Originally posted by RonyLeBeau
But the sad thing is most everything has some animal by-product ingredient or has been “tested on animals”.
Some products that have animal byproducts are shampoo, candy, jello etc. Some cane sugar is filtered with animal bone char, some beers have egg whites.
i read something about what jello is made of, and i was glad i was allergic to jello to begin with 🙂
Originally posted by burly brawler
USA, why do you ask?
Well, because the USA generally think Brits are sentimental about animals, and Americans tend to ((NOT ALWAYS)) treat their animals badly, and generally don't care.
I think if the rest of the world think Brits are animal lovers, the rest of the world must be a hell-hole for animals, because you should see the sort of cruelty that goes on here.
((And I do, I've worked in kennels and rescue centres for animals))
i won't see that vid...but even if i did i won't stop eating meat...abusing an animal is dependant on how one views it...slapping around a dog or cat and throwing it up in the air is abuse...but killing a cow, pig or chicken no matter what the method is not my concern but the end result: on my plate, but that's my opinion...i've seen how pigs are killed cause i was there...not in the same way they do it in commercial farms, but in the philippines and let me tell you...a strung up pig gutted is something else
Originally posted by Phoenixphoe thats not true...there are many people in the united states devoted to preventing cruelty to animals.
Well, because the USA generally think Brits are sentimental about animals, and Americans tend to ((NOT ALWAYS)) treat their animals badly, and generally don't care.I think if the rest of the world think Brits are animal lovers, the rest of the world must be a hell-hole for animals, because you should see the sort of cruelty that goes on here.
((And I do, I've worked in kennels and rescue centres for animals))
we have something in common I have volunteered at my local shelters and give to the ASPCA,it makes me sad how some people treat animals.
I won't watch that video...I'm afraid I'll cry 🙁
Number of people who will starve to death this year - 60 million
Number of people who could be adequately fed by the grain saved if americans reduced their intake of meat by 10% - 60 million
Amount you could reduce your risk of heart attack by reducing your consumption of meat, dairy products and egg by 100 % - 90%
Most common death in the US - heart attack
Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to women who eat meat less than once a week - 4 times higher
McDonald's clown, Ronald McDonald, tells children - hamburgers grow in hamburger patches and love to be eaten
McDonald's clown, Ronald McDonald does not tell children - hamburgers are ground-up cows who have had their throats slit by machettes or their brains bashed in by sledgehammers
Original actor to play Ronald McDonald - Jeff Juliano
Diet now followed by Jeff Juliano - vegetarian
Number of animals killed for meat per hour in the US - 500,000
Cost to render animal unconcious prior to slaughter with captive-bolt pistol so that process is dont humanely - one cent
Reason given by meat industry for not utilizing captive-bolt pistol - "too expensive"
You think you know, but you have no idea - this is the diary of the animals you eat and wear. the information you have been told about the food you eat are lies. milk is good food, they say. it is, if you are a baby cow who has 4 stomachs and will grow to be 300 pounds in a year. in order for a cow to produce milk, she must be pregnant. the day her baby is born, he is taken away from her and sent to a veal crate, if he is a male. he will live in this filthy wooden box until the day he dies, sixteen weeks later. if the calf is a female, she is put in the vicious cycle of being forced to produce milk and having her babies yanked away until she is worn out by the time she is four years old. there is no retirement home for the enslaved dairy cows, so after her life of misery and pain she is ruthlessly slaughtered and turned into hamburgers. you think animal products are good for you? the three biggest killers in the US are heart disease, cancer and stroke, all of which can almost virtually be eliminated throught a vegan diet. 50% of american males will die of some sort of heart disease only 4% of american vegetarian men have that risk. MEAT KILLS!! but don't ask your doctor - the average time spent teaching nutrition in a 4-year medical school is 2-and-a-half hours. that's 2 episodes of TRL and one episode of Friends. how much smarter does that make you? please find the truth for yourself. i know some of you don't think you'll live to be old enough to die of