First it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation to nature and the animals. Victor Hugo (poet, novelist, and playwright)
For more slaughterhouse photos of Compassionate Action for Animals click the picture.
for more info from the film project about animal slaughter click the picture.
For more photos of the slaughter of pregnant animals and their unborn babies click the picture. (Source VIVA)
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Watch a chick trying to escape its fate. Hit the picture.
You always hear stories about abused animals. And almost always everyone is very shocked about it. You hear comments like how can it be, and what has become of the world or something like how people can be so cruel. But when it 's about eating meat no one has a problem with it.
How can this be ? Are there such differents between a chicken (for consumption) and a duck from the park ? Is the slaughter of pregnant cows normal ? ...
Sometimes when pregnant animals are hanging on the line bleeding to death, you can see the unborn babies kicking inside their mothers' wombs. (veterinarian Gabriele Meurer)
More video's of animal cruelty at 'League Against Cruel Sports'
All video footage of hunting activities. A few titles :
Fox being dug out ready to run for its life again Fox being killed (slowly) by hounds then thrown by hunter Two people tormenting a fox and enjoying it Distressed stag being drowned Stag falling at hedge with hounds upon it Another distressed wounded stag in a garden Stag being whipped in a river Very tired stag - but they enjoy this of course Quick nip to the neck - deer Stag being drowned Hare coursing More hares
Beef
cattle are kept inside during the fattening period and outside
of the grazing season. Moreover, as with other farm animals, they
are killed before their time, when they are about two years old.
The same goes for dairy cows, which are slaughtered at an age of
five, on average, as by this time milk production has usually declined,
or because of decreased fertility, udder diseases, or other problems.
In
order to have sufficient milk production, it is necessary for dairy
cows to give birth to a calf every year. This calf is usually
taken away from the mother immediately, and male calves are often
bred to be veal calves. This is a meat calf that will spend his
entire life (26 weeks) in a wooden box, which is too small for the
animal to turn itself around in. This way muscle development will
be limited so that the meat will remain tender. Because the consumer
prefers whitish-pink meat, the animal is fed an iron-deficient diet,
which causes it to develop anaemia. When the calf is ready for slaughter
and is taken to the slaughterhouse, it can barely walk.
Nearly
all pigs live in bare pens with concrete grate floors, and
spend most of their lives in the dark. Castration and clipping of
the canines are done without anaesthesia. Because pigs tend to bite
each other's tails out of boredom and frustration, also the tails
are largely cut off (also without anaesthesia). Most pigs see daylight
for the first time when they are being taken to the slaughterhouse
after 6 months.
Breeding sows are also being kept inside all the time, and their
life consists of cycles of impregnation and nourishing her young.
When the piglets are born, the sow is secured in a so-called farrowing-crate
to make nourishing as easy and safe as possible. Instinctively,
the sow will desperately try to make a nest, but of course that's
impossible in these highly unnatural surroundings.
Broiler
chickens are kept in large, dark hangars, where they are packed
at a rate of twenty animals per square meter. They are fattened
up in a period of about 6 weeks, during which their body mass increases
by approximately 50 percent per day. Consequences of this fast growth
rate are - among other things - breathing difficulties, heart conditions
and leg-deformities. The animals are taken to the slaughterhouse
in trucks, pushed into wooden crates, often with broken bones and
dislocations as a consequence. The chickens that finally end up
at the supermarket are actually still chicks.
About
98 percent of all layer hens live in so called battery cages.
Four or five animals are stuffed into one cage that is not even
the size of regular sheet of paper. They are always exposed to artificial
light, which is used to manipulate their laying cycles and to increase
production. In these surroundings it is of course impossible for
them to exhibit their natural behaviour.
So
called "free-range" chickens don't have a lot of space either,
have a hard time taking dust baths and can't get out in the open.
In other systems, chickens can go outside, but - just as is the
case with battery - and free-range chickens - their beaks are being
cut off with a hot knife to prevent them from injuring or plucking
each other.
In all cases the male chicks are being gassed or torn to pieces
in a shredder, as they are "useless" for egg production. At an age
of approximately 72 weeks and after a production of about 300 eggs,
the layer hens are being sold as soup chickens for about 0,18 euro
a piece.
Several kinds of fish (among others salmon,
trout and eel) are being bred very intensively nowadays, often packed
together. Fish that is caught at sea have been able to live a natural
life, but their end is not enviable: once out of the water, they
usually die by suffocation.
This text comes from the website from eva, a Belgium vegetarian Organisation.
There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties... The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery. Charles Darwin (biologist)
If you have shocking photos of animal slaughter or know sites handling about animal cruelty and abuse that show more pictures and videos of the inside of slaughter houses, please send them to me. Let?s show the truth to the world. So people can really see where the meat comes from.
Let me know through email (see below) or post it on the forum.
Lets unite
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How can the abuse and animal slaughter be authorized ? I don't know and for sure i will never understand. Ok you give up eating meat and fish, never again a nice steak or some sweet ham, away with fresh fish, no more wild deer, beef, roasted chicken, chicken wings, turkey breast, pheasant, lamb, veal hearts, pork spare ribs, cordon blue, liver, salmon fillets, shrimps, tuna, lobster, scrod fillets, catfish fillets, fresh oysters, herring in wine sauce, roast beef, liverwurst, salami,...
but is this so much. There are coming more and more vegetarian products on the market, a lot taste great. I don't want to preach or lecture you. I just hope that the pictures above still reach you and that it makes you think. Know what you eat.
Learn from these pictures and videos of animal cruelty and abuse. Why do we need slaughterhouses ? Why mass murder ?
A Database of photos (pictures), videos and faqs of animal slaughter houses (Cruelty and Abuse)
