There is a saying
that “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, we all would be vegetarians”. What
will be presented in this article is what happens behind those windowless
walls. One of two things will happen by the end of this article. One, you will
feel sadness and make an attempt to change how and what you eat, or two, you
will put it aside and continue doing what you have been conditioned to do and
live with the reality that you most definitely are what you eat – a
compassionless, hard-hearted person.
All animals go to
slaughterhouses. While there, they can hear, smell and hear the death around
them. And while these animals struggle to keep alive, the workers, to not slow
down “production”, exhibit impatience to these poor animals.
The government, in
their compassion, requires that an animal be stunned prior to its being
murdered. How do the do this? With a method called, captive bolt stunning. A
gun is put against the animal’s head that shoots a metal rod into its brain.
What if the animal struggles and the rod misses? Easy. Do it again and again
until it hits the right mark.
Then, there’s
electrical stunning. This electrically zaps the animal creating a grand mal
seizure. But, what if the electrical charge is not high enough? Then the animal
will become paralyzed but will not lose sensibility. Whatever it takes, right?
Next is ritual
slaughter where the animal’s throat is cut while fully conscious. Supposedly,
the animal will become unconscious within seconds. The reality is that because
of blood flow through the back of the neck the animal can remain conscious and
bleed up to a minute, all the while screaming in pain.
There was an article
in the Washington Post that revealed that hogs are immersed in scalding water
after they are stunned to soften their hides for skinning. Given the mental
acuity of the employees most of the hogs are scalded and drowned while conscious
and kicking and squealing while being lowered in to the water. The same applies
to chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese that undergo electric stunning. They are
usually conscious as they are boiled or drowned.
Many slaughterhouse
employees get their rocks off by punching the animals while alive or ripping
the eggs out of a hen’s body and then having egg fights or ripping the heads
off of turkeys that got their feet stuck in the transport truck cages. If a
bird missed the throat-cutting machine a worker simply rips its head off to not
slow down production.
Some of the other
employee pastimes include throwing live chickens into a wall, picking chickens
up by their feet and swinging their heads into walls or the floor, or throwing
them on the floor, while alive, and jumping up and down on them.
The USDA, which
oversees the treatment of animals and birds in the slaughter houses says,
“Drastic increases in production speeds, lack of support from supervisors in
plants, new inspection policies which significantly reduce our enforcement
authority, and little or no access to the areas of the plants where animals are
killed, have significantly hampered our ability to ensure compliance with
humane regulations”.
The good news – even
when problems are reported to the inspectors, the government ignores them. A
case in point was that no action was taken against a Texas beef company for
chopping the hooves and ears off of live cattle.
It’s up to you to
look into your heart and decide if you want to be a part of this or not.
Aloha!
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