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VeganxChick January 20, 2009 at 10:14 p.m.
To all you so called animal lovers out there - answer me this...
Why do you continue to eat animals, fish and dairy? with all the suffering and pain involved.
And remember leather is a by product of the meat industry 'the poor cows skin'
Now I could not bring myself to watch the video to this post, as that sort of stuff upsets me alot.
I don't know how people who's job is involved in the fattening up, shipping off and slaughtering of many billions of animals can live with themselves. I would be very interested to talk to one of these 'brave' individuals.
If you love animals, the single most important thing you can do for them is to become vegan. It is the best thing I ever did and is the most acceptable way of life.
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veggie_fae January 18, 2009 at 2:16 p.m.
I have stopped eating meat entirely for the cruelty that these animals have to endure.
I think people need to be made aware of what happens to these animals.
The general responce ive gotten from people when telling them in not eating meat for the brutal cruelty the animals go through is - what cruelty?
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sammyvanstaden January 16, 2009 at 9 p.m.
I felt like screaming while I was watching this. How can these people TORTURE these poor, innocent animals and then think it is OK to treat them like that, and kill them so inhumanley? No one could look at those poor animals and NOT realise they were suffering. They just don't care about the animals - all that people care about is money and it is SICK. And CRUEL. It is the adults who are doing this, and just creating problems for the young people to deal with later on. Anyway, that doesn't matter. The ANIMALS are the ones that matter, because they can't speak up for themselves, or defend themselves. I am still sickened by what these people are doing.
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Gailshelford January 15, 2009 at 1:02 p.m.
I struggled to watch this footage to the end. If i knew the meat i buy came from a country witout EU regulations then i would not buy it. I think our own farmers need more support and we need to see more local abbatoirs to cut transportation and undue stress to the amimals. I agree with Mags53, no animals should be travelled across europe never mind across the world for slaughter, not this day and age. Surely higher welfare animals slaughtered closer to home or on the farm have better tasting meat? All seems very barbaric unnessasary and very inhumane. Money rules, sod the living creatures that will end up on our tables :-(
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cazzie50 January 15, 2009 at 9:53 a.m.
I would boycott all transfers of animals to other countries & the mode....I would like to BOYCOTT the people that make money out of it & presume they are doing the world a favour. When in fact they really don't give a toss for the care & concern of the animal. Too much greed in this world all for the mighty Dollar.
Is a sad sad world we live in when one can produce & sell with no thought to the animal.
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givepigspace January 14, 2009 at 11:05 p.m.
Farming organisations complain that despite higher farm animal welfare regulations in GB,cheaper meat is on sale in the supermarkets from countries that don't have such welfare regulations.
Also food processors and catering, often don't give a jot about animal welfare, providing they get it as cheap as they can.
So to help stamp out cruel practices there needs to be a focus on supermarkets,processors and catering outlets, aswell as educating the buying public to make welfare- informed choices.
GOOD LUCK.WE'RE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU..
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ruby January 14, 2009 at 11:14 a.m.
yes i would most definitely boycott any product that had been produced in this way. This video is very shocking, so let us know which products on the supermarket shelf I should avoid.
It's not enough to know that this cruelty goes on, I want to know how i can in a practical way not give money to the producers who make products based on cruelty to animals.
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animal_lover January 13, 2009 at 7:55 p.m.
That video was truly shocking. It reduced me to tears and is quite simply heart-breaking. These innocent animals should not be suffering in this way!
THIS MUST BE STOPPED. Anything that can be done to stop this should be done in my opinion. It is sick.
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scarlet_blush January 13, 2009 at 10:49 a.m.
Have any of you guys seen the BBC3 documentary series, "Kill it, cook it, eat it"? Slaughterhouses and the meat trade want people to believe that there are humane ways of slaughtering the animals, and that they feel no pain. In reality, they are often still alive, due to the electric shock missing the mark (brain stem) so the animals bleed and choke to death while feeling every minute of it. Chickens are often not stunned properly and are boiled alive in the slaughter houses, as are pigs.
There is no form of giving animals a humane death- so why do we do it? I am a vegan, and for those considering veganism or vegetarianism, check out viva.co.uk
They are an excellent organisation, and will tell the facts of the meat and dairy trade- making sure to fill us all in on what the media does not tell us.
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Sy_luvs_animals January 13, 2009 at 1 a.m.
The treatment of those poor, innocent sheep was absolutely horrendous! I was crying so much as I watched that. Every aspect of the trip to the Middle East was teemed with acts of cruelty, and the people involved seem to lack any hint of mercy or feeling. How could a person watch those sheep struggle and not be even vaguely aware of the pain they are enduring, and realise the unfairness of it all?
