I am very Anti-PETA, however, I think they did a very good job in setting up their website. It is very professional and does a good job at asking questions that might be asked of them. Peta also is very good about getting support of celebrated that believe they should be involved in a cause and this allows for naive people to believe that they are right. Even though I do not agree with what they do as long as they are not ruining my leather shoes or throwing paint on people's coats they're fine by me.
WIth that being said my family has owned cattle and my neighbors actually own a slaughter house. We don"t have enough cattle to really make an extreme profit off of but it had always been a dream of my father and we have around 50 heads of cattle. In my own opinion animals were put on this earth to give humans the needed nurishment that every human requires. I understand that there ways around it but being texas born and bred there is nothing better to me than a big juicy steak. Looking at it from there perspective I believe that cruelty to animals should never be tolerated however I do not believe slaughtering a pig is cruelty. Slaughter houses have changed a lot in the past 10 years, and the have become conscious about having the most ethical way to put an animal down. I won't get into much detail because it is still not the prettiest thing to see. I believe that some of the restrictions put into place where a direct result of PETA lobbying at the national and state levels. Also PETA protests along with the FDA there has been more restrictions put on the boiling of the meat and the storage of the meat. Even though it probably effects the profits of the small town slaughter house in the long run it is good for society to be able to have cleaner meat.
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I agree that using animals for food is necessary and that animals are put on this earth as nourishment for humans and other animals. If we all refused to eat meat, then the population for both animals and humans would be immense. Furthermore, it is nature's way of controlling the population of all species on earth, though it may sound kind of cruel to say so.
Wow, you have a great prespective to speak from, coming from a family that raises cattle. I wonder why you are anti-PETA? I understand that you see nothing wrong with eating meat, but it seemed like you supported their effort to make slaughtering more ethical. I mean I don't see any harm in that, and I personally don't mind it if people choose to eat meat either, but I think that animals shouldnt be mistreated. Anyway, I thought your blog was very interesting!
It's interesting to hear from someone with experience that many slaughterhouses are conducting more ethical means of slaughter. Alot of the times I feel like the media and Peta highlight the worst extremes of the industry, and I would be interested to see what is considered the most humane.
one thing you brought up that no one has is how these protests affect other people. if animal slaughtering became illegal it would put thousands maybe millions of people out of jobs. PETA is worried about the good of animals but what about the good of humans?
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