Sunday, 9 October 2016

You think your country doesn't abuse animals? Think again....

Another excellent post from George Martin:

This is a message to all my fellow human beings, worldwide.
I just want you to know—whatever your race, gender, religion, sexuality, or nationality, wherever you are—that your country is an animal-abusing shit-hole.
As I am tired of hearing comment after comment by people who want to deny that animals are treated like shit in their country, I have decided to compile a list of videos from many of your beloved utopias. My hope from this is that people can finally wake up and realise that the idea of "This doesn't happen here in ____" is a steaming pile of shit. Animal abuse, whether people want to admit it or not, is a WAY OF LIFE for all countries on this earth. For as long as animals are seen as sources of food and clothing, they will continue to be treated this way by the respective animal-abusing torture chambers you call home.
So without further ado, please see the videos I've complied from each country below. Feel free to spread this post far and wide to combat those in denial about the moral crimes that their country and its people are complicit in. Oh, and for the inhabitants of any countries I've left off the list, don't worry—I think your country is a piece of shit too. Many thanks.
USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYTkM1OHFQg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGIMCmpfxU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE66ZC7RJQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiil6ONtDxU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ--faib7to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOJhvrIkgYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L2mGC4zezM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNY4Fjsdft4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RNFFRGz1Qs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBZW2FKs8qs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6E8H3C1CrU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHmVxfRSOmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJovxS9-RTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx-b2o8MCpY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59LdaOb_Qt8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul2cmwJs140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K-FCiSrwTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGc3samj8N8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbP_SPCOQHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB5cA8gUAF0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ok6LTvWQY8
(Please note: the number of videos a country has in the above list is NOT reflective of its comparison to other countries in the list with regards to animal abuse. Certain countries had videos that were easier to locate than others. All countries on the above list, and all countries not included on the list, participate in the systematic abuse of animals on a daily basis.)

(Further note: with regards to the less developed countries in the above list, I do not care for any apologist comments talking about how much harder it is for them, etc. All the acts you see above are acts of abhorrent savagery, plain and simple. If children are off-limits from being harmed by the people in the less developed countries above, so too are animals. In any case, the most important thing here is to show those living in the developed countries listed that animal abuse is a way of life there as well as in the poorer ones.)





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Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Seven Facing Questions

Here is a post from a fellow vegan whom I am friends with on Facebook:


If someone is absolutely sure of their belief that there is nothing wrong with the purchasing and consumption of meat and animal products, then it would only make sense that they are able to COMFORTABLY answer the following questions (none of which are hypothetical, and all of which are based on the reality of animal agriculture).

So anyone out there who is sure there is nothing morally wrong with it, I would love to please know your answers to the below:

1. How old should calves be before they're separated from their mothers so that we can consume their milk? And for the male ones, how soon after separation should they be sent to slaughter?

2. What is your preferred method of killing male chicks, who are of no use to the egg industry because they can't lay, and no use to the meat industry because they don't grow fast enough for meat? Are you a grinding machine type or more of a suffocate in large sacks kind of person?

3. Which wild animals do you think need culling the most in order to protect your livestock before you purchase it? Do you think foxes or badgers, for example, are the biggest threat at the moment to the products you want to buy, and would you rather they were shot or hunted with dogs?

4. How long, ideally, should a journey be from farm to slaughterhouse for the animals you eat, on the slaughterhouse truck they're crammed on to?

5. How do you prefer the animals are taken off the truck into the slaughterhouse for their execution? For example, do you prefer the use of an electric prod, or should they just be kicked/thrown off?

6. What is your favourite way to impregnate a female animal? Do you prefer they are molested by hand, or that a metallic object is thrust into their vagina in order to impregnate them?

7. Are all of the above really worth it for a sandwich, and do they genuinely comprise something worth arguing for in general?

George Martin

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Sunday, 31 July 2016

Cannibal required. Apply within.

I need me a cannibal to have at hand...



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Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Animals aren't safe in or out of the EU



I voted remain. And the main reason for that was because I believed that (and still do) animals fare slightly better under the scrutiny of the masses, the general public, of a large European community.
Around 80 percent of UK animal welfare laws originate from the EU. None of which are in any way perfect, or even, really, acceptable – not to vegans or to anyone who really truly loves animals. But it’s better than NOT having any of those EU welfare laws in place.
So, I was horrified when I read what the latest EU dinner menu was on the 28th June:

