Sometimes I forget that some people really just don't know about the cruelty of factory farming

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Permalink Reply by Esra on April 3, 2012 at 4:32am

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What's worse is people who KNOW that animals suffer - although they just say that efforts are continually being made to REDUCE suffering, and just a little *in their minds* suffering is ok....there is no LAW that dictates how much suffering should go on anyway :S.....SO TWISTED.

Another disturbing fact, like your friend said: "Well don't read that kind of stuff. That's depressing. Just enjoy the pizza." - really?! That's people's "solution" to the suffering? Just to ignore it and it won't be there anymore?  It's really disturbing.

Keep being the shining light :)

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Permalink Reply by Celeste on April 3, 2012 at 4:40am

Oh yes I agree! The people who know about it, but just want to ignore it, or pretend it isn't there, are just...not seeing the truth. And we live in the country out here in Texas, so we pass cows grazing in fields all the time, and maybe that distorts their view of where their meat is coming from, I don't know. But yeah it seems that most people's solution is to not think about it. They just create a distance between the steak on their plate, and the animal abuse it took to get it there. I know, because I was a meat eater before too, but I learned that as sad as it is to think about the truth of the matter, the better I am for it. because now I don't contribute to it. And I know I am doing something to stop it.

Thanks for your kind words. :)

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Permalink Reply by Peter Csere on April 3, 2012 at 5:08am

A lot of people know, but purposely do not think about it. 

Think about it. If you do chemical analysis of animal products, (as well as really any cooked food) they contain chemicals and tastes that are just as addicting as heroin, and not only that but we have the caloric density issues (The Pleasure Trap | Andy on Blip) that make them even MORE addicting. So we are not really dealing with "ignorance" per se, but an addiction. 

In the back of their heads, heroin addicts know what they learned in grade school about the horrible things heroin does to their bodies. But they purposely ignore that information because of the high that they get when they shoot up. And if you try to confront them about it, especially when they are craving, they will be mean and nasty and offensive. 

Some people are VERY willing to accept when they hear the meat industry say "Oh that's just the small minority of farms... most of our farms are like this" (Cue happy-feeling shot of farmer and family petting the cows in the small pasture.) If they believe that, they won't have to feel as bad when they eat meat or dairy or eggs. 

Hang in there... someday, flesh and pus eaters will be in the minority! 

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Permalink Reply by fruitsandnumbers on April 5, 2012 at 3:26am

I do think misinformation is a problem. When I went vegan, little more than three years ago, I knew absolutely nothing about animal cruelty. I only learnt about it much later. This information is not so easy to find if you're not looking for it. And it's very unlikely you'll ever imagine animals could possibly be treated so horribly unless you're exposed to this information.

Therefore, it is our duty to pass this information around. The death industry has made a good job hiding it from the public eye, and we cannot let it remain hidden.

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Permalink Reply by pradtf on April 3, 2012 at 12:15pm

greetings celeste! welcome to 30bad!!

and keep the deniers in the know!

 

here's what the calves go through - so show them this and they'll know for next time:

 

Did you realize that nearly all cows used for milk are born with tissue that should develop into horns? That's really bad news for cows born into the dairy industry, which tends to pack animals into cramped spaces where horns aren't easily accommodated. So can you guess what happens to the cows?

In order to keep the horns from developing, many farmers press red-hot irons into their heads and burn this sensitive tissue out. While this happens, the calves bellow and thrash in pain. For grown cows whose horns have already fused with their skulls, farmers may use blades or hand saws, cutting or sawing away until the horns come off, often leaving gaping, blood-squirting holes.

 

Calves rarely receive anesthesia for the hideously painful dehorning procedures and may suffer in agony for hours after the mutilation occurs. Full-grown cows can take up to three months to heal. The calves don't understand why they're being tortured, and they can't do anything to lessen the intense pain.

There is a solution, and it's simple: The dairy industry can breed for naturally hornless cows, as most of the beef industry already does. But the most effective way for consumers to save cows from the barbarity of factory-farming is by choosing from the many readily available vegan milks, ice creams, and cheeses instead of those that come from suffering calves and cows.

Be an informed consumer. Watch PETA's new video about dehorning now, share it with others, and pledge to go vegan today.

 

the video is below.

 

as  with any 'advertising' some people need to be hit multiple times before reality registers:

http://www.30bananasaday.com/xn/detail/2684079:Comment:2412280

 

in friendship,

prad

 

 

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Permalink Reply by fruitsandnumbers on April 5, 2012 at 3:29am

Oh, this is so horrible prad! So shocking! I had no idea that this was done! Thank you prad for sharing this information with us! I can imagine that you are particularly sensitive to this hideous practice, being a horned animal yourself...

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Permalink Reply by HolisticHealthDetective on April 4, 2012 at 12:51am

You know,

Sometimes I allow myself to completely give in and review in my mind and via videos and stuff the actual horror the animals go through, and just completely feel it...and then it becomes toooo much to bear. I feel like I just want to curl up with a broken heart and grieve beyond measure for my animal brothers and sisters who suffer this way at the hand of decadence. It's a permanent round-the-clock Holocaust. And it's just spiteful and cruel that we take the lives of our brethren and turn it into stuff like Doritos and Triple Bacon Cheeseburgers which kill us as well as the animals.

And they said, "but no animal dies in making the cheese. "

But likewise this mindset isn't enough for them to go vegetarian, is it? 

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