Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to the recent HBO docudrama on the life of Dr. Temple Grandin <http://www.templegrandin.com/> Only about 40% of this nations beef slaughter operations have switched to more humane animal treatment. <http://www.organicconsumers.org/irrad/insensibility.cfm> seems to make similar assessments. Accurate information is difficult to come by as agribusiness would rather that we not know the processes used to bring your "meat" to their transparently wrapped trays. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 30, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Marty Deveney wrote: > This, however, looks like a very primitive operation, by modern > standards, so maybe it is actually documentary. > > Live animals never see carcasses, nor are they held confined, nor do > they ever "shriek in terror". The gross anthropomorphisation > expressed here is absurd at best and devisive worst. Particularly to > show these in the US, Europe or North America and to pretend that this > is what "most" abattoirs are like is outright misleading. In a well > designed modern facility, terrestrial animals are killed a lot more > humanely than fish that die slowly by being crushed or of asphyxia in > a net, or which struggle on the end of a line for a long time. > Whatever the case, whoever runs this facility has a lot of work to do > to bring it up to modern standards. I am a bit surprised that this > continues in the EU, but I've been surprised in Italy before.