Yes, I would definitely boycott meat if I knew it had gone through this horrible, cruel, process. This must be stopped. It would be so much better for the welfare of the sheep if they did not have to suffer this excruciating journey.
I hope the RSPCA succeeds in their mission to end such unimaginably cruel circumstances for these sheep, and any other animal which has suffered in a similar way.
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li0n_0 January 12, 2009 at 11:48 a.m.
That video was heart breaking! It is truly beyond me how anyone can treat an animal, or anything for that matter, with such barbarianism. Those poor sheep are clearly in so much distress - they are terrified. The whole process the Australians have chosen to adopt here is both so very cruel and completely unnecessary. I shall refrain from commenting on the practices in the Middle East for fear of causing offence however to say their methods are disgusting would be an understatement. This campaign shall receive my full support and I will be sure to spread the word among my friends and colleagues.
Here's hoping we see a prompt end to the practices portrayed in the video.
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Sazzii January 9, 2009 at 6:47 p.m.
that video is horrible it made me cry for god sake this has 2 be stopped right now id love to do it to them guys drag them of a truck and slaughter them they have no regard for the animals. they were here first they have fed us for yrs so they treat them like that stupid b******* i absolutley hate thos guys and i think im gonna do evreything i can 2 stop it including getting some big names 2 support the campaign
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lulu_n_misu January 6, 2009 at 1:24 p.m.
I think its awful how some of those farms mass breed their animals in cramped small spaces!! It killsme to just think about it, and when i tell some people and they watch the video they act as they couldn't care less!!!:( I'm a vegetarian myself, but other family members eat free range eggs and meat from the local farm. I wish everyone could do the same!
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diddldream January 1, 2009 at 6:22 p.m.
and we should only have free range meat, milk, eggs and other things so that some lucky chickens can live a life of luxary while some other is in a cramped heap in a holding pen where they are over fed and took on long jorneys just to be slaughtered in some other country, there not lucky they dont care about seeing other countrys! so it should be stoped! 'o.O
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luke December 22, 2008 at 3:38 p.m.
i hate it when i say to people watch these vidios they wont caus they eat meat and dont want to know the truth but these poor animals have to see and suffer it all they cant close there eyes and ignore it it makes me soo mad the human race can be so selfish to there needs well they dont need meat they choose for this to happen and to be incouraged we need to stop this now , these poor animals it kills me everytime i watch the vidio but i think its right to watch them as people like us tneed to help these poor creatures and make people see wha they go through bet if ya posted this vidio through peoples door they would stop and think or wud they
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Smiley Sophie December 22, 2008 at 8:59 a.m.
This is a complete disgrace, we need to do more to stop this happening. When i was watching the video i sometimes had to close my eyes, but these poor animals can't get away from it. I think it looks like a holocaust. Cramped conditions, thirst, hunger, disease, and to be slaughtered at the end of it is just unbearable. We need to make sure these animals voices are heard.
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jerryandlucky December 19, 2008 at 10:43 p.m.
I've read enough comments about a video of sheep being transported and killed to know I couldn't bear to watch it myself. I watched with a strange fascination the video on the internet of Saddam Hussain being hanged, the difference? he was guilty of attocities, these poor innocent animals aren't. I would encourage everyone to try a vegetarian diet for a week, there are probably times when you have a vegetarian meal without even noticing there's no meat.
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luke December 19, 2008 at 7:25 p.m.
i dont no how to start this realy just watched the vidio u no how it made me feel ashamed to be in the human race, i couldnt sleep i had the images in my head sometimes ya feel so helpless and get so angry. i am a vedgetarian and im not proud of it i think it is normal and everyone should as we do not need to eat meat to live. them poor sheep i could not have filmed that the anger would of overwhelmed me these people who do this to these animals do not deserve to be respected i would love to give them the treatment they do to these animals but i wont say yo much on that subject.this is totally disgusting and there isnt a strong inuff word to be used this needs to stop its reasurring to no that there is people out there that have the same strong views on animals caus sometimes ya feel alone. we need to do somthing about this.humans are so selfish greed and money this world is about and i dont want to be part of that race.i feel so much for these animals i wish i could do more.
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alimollie December 17, 2008 at 8:44 a.m.
I would boycott meat I knew was from a country that did not enforce the EU animal welfare standards, I do eat meat myself, and my step dad is a farmer so I see how the animals should be treated with care.
I couldn't watch the video, I just can't understand how this is still allowed to happen.
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magentadivine December 16, 2008 at 7:59 a.m.
im a vegan and its the only way to be, reason why, i dont support any cruelty at all, if you eat meat then you support the way the animals are transported, plain and simple.
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rspca_supporter December 11, 2008 at 2:58 p.m.