:: Quail and green bean salad with a crispy dried fruit pastry triangle;
:: Poached veal tenderloin with seasonal baby vegetables;
:: Strawberries.
Quail and veal?
Quail has recently been outed for being Factory Farming’s Most Recent and Smallest Victims. Some countries, including the UK, have Codes of Practice that advise cage heights to be 20cm. But these are not legal requirements and no country has particular laws for the welfare of quail.
20cm. 20 CM!
These birds are ‘beak trimmed’ - Beak trimming is particularly cruel as underneath the outer casing runs a system of blood vessels and nerve endings. These enable birds to use their beaks in much the same way we use our fingers - to pick up food, to touch and sense, feel and explore. In effect trimming beaks is similar to a human having their fingertips amputated.
Please read the link to the article that outlines what these tiny little birds suffer:
And of course veal.
The ‘by product’ of the dairy industry – the industry where mothers and babies are abused in the most horrific of ways for our greed for milk and cheese etc.
In the UK there are, interestingly, stricter rules than in general in the EU for veal production – which actually has meant that the UK barely bothers with veal production at all. So calves are simply killed and thrown out. For veal to be veal, in the eyes of the discerning baby torturers and killers, the meat of the calves must be pale and tender. It is baby meat after all.
Standards of welfare in the EU is worse than in the UK – and can vary considerably. Although animals experience social contact and greater freedom of movement than in the crates that they were once legally kept in, they are still kept on slatted flooring with no comfortable resting area. EU law also allows the calves to be fed on a liquid milk diet and the roughage provided may not be of an appropriate type or sufficient quantity to allow normal development of the digestive system. This feeding regime helps to ensure the production of the ‘desired’ pale flesh, since the law allows haemoglobin levels (iron) in calves blood to fall below those that safeguard against anaemia.
So, basically, babies that are deliberately made ill and weak before they are killed.
And it is veal and quail that is served at these functions.
We have a lot of work cut out for us – ‘us’ being those who actually, really, truly love animals. All animals.



 
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Saturday, 5 December 2015

Are vegans pro-life? For real?

I got to thinking, after having read a post on Facebook where someone was upset at an argument they had been having with someone else who happened to ask what their view on abortion was. Their argument ended up being a slanging match, where swallowing sperm etc became the red herring and the abortion issue ended up being the elephant in the room.

The responses that the upset vegan got was a whole lot more of sarcastic commentary that she was advised to give. Or just plain insults to deliver.

This went on for a while. In the meantime I started to wonder myself about this. And finally, I had to put my own thoughts up. I avoided the sperm/blow job aspect of it - it was getting a thorough *cough* beating without me adding to it. My comment was:

One of the most compelling and strong things that us vegans use as an argument for eating plants over meat, is the fact that plants don't have a brain or a nervous system. At 5 weeks, a foetus's brain and nervous system starts to develop. I think that this fact requires thought....

Now, either this has indeed caused thought or I have just killed the thread and everyone has scattered and re-hidden their heads in the sand.

To me, the issue DOES require thought. Surely, as vegan's, are we not pro life for all life?

It seems not. If it's inconvenient to us, then many of us compromise. Massively.

That's all.

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Sunday, 22 November 2015

The Friendly Activist - Seaspiracy: what you should know about fish, the ocean and more

I am very proud to have met a young man, Ali Tabrizi a couple of years ago. He was, at the time, presenting at the Birkbeck University who have a Friday evening sort of 'open mic' night where people can present things they feel passionate about.

Ali's talk that evening was an exploration and research into looking at alternative ways to consume food in order to minimise the destructivity that humans have ended up perpetuating upon this blue planet that we call home but treat like a rubbish tip.

He spoke of vegetarian, veganism and even opened up the subject of breatharianism. I was mesmerised by his compassion, not only towards the planet and the animals that live upon her, but also towards his fellow humans, even though we do what we do. He didn't come across as judgemental in any way, just hyper concerned for his and all beings future.

I spoke to him after his talk and I knew that here was a very real, caring, internally wonderful young man and I have since been watching his progress, his ever deepening journey into what appears to be the impossible - educating the human world to wake it up to what we are doing, what we are leaving to the next generations to have to deal with.

Please do watch his Seaspiracy: What you should know about fish, the ocean and more documentary here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLgkrQSRy9E

And follow his youtube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDFyunx_AJOzKr7fsuGSJw

And let's back him up, if not for ourselves, but for our children and their children.
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Saturday, 7 November 2015

No meat, no milk, no wool, no silk,
No eggs, no honey, my choice, my money..
No shooting, no snares, no coursing of hares,
No circus, no zoo, no rodeo too..
No fur, no leather, no saddle, no tether,
No eggs, no fish, no cruelty's my wish..
No feathers, no suede, no ivory trade,
No poison of 'pests', no animal tests..
No killing, no using, my values, my choosing,
No cage, no pen, no veal crate again..
No hunting, no breeding, no hurting, no bleeding,
No feedlot, no kill floor, no tail dock, no declaw..
No blood, no bones, no screams, no moans,
No suffering, no pain, their freedom, my gain!
~ By EVOLVE! Campaigns ~



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