbated to collect his semen. When she gives birth, she is only allowed to feed her calf for 24 to 48 hours. The only reason they allow for that is that the calves have a higher chance of survival so that they can be sold for profit. The mother bellows for days or weeks in sadness at her stolen baby. The female calves are relegated to the same miserable life of being hooked up to metal machines to be milked for four to five years until production slows and they are killed for cheap meat for hamburgers and leather. The males are either sold at auction and killed when still young or live in crates for weeks, are fed poor diets to cause anemia so that their flesh remains white and sold as veal. This is not idealic and happens on all farms. Piglets are castrated and have their tails torn off, all without painkillers. Calves are branded and have their tails cut off. Turkeys are debeaked, meaning their beaks are burned off and many have their toes cut off. Same happens to days old chicks on egg farms and broiler farms. All male chicks are suffocated or ground up alive at hatcheries because they have no economic value to industry. The small, organic family farms are buying their hens from the same hatcheries as factory farms. And all of the animals will eventually be killed, in a violent manner. For taste, pleasure and tradition. I share this information to better help you understand that all use of animals is unethical. All farms torture, mutilate and ultimately kill the animals that they exploit. Sure, there are degrees of violence, but all unnecessary violence is unethical.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:34:51 +0000
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