I could become vegetarian or vegan, but I think that boycotting meat completely perhaps isn't the right step to take in order to improve the lives of animals. If everyone stopped eating meat, there would be millions of animals unable to get sufficient amounts of food and many would die cruelly as a result of starvation. Though people tend to think of humans as being superior to animals, we are still part of the foodweb and if one part of a foodweb changes it has huge knock-on effects. However, I believe that it is wrong to eat meat if we do not treat the animals, with respect, while they are alive. Therefore, I only buy free-range eggs, free-range egg products and higher welfare meat.
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LBloom December 1, 2008 at 1:18 p.m.
To those of you debating a vegan diet/lifestyle, please understand that it is not difficult, nor is it nutritionally inferior to a meat-eating diet. There are many websites that offer you simple advice on how to achieve a balanced diet. For a really good introduction to the reasons why you should eat vegan, try reading 'Skinny Bitch', written by Freedmand and Barnouin, published by Running Press, and you can easily find it on Amazon. It changed my life, and evangelised me.
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Mags53 November 30, 2008 at 7:17 p.m.
Have just ordered my Christmas turkey from our local organic farm - it's free-range - however, it costs as much per kilo as a full, large turkey would cost from the supermarket. Not everyone can afford to do that. Apart from going veggie what's the answer to that?
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Gazza73 November 29, 2008 at 8:59 p.m.
I am not brave enough to watch anything upsetting. Animal suffering is something that preys on my mind and I can't sleep for days!!!
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jacquio6 November 29, 2008 at 8:23 p.m.
Hi, I decided to stop eating meat when I was very a young child (4 years old)and found out where meat came from (dead animals). I appreciate the my views are extreme and I respect the views of all others, especially participants of this site. We all care in our own way - which helps raise awareness and the profile of animal welfare, which is great. I have since studied animal welfare and don't judge people for their choices regarding meat, dairy, whatever - i still think we should all be aware of the consequences of our consumer choices. I would strongly advise everyone to watch a fantastic documentary film called "Earthlings" readily available on google search. I have yet to find anyone who will watch the entire feature. I challenge you, my fine friends, to prove to me that you can watch the entire film without changing how you feel as a consumer. I look forward to your replies.
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Burnie November 29, 2008 at 4:07 p.m.
I cannot believe that these people that treat animals they way do are still employed, these animals have feelings and feel pain just like we do. What the hell is going on, we are in the year 2008 and we are still seeing vidoe clips like this one. It is a disgrace and and the countrys involved should be ashamed.
This is dispicable and must stop now!
I am going to take this on myself and I will do everything I can to make a difference.
I am so ashamed of what we have do and continue to do to animals.
It is time that powers of B step in and put a stop to this.
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clgoh November 28, 2008 at 11:55 a.m.
I am a boycott person in nature.
I do boycott sweatshops such as Nike and Gap although i used to be a great fan of it as all my peers thinks people who wears Nike and Gap are cool. But those times were long gone.
Anyway thats not the point here.
Yes I will definately boycott if it know the meat i eat was killed cruely when it was alive.
Simply because I wouldnt want to be killed cruely if I were to be eaten.
Treat others (regardless of humans or not as long as they are living organisms) the way you want to be treated.
A good example of a famous food which kills animals cruely for food purpose is KFC.
I never ate KFC ever since I watched a horrible documentary on their cruel actions towards chickens.
*as much as i support animal rights, I cannot find a way to be a vegetarian as I am not a veggie lover at all. :(
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Everythingmanga November 27, 2008 at 7:33 p.m.
just like Alika i to am a veggie. So the thought of those poor animals being killed is horrid!But most important i love animals!And animals being kept badly and having to travel all that way just to be killed is terrible!
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Alika November 23, 2008 at 4:09 p.m.
I gave up meat (beef, lamb, chicken, duck etc) almost one year ago and very proud of it, as I was eating meat for 40 years! I am not fully vegetarian, as I still eat fish, but I hope one day I will be strong enough and give up fish as well!
JUST think about animal, how many things he suffered to give you a pleasure. Dont we use them already enough for milk?!
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Freedom4animals November 22, 2008 at 12:25 p.m.
I think its sick how people treat animals, but I haven't left home yet and I know my Gran always gets meat that comes from well treated animals, still, I want to be a vegetarian, but I can't, because I have to eat what gets put in-front of me, although I DO avoid meat whenever I'm out or have the choice.
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lottiebottie007 November 18, 2008 at 12:27 p.m.
This was horrible, I knew about the slaughter and transport of horses in horrible and vile conditions, in full view of people on motorways, could you imagine, being crowded in to a lorry with hardly any room to breathe or move??
I work on a horse farm, and I see how horses and the owners dogs should really be treated, the animals actually have more of a right to kill us than us killing their own kind. Did you hear about Baby P, the toddler that was killed? Apparently one of them men involved was an animal killer, and he pulled out the bones and skins of frogs, while they were still alive!!!! Its really horrible, and any person in this world that is harming or doing anything to make an animal suffer should be jailed. For a life sentence.
