Ruft auf, „eine der schwersten Formen der Tierquälerei in diesem Land“ zu beenden.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/calls-end-one-most-severe-35328465
Von ItsWormAllTheWayDown
Ruft auf, „eine der schwersten Formen der Tierquälerei in diesem Land“ zu beenden.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/calls-end-one-most-severe-35328465
Von ItsWormAllTheWayDown
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This isn’t going to get popular support and won’t happen as a result, humanity is far too selfish to do the right thing here.
Farrowing crates: metal cages that hold a sow immobile after giving birth for up to five weeks.
Imagine being held by metal bars barely wide enough for you to lay down on bare concrete with your limbs beneath you, for five weeks. She can’t turn, she can’t roll, she can’t build her straw up into a nest, she can’t properly look after her babies. All she can do is stand there, helpless.
Needs to be followed by a ban on importing pork from countries that also do this.
Realistically:
Consumers / the population need to choose between cheap meat or ethical meat. You can’t have both.
Same goes for all those clothes and trainers that are made in sweatshops abroad.
And the general population seems happy to turn a blind eye to both the above.
I haven’t eaten meat/dairy for 4 years and i’m *still* learning about terribly cruel practices that i didn’t know existed.
Animal agriculture in this country may be better than some other countries, but it’s still absolutrely barbaric.
did you know that surveys suggest that around 25% of gen Z don’t eat meat? just throwing that out there if we’re talking about ending cruel practices surrounding animal farming
It’s worth noting that the NPA (National Pig Association, who represent UK pork farmers) lobbied against a proposed ban in 2019/2020, as giving the pigs better welfare would cut their profits too much.
Animal farmers only care about profits, and will continue to abuse animals until the consumer stops paying them.
We should ban halal slaughtering then to, as with halal slaughtering you cut the throat of the animal with a sharp knife and let it bleed out. That’s totally not“humane”.
Just a quick reminder that there’s no such thing as ethical or humane animal agriculture/meat. If you eat meat and dairy you’re supporting and funding animal abuse.
Give it some thought.
Two meats I would recommend to avoid as much as possible are pork and chicken. Pork and chicken is so cheap in this country, nearly all of it is factory farmed otherwise it wouldn’t be profitable.
I have cut down on meat a lot, but if I do eat it, I try my hardest to stick to cheap beef from a local farmers market like mince, bavette, hanger etc from my farmers market. It’s not perfect, but its a tiny step in the right direction.
I think one area that looks promising is shellfish farming. From what I have seen, farmed mussels/oysters/clams are possibly the most sustainable and ethical source of animal protein at the moment. I have replaced a lot of my meat consumption with tinned shellfish (mussels in particular)
I was an Agri student in South Africa in the 80’s and this was considered inhumane then, even amongst the other brutal practices at the time.
I can’t believe it still goes on.
For as long as animals are used as commodities, they’ll be treated as such
Whole meat and diary industry is cruel. Research cows milk?
Nation of Animal lovers my ass.
You can’t love animals, and eat them too.
Free range does not mean these cages aren’t used. Free range is a broad term and any animal with part of its life outdoors can count. Outdoor bred means the traditional nice pig sheds. Grass fed free range chicken is higher welfare than free range.
Pig sheds are incredibly important as the nesting process is a huge part of the gestation for pigs. Building a straw nest for their young is natural for them.
The straw helps keep them clean and dry, making for a higher chance of survival for the litter and less disease. Farrowing crates are inexcusable.
Always read the label and buy the ethical option. If it is too expensive, eat it less frequently.
Where is the provocateur making jokes about bacon tasting nice? Doesn’t feel like a Reddit post about animal cruelty without some such twatery
I did a captive and domestic animal based science degree and we went on a field trip to a slaughter market. The sheep just stood there thinking another day another small pen to be herded into but there were some pigs there, very young (people don’t realise how young pigs are when they are slaughtered, they are still children) and in small concrete pens and they were crying, literally crying and shaking with fear. Their eyes looked human. Before anyone says anything I’m a lifelong vegetarian and have never eaten pigs.
Folk marvel at how cheap pork is in Aldi – this is why. If you want cheap prices – it’s a race to the bottom.
The supposed white washing given by animal wellbeing stickers – salves the conscience of the consumer.
And here’s me getting my hopes up that they meant that they were banning animal agriculture altogether!
I see there’s a spokesman quoted from the „National Pig Association“. I doubt if any pigs are members. There is something really dark about the idea of it. Like an org called the „National Slave Association“ being solely populated by plantation owners.
Why tf don’t they call it the „Pig Farmers(Or Breeders) Association“ ?
Anyone who does this to pigs is a nasty piece of work.
It would be so simple for government to pass a law that requires minimum cage sizes for animals that would be a bit more “humane” but there is absolutely no political will power.
I admit knowing little about farming or pigs, but having read the article…
…are they too intelligent to be kept in cages, or too stupid to be trusted not to roll over and crush their own newborn offspring to death? It feels like it can’t be both things at the same time.
Theyre going to end Halal method of killing.
Wonderful news
And yet everyone gets outraged about halal meat, while it’s the pork industry which appears to be the most horrible when it comes to animal welfare.
I’m pretty sure the most severe form of animal cruelty is the part were we kill them at 6 months old to make sausages