Farmers fight back against animal rights groups

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Compassion wrote:

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Both are unnecessary and cruel.

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Mercy For Animals wrote:

A new Mercy For Animals investigation is pulling back the curtains on the largest dairy factory farm in New York State Willet Dairy in Locke.
In early 2009 an MFA undercover investigator worked at the mega-dairy, secretly documenting egregious acts of animal cruelty, including neglect, with a hidden camera.
Thankfully, compassionate consumers can choose to withdraw their support of these abusive industries by adopting a vegan diet.
Each time we eat we can choose kindness over cruelty. Visit ChooseVeg.com for dairy-free recipes.
the videoEvidence gathered during the investigation reveals:
* Cows with bloody open wounds, prolapsed uteruses, pus-filled infections, and swollen joints, apparently left to suffer without veterinary care
* "Downed" cows those too sick or injured to even stand left to suffer for weeks before dying or being killed
* Workers hitting, kicking, punching, and electric-shocking cows and calves
* Calves having their horns burned off without painkillers, as a worker shoved his fingers into the calves' eyes to restrain them
* Calves having their tails cut off a painful practice condemned by the American Veterinary Medical Association as cruel and unnecessary
* Newborn calves forcibly dragged away from their mothers by their legs, causing emotional distress to both mother and calf
* Cows living in overcrowded sheds on manure-coated concrete flooring
* Workers injecting cows with a controversial bovine growth hormone, used to increase milk production

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bob wrote:

can u buy a vegan, 1,500 calorie value meal @ McDonalds for $5?

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bob wrote:

North America spends Less than 10% of it's disposable income on (eat @ home food) Western Europe and Japan 15%. Most of the rest 20-60%. Only a few states can grow fruits and vegetables year round. Green houses would work but the cost?

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bob wrote:

California banned tail docking. they didn't give the farmer the right or choice to use anesthesia. they just banned it. Tail docking is used on animals the same way circumcision is used on humans. it's used for hygenic purposes.

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bob wrote:

What's a Vegan Thanksgiving turkey look like anyway?

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Nobama wrote:

<quoted text>Absolutely! Last nights dinner: Grilled Porterhouse
(rare), yummy, BBQ'd Potato and grilled eggplant in olive oil, salt and pepper.
That Porterhouse was DEEEEEEEElicious! And a HUGE green salad. I believe in the
humane treatment of animals. I think it is our responsibility. However, Cows are
part of the food chain. Thats just the way it is.

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Mercy For Animals wrote:

A new Mercy For Animals investigation is pulling back the curtains on the largest dairy factory farm in New York State Willet Dairy in Locke.
In early 2009 an MFA undercover investigator worked at the mega-dairy, secretly documenting egregious acts of animal cruelty, including neglect, with a hidden camera.
Thankfully, compassionate consumers can choose to withdraw their support of these abusive industries by adopting a vegan diet.
Each time we eat we can choose kindness over cruelty. Visit ChooseVeg.com for dairy-free recipes.
Evidence gathered during the investigation reveals:
* Cows with bloody open wounds, prolapsed uteruses, pus-filled infections, and swollen joints, apparently left to suffer without veterinary care
* "Downed" cows those too sick or injured to even stand left to suffer for weeks before dying or being killed
* Workers hitting, kicking, punching, and electric-shocking cows and calves
* Calves having their horns burned off without painkillers, as a worker shoved his fingers into the calves' eyes to restrain them
* Calves having their tails cut off a painful practice condemned by the American Veterinary Medical Association as cruel and unnecessary
* Newborn calves forcibly dragged away from their mothers by their legs, causing emotional distress to both mother and calf
* Cows living in overcrowded sheds on manure-coated concrete flooring
* Workers injecting cows with a controversial bovine growth hormone, used to increase milk production

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madcoman wrote:

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Actually the reason they do it is just so the cow can't brush the dairy worker with it while they apply the milking machine. I'd feel sorry for any cow that's had it's tail cut off, as it wouldn't be able to swat away flies during the summer.

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Mommas home cooking wrote:

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You should try opening your heart and mind.
Our vegan Thanksgiving meals (and we've had many) are downright delicious, and everyone walks away satisfied and happy...
And best of all, not only do we have so much, for which to be thankful, we extend that blessing to other animals as well.
No bones, no blood, no corpses in our kitchen. It's all clean, beautiful, nutritious, living food.
Why should someone have to die just for us to celebrate a holiday?! Aren't we lucky enough to be on holiday in the first place!

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bob wrote:

<quoted text> you gonna try to ban circumcision too?

just another cattle man wrote:

Well this chatt went bad in a hurry,any way none you animal activist ever told me the correct way for animal care,living,and death in your oppinion.There is no perfect way to care and killing animals that would make you happy, other then no animal care or killing. Well I for one am and well keep eating meat.Been nice chatting. Good day and good bye

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lovelife wrote:

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What about putting them down the way vets do to old or sick pets? Just a shot and they go night forever.
I see that this thread has gone way down the human communication scale. Once more there is something that could be worked out somehow. And to whomever it is that calls people who care about the treatment of animals obama pple -please!!!- it's not divided by poilitics! I am a conservative and most of my friends are too- we all agree that things can be improved
PS I am am amazing cook and cook for many people- I would rather eat sand paper than eat McDonalds- it smells , reaks, their meat is gross don't know hat they do to it?