“There are no beings in the universe, according to human beings, except themselves. All others are commodities…
Every crime capable of being perpetuated by one being upon another, is day by day rained upon them and with a calmness that would do honour to the managers of an inferno.” (J. Howard Moore)
“Most of us would be horrified if a neighbour did to her companion animal what is routinely– and in most cases, legally – inflicted on literally millions of animals daily, not only in laboratories and in the wild, but in factory farms, transport and slaughterhouses.
Most of us view ourselves as reasonably humane.” (Billy Ray Boyd)
The Chicken And The Egg
Young male chicks are gassed
At just twenty-four hours old –
(Or ground up, alive).
That’s why vegans don’t eat eggs:
The chicken and egg trade – one.
http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/video-thesadfate.html
http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/mdi-shredding-chicks.html
Double yoke (Britain)
‘Broiler’ hens are bred
To grow unnaturally fast.
This badly strains bones,
Causing leg deformities –
That stop them reaching their food.
50 million die
(An expected money loss) –
Only 6 percent
Of Britain’s ‘KFC’ girls:
Sick, starving – expendable.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/factory//2440//
Pig Business
In the U.S.A,
Male piglets are castrated
(No anaesthesia) –
So that “boar taint” doesn’t spoil
The taste of diners’ “pulled” ‘pork’.
http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/ar-pigsintelligent.html
http://factoryfarming.org.uk/pigs.html
http://farmsnotfactories.org/resources/pig-business/
“What a downer!”
Crippled animals
Are referred to as “downers.”
They are dragged to death:
There is no mercy for them –
(Often kicked and punched, to boot.)
http://www.humanesociety.org/news/news/2008/01/undercover_investigation_013008.html
https://animalpetitions.org/5243/stop-the-slaughter-of-sick-pigs/
If This Were You
Can you imagine?
The cold, sharp blade at your throat…
The terror of death…
Silence is complicity.
Avoidance is immoral.
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/slaughter/ALL///
http://www.animal-rights-action.com/slaughter-house.html