I have just 10 minutes ago reported a donkey with hooves three times its normal length and size, the pain it must be going through, it can barely walk, it has mud fever, it is never brought in even in freezing temperatures. It horrible, could you imagine being that donkey??
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Bacon_Bits90 November 17, 2008 at 3:45 p.m.
Hey Veggies and Veggets, I would like to add my comment to this pile of trash you call a blog......I think that you all have a point but you get to involved with this for example "I am a 38 year Old Male and Can not remember the last time I cried. Shocking video, I am sick to death of Man playing God. Here's hoping a worldwide disease will wipe out all humans and leave the planet to the animals." - Brid....what’s this about you physco! What are you the next Hitler? With this attitude towards human life you may as well have a foot long swastika tattooed on your arse you NAZI!
I personally love meat however i only eat free range products. so we should all do our bit....so as a conclusion you all have a point! JUST GET A GOD DAMN LIFE!!!! So stop throwing your views upon everyone else (this doesn't apply to you all just the few who only respect their own views and not anybody else’s!
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TeddybearRock November 15, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.
I eat meat but I only eat chicken and turkey because these are the easiest to find out if it comes from free range. Only free range eggs too. I would love to be a vegetarian but I just can't because humans are omnivores and therefore have to eat meat occasionally or you get enemic and ill. But I can safely say I have nothing to do with sheep, cattle, pigs etc and these are the main creatures that are transported. I think it's absolutely DISGUSTING and HORRIBLE that humans are prepared to do this. If it was the last place to work in the world I would'nt work at a slaughterhouse!
I want to start my own farm where everything is cruelty free but I could'nt stand killing any animal or sending it to it's death.
And I would totally REFUSE to eat an animal I had seen walking around alive and well. Urghh!
Sometimes I just wish I was some other animal, the people who started this barbaric practice should see how it feels to be transported hundreds of miles without food or water and loads of other people, just to be slaughtered at the end.
Excuse me, I think I;m going to be sick : 0 *>^<,*
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Genie November 14, 2008 at 2:22 p.m.
I eat meat myself but the majority of the time i'll onli eat british meat.
Something has to be done to protect animals that are being transported. if we can start with something small like that then maybe in the future we can stop unecessary transporting of animals altogether.
It's disgusting that people find it okai to have animals in those conditions. Don't they see that by doing something small like making sure that the animals are comfortable would benefit them soooooo much more in the future?
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saffroncat November 13, 2008 at 7:47 p.m.
This must be stopped all these people treating animals like dog poo must be stopped!!! They should all be locked up for 90000,00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000,00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 years!!!!!!!!! It must all be stopped and with everybodys help the animals will gain there freedom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jellie November 13, 2008 at 10:36 a.m.
I dont eat meat any way but i wouldn't eat any meat from countries that let animals be treated like that! i think that if we have to eat them then we should at least treat them well first! We wouldn't like it if we were kept for meat like that.
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animalmad November 11, 2008 at 5:17 p.m.
i just wached the video on this and i just could not stop crying it's so sad!!!
i can't belive people do this it's horrible!!!!.
if you ask me the people that do that to the sheep in the video are fuking asshols!!
p.s i would of used stronger languae but the website would not let me!
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Don November 6, 2008 at 9:31 p.m.
I certainly would boycott any country that didn't adhere to EU regulations.
I am a committed vegan because there is cruelty in every part of the meat and dairy industry. Life is viewed as worthless, even the so called organic products which are more ethical result in animals living short lives and being slaughtered in horrendous conditions. We claim to be a nation of animal lovers, those of us who care about our pets certainly wouldn’t dream of killing them for the dinner table but dogs and cats are killed for food in other countries and farm animals are just as intelligent and sensitive as our domestic ones.
I agree with cathp, anyone who genuinely cares about animals should not eat meat and the countries with the poorest animal rights records have poor human rights records also. Most people wouldn't be able to kill an animal so why get someone else to do your dirty work.
Eating meat isn't necessary, it is proven that vegetarian and vegan diets are by far healthier and it is so easy to be vegetarian and vegan now, there are many alternative products available even the coffee shop chains such as Starbucks sell Soya milk and clearly marked vegan food.
Anyone who genuinely cares about animals should search their conscience and consider the cruelty caused by eating animals. The only way to ensure that you are not partaking in cruel practices such as animal transportation is to give up animal products.
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Carole B November 5, 2008 at 12:05 p.m.
Yes I would boycott such products without a shadow of a doubt. There is no reason or justification whatsoever for such cruelty to animals. We as humans have the pride to call ourselves 'civilised', culturally and morally refined, and yet we consistently fail to recognise and understand the fundamental importance of nurturing the connections we have with the more than human world and how much we utterly rely upon those connections for our own continued wellbeing. The human race has nothing to be proud of in this regard it is culturally and morally redundant.
