(content)the way animals get treated

[kath3]

Just goes to show how differently we're put together, for some the value of money being more important than the suffering experienced by animals.
Myself, I wouldn't be able to look into their eyes and ignore the fear.
The eating of animals isn't going to go away, (and I get that), but I do wish and hope that strict guidelines would be implemented to alleviate as much suffering as possible.
I had watched a P.E.T.A documentary where hidden cameras were used during the killing of cows in feed lots ... some of the men were being so vulgar/nasty/cruel, and making jokes about it, that it was beyond shameful and certainly crossed over the line of being humane. For all I know though, it could be some kind of sick coping mechanism ... who can fully understand the human psyche, and attitude involved in the job of killing animals on such a large scale.
Consumers are so far removed from what actually goes on. Most don't have a clue about the living conditions let alone the death of what they eat. By the time the they see it, it's laid out on a tidy plastic tray, neatly wrapped in plastic. I don't for one minute they even think of it as an animal ... it's meat ... nothing more.

i agree totally with you Cath,def.the sick coping mechanism comes into it,i knew a guy once who worked in the slaughterhouse,killing hundreds a day,totally fucked up alcoholic

you got a link for that video you mentioned?

No ... sorry, it was on t.v sometime ago. I'll give some thought to it and hopefully recall the title. But be fore warned, it was most disturbing, and took me months to get one particular cruel image out of my mind. This thread has brought it back and I still need to work at refusing my mind to think on it. At the same time it is only through awareness that change comes about, and so I never want to bury my head in the sand pretending these acts don't happen.