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Originally Posted by Dreamer74  I would never ever justify any animal abuse, but I am surprised by the number of people who did not know this is how pigs are treated. Granted I am in Iowa so hog farms are a common thing. And a sow will kill a grown man if she has the chance and he is trying to move her babies, they are intelligent but not always gentle. Thier instincts are similar to a human and they are very protective. I am told that when taking them to the slaughter house sometimes they even have heart attacks as you are unloading them like they know where they are and what is going to happen.
I did not see the video but I am guessing they were filming large hog confinements and not free range pigs, which are generally gentle and loving because they are not under stress. More scary than this is the amount of antibiotics and other drugs that the give the hogs to keep them alive in a hog confinement. It is not where they are meant to live so thier bodies can't take it and they get sick without the drugs, add in the drugs to fatten them up and get more meat on the market and it is of no surprise to me why humans are so sick with cancer and other immune diseases. |
I agree completely. Did you know that Tyson, along with some other brands and store brands are now antibiotic free? I would like to know if any other chemicals are going into them though. Almost all milk here is hormone free as well.
I have a small store near me that is located on a big farm, and they sell all of their meat there. I know exactly where the meat is coming from and I see their animals. That makes me feel a little bit better.
I would like to greatly reduce the amount of meat we consume. Not for any other reason than just to be healthier. We are one of (if not, the only) country that meat is used daily as a main course in a meal. Most other countries use meat as a side dish. Of course we are the most overweight country and have the most heart disease, and I am wondering where we rank with cancers. Our bodies were not designed to injest that much meat daily, hormone or antibiotic treated or not. In Old Testament days, when people lived 200 years or so, meat was brought out for celebration or a feast of some sort, once in a great while, not several times a day.