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Tabetsey November 5, 2008 at 10:26 a.m.
I most certainly would boycott any country that didn't adhere to EU regulations. It is totally disgusting how some countries treat animals. There is no need to make animals suffer in this day and age. All animals should be treat with respect and compassion. My aim is to only buy ethically reared products - organic, free range, freedom food etc.
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ginag November 4, 2008 at 10:18 p.m.
This is absoultely barbaric. It is so sad and disturbing to know that animals are being treated so disgustingly cruel evil manner. I am feeling physically sick at the thought of it. People must begin to realise that animals have the same five senses as humans. Although Humans appear to be more evil with regards to this video footage. Something must be done to stop this at once.
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indiepop November 4, 2008 at 1:09 p.m.
That video is horrible, I would definitely boycott certain meat products.
The world in which we live is very cruel and every day I'm saddened by the wickedness that goes on.
People think that just because they are animals they can treat them how they want which is not the case. If we have to eat meat, then it should be done in a humane way as possible and live transportation should be stopped, especially seeing as we have the technology to transport chilled and frozen meats.
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janedoe November 3, 2008 at 7:52 p.m.
I also feel so completely overwhelmed by the level of cruelty that goes on in this world!! I also agree that in the countries where human life isnt respected, how on earth are we ever gonna persuade them to treat there animals better!! I dont agree that all people who care about animals shouldnt eat MEAT because even other animals eat animals. What i do disagree with is the over farming of animals, the conditions in which they are kept and the transportation of any living creature for food!! Whilst in this country the majority of farmers do look after their animals, there are those who dont and in this country this should not be tolerated by anyone.Watching that video disturbed me so much and it is now some five hours since i watched it and i still cant get the visions out of my head!!
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Ceajay-G November 3, 2008 at 7:03 p.m.
I have been a vegetarian for many years now, so I don't buy meat anyway. However, my husband does eat meat, but I have warned him that bringing imported meat into the house is a divorcable offence!! I prefer my husband to buy meat raised and slaughtered locally; he says it tastes better,anyway. Yeuk. Each to his own, I suppose.....
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cathp November 3, 2008 at 6:47 p.m.
I've given up meat this year. I was gradually phasing it out and had got down the the odd packet of mince or RSPCA-approved chicken but I can't bear the thought of buying into the murderous meat industry any longer.
I'm sick of human greed; of the human belief that we can have whatever we want, whenever we want it. We DO NOT NEED TO EAT MEAT EVERY DAY! We our killing ourselves by doing this. Look at us disgusting specimens in the rich West, sitting in our own fat, blood straining to pump round out bloated and fatty arteries, ignorant, uncaring, unwilling to open our eyes to what misery our greed creates.
In my opinion. ANYONE who genuinely cares about animals would not eat meat. You can dress it up however you want - but factory farming is immoral, unethical and unnecessary. Vile, vile, vile.
What makes me despair is that fact that in so many countries where these poor animals are transported, human life is not respected, so why should animal life be given any consideration? animals are always shoved down the compassion pecking order. If humans are routinely executed and tortured, then why would any stupid politicians care about lambs etc.
Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the scale of animal cruelty worldwide and wonder how things can ever get better. Do other people feel like this?
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janedoe November 3, 2008 at 2:42 p.m.
Yes.It took me ages to stop crying after watching the video footage of the sheep being transported to the middle east!! How we can protect a person in jail who kills or rapes or violates a child because of 'human rights' yet be allowed to treat harmless, defenseless animals in such a cruel, evil way is appalling! I cannot understand why with so much livestock around the world due to overbreeding by man we still have to transport so many animals?? This should not be allowed to happen. I agree with Mags53 who said that animals should be slaughtered in the nearest abbatoir, not travel in a cramped lorry with no food or water for hours and hours on end. I think that supermarkets contribute alot too this so that they can sell New Zealand Lamb, Aberdeen Angus etc and people have come to expect choice!! MOney seems to be what matters not the welfare of the animals concerned! I also agree with Brid about humans being wiped out and the planet left to the animals. I watched the video and then picked up my baby boy and actually apologised to him for bringing him into a world of such cruelty.
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fizbug November 3, 2008 at 11:42 a.m.
we are all shocked at the content of the video and we all cried, now do something about it. write to your MP's and support animal groups. There is a lot of animal abuse within Britain too, cows are kept locked up all year round, knee deep in crap, pigs too, its not all about the rest of the world. It is totally wrong that animals are transported horribly, to be killed, just to feed humans. You would think that we would have learned by now that this doesnt work. How on earth do these animal 'bullies' treat other humans ???