a heart attack or colon cancer, and that's fair enought. i didn't either. either way, check this out: the way we raise animals for our own selfish needs is inexcusable. i believe someday we will view the way we treat animals now the way some people treated slaves 150 years ago. if the world was vegetarian, no one on the planet would have to starve, the rainforests would nearly stop being cut down, we would live longer and get sick less. the average person gets twice as much protein and way more fat than they need. that's one of the reasons why there are so many fat people. a piece of bacon is almost 100% fat. this sludge starts clogging up the arteries of kids as young as two. please don't allow your teachers to make you dissect animals!!! say no to them. this is your right!! there are so many killer computer programs that your teachers can use to show you the same information without having to kill animals. i'm a vegan and i still eat rad-tasting food. for anything i used to eat, there is a vegetarian version that tastes better and involves no suffering of any animals. the food is also CHEAP!! try white wave's "wheat mest," vegan boca burgers, smart dogs are swesome and rice dream is rad on cereal. you can make a difference. every person who goes veg saves 83 animals' lives a year! that's 250 sentient beings who don't have to live grueling turturous lives and die bloody gruesome deaths because of your simple choice. hamburgers don't grow in patches. chickens aren't pampered. pigs are as smart as your dog. please watch "free me" - John Feldmann of Goldfinger
i havnt watched it and efuse to watch it because im sure i would throw up! im already half vegaterian...i eat red meat maybe once a month, only because my mum makes me, and i never have fish and i have chicken quite often but still hardly ever!
one reason why i dont eat meat is because i dont enjoy the taste, another reason is because of the cruelty to animals, another is because when im eating it sometimes i think of the discusting things that this meat has been through, and once was, and another is because i dont like the feeling/sound of eating meat!
Originally posted by Fëanor
i won't see that vid...but even if i did i won't stop eating meat...abusing an animal is dependant on how one views it...slapping around a dog or cat and throwing it up in the air is abuse...but killing a cow, pig or chicken no matter what the method is not my concern but the end result: on my plate, but that's my opinion...i've seen how pigs are killed cause i was there...not in the same way they do it in commercial farms, but in the philippines and let me tell you...a strung up pig gutted is something else
i don't understand how you can see a pig being killed and not being affected by it in any way. and this is exactly what i'm saying. why is hurting or killing a cat or dog any different from killing cows, pigs or chickens? just because you can't eat them?
MMMMM Now I want enough pork chops and veal and drumsticks to give me 3 heart attacks AND a stroke. hahahahahhahaha. Friggin vegan whiners. What I hate about MOST vegans, are that they will protest for this mistreatment of animals, but wont hesitate to put a human through that kind of bullshit torture. Hypocrites. I wanna try to eat every kind of meat there is. Duck was my latest, next is buffalo.
My grandfather owned a farm I got to shoot a pig and eat it. Strangle a chicken, swing it by it's neck and ram it against the wall. Violently. I watched it run around with it's head flapping all over the place till it died. Then I ate it.
If the animal will be eaten, then I have no problem with how it's killed and treated. If someone is just torturing it for fun, then that's different, im usually against that, but it depends on the mood Im in.
"isnt killing the animal mistreatment?" "Not if it's done humaneley and painlessly"
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. There's no such thing as a painless death, unless you die in your sleep. *goes off and eats a burger*
-to that thing fuct_up_kid posted-
Sure, let's try to save more human life. I mean, 6 and 1/2 billion isn't enough right? Let's get more humans! We are already growing at a rate of 3 humans per SECOND. This planet is already over populated, and humans have spread like a disease. Hey, let's not forget that as the human population grows, the more habitats we destroy to make space! Whether you eat meat or not, the animals are going to die. Already, the estimated population by the year 2025 is near 8 billion. China has the right idea, one child per family damnit.
I say crank up the abortion clinics and get people eating more meat! Hell, let's have a human hunting season! Go cannibalism!