Originally posted by

Mary

Josie Coy said: "I feel animal cruelty is when animals are mistreated, abused, made to starve...I have no problem eating meat. I know chickens have really small cages and stuff, but they really try to kill animals in the fastest and most humane way from what I know..."

Josie, and anyone who agrees with her, should read the Vegan Outreach literature. Life is constant agony for the vast majority of animals raised for food, and death but a terrifying and painful release from it. There is nothing "humane" about it, and there is no good reason to support it by consuming meat, milk or eggs. See, for example: http://www.TryVeg.com

I can hardly believe what I am reading. The meat and dairy industry does such a great job at making people mis-believe that animals are not tortured in factory farms. Every second of their lives, the animals are wanting something as basic as the ability to try to get a little bit comfortable, but they can't, because it's business...it's not the food chain...it's business. The food chain is where our earliest ancestors ate mostly fruits and greens. There is no need to eat animals; more and more hard scientific evidence is surmounting showing that people who continue to eat meat develop interesting and unfortunate diseases. Ever hear of diverticulitis? Our long digestive systems were NOT intended to consume rotting decomposing flesh. Believe it. If not for them, for you.

Originally posted by

Mary

Josie Coy said: "I feel animal cruelty is when animals are mistreated, abused, made to starve...I have no problem eating meat. I know chickens have really small cages and stuff, but they really try to kill animals in the fastest and most humane way from what I know..."

Josie, and anyone who agrees with her, should read the Vegan Outreach literature. Life is constant agony for the vast majority of animals raised for food, and death but a terrifying and painful release from it. There is nothing "humane" about it, and there is no good reason to support it by consuming meat, milk or eggs. See, for example: http://www.TryVeg.com

I can hardly believe what I am reading. The meat and dairy industries do such a great job at making people mis-believe that animals aren't tortured from birth until death in the factory farms (CAFOs). Every second of each factory animal's life is spent yearning and instinctively wanting to seek some things as basic as a little bit of comfort, but they can't get it. Ever try to get comfortable but can't? Multiply the worst time you had by a million. That's the kind of suffering you'll *see* if you learn about 1) the animals interests and 2) the factory farming processes. Sadly, the students who were interviewed and the interviewer appear to have no idea what CAFOs are. The students who were interviewed are misinformed about what has happened to farming. It's not the food chain; it's business we are talking about. Our earliest ancestors ate mostly fruits and greens. If you want to get all argumentative about it, then imagine this...how natural is it to create animal factories? Is it natural for humans? no. How about the animals in the factories? Hell, no. Well, guess what? We end up getting hurt too. Our intestines are not intended to manage dead, rotting, decomposing flesh, so diseases like diverticulitis, colon cancer, constipation, obesity, acne, hemorrhoids, etc. (the list is never ending) are what people get from not aspiring to learn more and adapt. It's not just red meat that causes diseases; it's all animal meat. There are so many healthier ways to eat (vegan, vegetarian, 80/10/10, live foods, etc.).