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Cay November 2, 2008 at 10:18 p.m.
If we are going to eat animals then we must be kinder to them when they are alive, they should be slaughtered in an abbatoir that is close to where they are reared and kept. I don't understand why Animals travel across to Europe and are then killed. Money does talk and by not buying meats that travel may make a big statement.
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amy1707 November 2, 2008 at 2:11 p.m.
Actually I think K9kathhy should do some research. In Britain it is illegal to sell this type of veal(called milk fed veal) and the veal that is present in our shops and butchers is the kind that is reared like any other calf or baby farm animal. The way you descirbe it is how they used to be reared and i agree that is the most disgusting and horrible method, which is why i would never eat it.
I do agree that there are deffinately other ways to prevent the atrocity that is animal transport but this is a way to stop part of it. And i simply found it slightly hypocrytical of people.
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westie3 November 1, 2008 at 4:56 p.m.
Shocking Video i was so upsett by the way they treated those poor helpless animals so cruel and heartless.IT MUST BE STOPPED.
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CoNnIe November 1, 2008 at 1:24 p.m.
Who would like to see better animal care in the future ? well lets all do are part and help whos with me?
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brid November 1, 2008 at 9:50 a.m.
I am a 38 year Old Male and Can not remember the last time I cried. Shocking video, I am sick to death of Man playing God. Here's hoping a worldwide disease will wipe out all humans and leave the planet to the animals.
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SOFA November 1, 2008 at 8:10 a.m.
I don't eat meat... (I am a butcher's daughter too)
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k9kathy October 31, 2008 at 6:49 p.m.
I would suggest that amy1707 do a little research into the barbaric way calves are raised to produce veal. If you find it acceptable for an animal to be kept in total darkness in a crate too small for it to lay down properly for its entire short miserable life an acceptable way to treat any animal then go ahead & eat veal. If you have any commpassion at all then DONT. I am not a vegan, I feel no wrong in eating meat. Its not the consumption of meat that matters, its the welfare of the animal and the quality of life it has b4 slaughter & the way it is slaughtered. It is , quite rightly, unacceptable to keep you pet cat/dog in a crate too small 24/7 ALL if its life so why is it ok to keep a calf that way ? I just dont understand the human race. Where is it written that we are so superior we can inflict misery & suffering on any animal we choose, without a care ? Sometimes I just despair of my species.
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German Shepherd October 31, 2008 at 5:15 p.m.
Yes I would.
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Ceajay-G October 31, 2008 at 5:11 p.m.
amy1707, I too feel disgust at the way farm animals are treated, especially after watching this heart-breaking video. However, I don't think it is helpful to blame people for not eating veal! I think a more positive move would be to lobby the Australians via their embassy here, tell them how disgusted you are by their continued export of live animals, and tell them that in future you will boycott ANY Australian goods. I have a great deal of empathy with the previous blogger, who is waiting for the human race to be wiped from the earth. Hoorah to that! We do not deserve to be custodians of this beautiful planet and the animals which live upon it.
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amy1707 October 31, 2008 at 4:55 p.m.
The ways in which animals are transported throughout the world is disgusting and immensly cruel behaivior.
however part of this is the transport of unwanted calves from Britain to Europe. This WHOLE SECTION of cruel transportation is due to the fact that the 'moral' and 'uncruel' british wont eat veal!!
If people would only accept the fact that if it is ok to lamb then what is the problem of wating veal?
the only people who can have moral higground on this matter are the vegans (i am not one)and those who eat veal. Vegetarians are as much to blame as they drink and eat dairy by products for which the production of these calves is nessecary!
It is so easy for us to stop the unnessecary suffering for these animals : eat veal
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brid October 31, 2008 at 3:52 p.m.
I am a 38 year Old Male and Can not remember the last time I cried. Shocking video, I am sick to death of Man playing God. Here's hoping a worldwide disease will wipe out all humans and leave the planet to the animals.
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Shelley69 October 31, 2008 at 2:14 p.m.
I can't bring myself to look at the footage but can only imagine! Unfortunately I've seen similar things many times and it is very distressing! I take hugh care as to ware my animal produce comes from which means I rarely eat meat at all. I don't think there is enough publicity on the plite of such animals either in the press or on the TV I do believe that if more people were made aware, shocking or not how there meat is produced and delivered they would take more responsibility about where they buy and the history involved. Farm animals are just not given the same consideration as domestic pets because of the inevitable outcome. Farmers are being squeezed dry by the supermarkets meaning their animals dont always get the treatment they deserve and I have always been against ANY form of live transport for ANY animal I think it is so unnecessary and causes hugh distress for the animals.
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nige October 31, 2008 at 1:09 p.m.
i was unaware of this and cant belive they do it, again its the forigners that take it to the highest level of cruelty.
totaly shocking how they have no thoughts for those poor helpless animals.
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Chrissie October 31, 2008 at 11:49 a.m.
I have been a veggie for years and would encourage others to think about it - its a cheaper and far healthier way of living. However if you love your meat then try to buy local farm meat where the animals have not been subjected to this appalling treatment. If you don't buy it then they won't breed it!
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animal_lover_2770 October 31, 2008 at 11:27 a.m.
if i wasnt such a fussy eater, i would have become a vegetarian years ago. i try not to eat a lot of meat, as it makes me sick to think of where it has come from. i love animals, and cant actually bring myself to watch the video, but can guess what it shows and if peple are going to continue to eat meat, the animals should be treated properly!!!
i would stop eating meat all together if i didnt have such a limited choice of food.
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hello_kitty_ October 28, 2008 at 10:12 p.m.
yep. my parents wouldn't agree. but i think i shouldn't eat it though. its really not right. im afraid i only watched a little of the video i had to stop it i couldnt watch it anymore. im deffinatly not going to eat meat again. its not right and after such a horrid death i think it's disrespectful to eat them.
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emma2008 October 28, 2008 at 9:24 p.m.
i cannot belive what i have just watched, they they are transported and treated is disgusting, it makes me not want to eat meat knowing what they do to these poor innocent creatures, there should be a law on how far they can travel and should be inspected before thy travel and when they arrive.
i have seen some pretty bad things but this is awful. action needs to be taken today.
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niblats October 24, 2008 at 9:45 p.m.
I cant believe they treated those sheep like that it is hard to believe that people could be so cruel and heartless they must be stopped!
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niblats October 24, 2008 at 9:39 p.m.
I cant blev thay chreted thos shep like that it is hard to blev that pepol cod be so crul and hart las thes thay most be stopt.
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Luvena October 22, 2008 at 7:43 p.m.
I'm currectly going through the process of choosing my college courses, and after seeing this video I have decided to presue a career in animal care, I have always loved animals and have been a vegetarian all my life.
One day I hope to work for an organisation like RSPCA and help to protect and save animals from this devastating ordeal.
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maisiemouse October 22, 2008 at 9:43 a.m.
i am an animal worrier and this footage of the poor sheep is discusting. i am a vegetarian and i have read over and over the artical in one of my magazines(animal action)about battery hens. they have as much room as an a4 peice of paper. it is so cruel. it must be stopped. in the sheep fottage the part that baught tears to my eyes was the part when another sheep was sniffing the one that had just been slaughtered. i couldnt even bring myself to see it being killed. i had to scroll down the page when they were dragging it down the stairs.
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rachel October 20, 2008 at 8:35 p.m.
Yes most definitely, i find it sickening that these animals continue to be treated like this. One can only imagine the fear and terror that is going through their minds during their journey not to mention the probable inhumane way their life comes to an end at their final destination. These are living creatures and should be treated with respect. It amazes me that some religions treat certain animals with the utmost respect yet other animals get treated with horrific cruelty. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
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nonna October 20, 2008 at 4:17 p.m.
elliemay - If it weren't for the film-makers, chances are people - like you and me would never know these things go on. I personally have huge respect for film-makers, in particular the camera crew etc who stand on the front-line and have to hold their tongues, stomachs and tears in order to get access to the truth! It shows tremendous dedication and devotion!
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elliemay October 18, 2008 at 7:25 p.m.
I have just watched the film of the sheep and was in tears within seconds, its disgusting, I want to know how the camera man could film it?,why didnt he say something, do something, if that was me I would have pushed them around and dragged them by there ears, it makes me so angry how these foreigners think they an treat animals like this, who is actually going to stop this for good? can it be stopped? I donate every month to several animal welfare charities and I am starting to wonder will there ever be an end to this cruelty to animals in other countries, the uk yes, Its sad but sometimes these animals dont need our money they need someone to go up to the person pushing them in to transportation or the person pushing them off vehicles and dragging them around and pin these sickos to the floor and do worse to them what they have done to make people in there countries realise its not right. Absolutely awful, I will never stop my monthly donation and we need to remember that cruelty to animals also doesnt stop over christmas as this is when we all forget them, I have over the years slowly cut some meat out of my diet, the only meat I eat now is beef but Im waiting for a cow cruely video and that will make me stop, I say, say no to meat if you cant say no then get it from a local butcher where he will tell you exactly where it came from and not Aldi, Lidel, Teso or Asda
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Horse Love October 14, 2008 at 8:44 a.m.
Another thourght that might have been voiced already but why does rearing animals in a animal friendly way got to be more expenzive than rearing them in foul conditions? After all they ought to be more healthy and if they scavenge (a bit) and live outside they shouldn't be more expenzive.
Did anyone else watch Jimmy's farming heros? I did and 1 of the most interesting things was when he was in the West Country he met a man who ran a large scale organic buisness and because it was more large scale they could sell it for cheaper. The man said 1 of the reasons Organic is more expenzive is because it's normaly small scale not because of how animals are treated and he did hold out hope that Organic could be the thing of the future if more people started farming on a larger scale more commirchil level.
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Horse Love October 13, 2008 at 11:53 a.m.
Of course I wouldn't! I am a great promoter of Organic, local food. This is partly on a ethical level as I beleive if animals are going to be sacriviced to sustain us they deserve to have a good a life as poss and partly on a pleasure level as food that comes from a sick unhappy sheep or cow that has been driven long miles to be slautered must be more tasteless than a healthy animal that was killed near to where it was kept.
It's particuarly disgusting if there is a perfectly animal-friendly way of transporting food.
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Mags53 October 10, 2008 at 9:05 p.m.
It is possible to buy meat that is born, raised and killed in this country - and from supermarkets. The problem that I have is that I do that already but that doesn't stop animals suffering somewhere. I've seen wagons going across from this country to Europe with animals for slaughter - unfortunately for sheep they are very hardy and stand-up to transportation well!! Generally speaking, as a species, we have few redeeming features.
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xspiritwalkerx October 10, 2008 at 7:14 p.m.
THIS IS ABSOULUTLY HORRIBLE. I agrre with wolfgirl on this there are treating these sheep like nothing worse thsn nothing. there treating them like toys which can just be chucked around, and thats just when the get off the boat. when there on the boat there mean to them as well keeping them all cramped up. I felt really sorry fot the sheep when he just fell on th ground.THEY JUST LEFT HIM THERE!! all the other sheep were wondering why there freind had fallen, I felt sorry for them at the end. THEY WERE JUST LYING THERE, it was like they'd sucked all the life out of them. They didnt even run away or nothing. I WILL NOT be eating lamb or sheep if it had to come through these conditons, thats if it makes it of course....
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WolfGirl October 9, 2008 at 5:21 p.m.
Yes. The video is disgusting and they were treating those sheep like they were nothing. If people are going to kill animals, we should make their lives worth living and treat them kindly and not drag them along the floor or put them into the boots of cars. Animals should never be taken across long distances if they have a slim chance of survival.
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Sue October 9, 2008 at 5:13 p.m.
The simple answer is yes. I have been raised to eat meat but have cut down drastically and now favour fish and some poultry. The video disgusts me, and makes me ashamed to call myself human. It should disgust anyone that so-called human beings can treat their fellow creatures in such a callous way. What right have we? Why is it that it only seems to be Britain which is expected to comply with EU regulations and why is it that other European countries seem to ignore them and get away with it? How can we ship live animals to non EU countries like those in the Middle East which have no respect for animal welfare when we are bound by EU laws to protect them. You would not think that our EU laws would allow us to surrender the animals into the custody of these countries. In this day and age it is simply not necessary to put animals through this sort of misery - quite what is the point of it all? I don't see any economic argument in favour of it, particularly with the increase in fuel costs. Yes, it must end. People will always eat meat to a greater or lesser extent. It would be great if we could all be vegans or at least vegetarians, but we never will be. However, this does not mean that we should not care about how we come by our food. We have no right to abuse animals reared for food. You might argue that rearing animals for food in the first place is an abuse, and I would agree, but you won't rid the world of meat eaters, so realistically, we should concentrate on getting the next best thing, which is the most humane conditions possible.
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janetterace October 8, 2008 at 1:34 p.m.
of course i would boycott eating meats that came from countries that didnt give a thought to the EU standards ..as far as i am aware i do not eat meat that is in any way harmed like the animals in the you tube clip ..its soo unfair an cruel to treat them that way ..its deeply disturbing to watch ..i shall definately be spreading the word as to how those countries treat them an to boycott in every way not to buy from them..how do those people think they're in any way a higher being than those animals .
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Kimi Ann October 8, 2008 at 5:57 a.m.
I reckon animals should have more right to kill us than we have to them. As they where here long before we had even evolved. Maybe if at the saughter house before they kill them they could check them for dieseases, and find a way to kill them painlessly. They should only be sent to EU standard countries, instead of places outside the European Union. They should never be kept in cramped conditions as they could spread dieseses across europe. I help in a farm and watch how animals should be treated.
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Mags53 October 6, 2008 at 7:47 p.m.
Yes. If we are going to eat animals then we must be kinder to them when they are alive, they should be slaughtered in an abbatoir that is close to where they are reared and kept. The government must enable local abbatoirs to be opened again - the animals are more important than EU regulations. Animals should NEVER be taken across to Europe and rules about the distance should be brought in - say no more than 60 miles. I buy meat from my local farm, expensive but more ethical.
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