The Everything Animal Thread

[Emma JC]

my favourite flowers...

Emma JC
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[KLS52]

I hope Jackie recovers so that she can be released back to her family. She is severely anemic and they can't figure out why. Poor Shadow.

 

[KLS52]

Update:

Mystery deepens over what's ailing Jackie the bald eagle

The mystery surrounding Jackie's illness only deepened on July 23 after two wildlife agencies posted updates about how she's doing.

www.usatoday.com

 

[KLS52]

For those of you not on facebook...I found a baby frog!

I'm so excited I can't stop snort laughing lol
And "I love you, you're so cute I have to torture you"...

 

[IndianVegan]

We always hear about how killing animals for food is bad for the people who eat their meat, the environment, and, above all, the animals themselves.

But what about the impact of slaughtering animals on a daily basis on the butcher's psyche? Isn't the butcher likely to develop serious psychological disorders?

 

[Lou]

We always hear about how killing animals for food is bad for the people who eat their meat, the environment, and, above all, the animals themselves.

But what about the impact of slaughtering animals on a daily basis on the butcher's psyche? Isn't the butcher likely to develop serious psychological disorders?

yes.
And that has been investigated.
I don't know what it's like in Austalia. Hopefully it's better. But here in America you could make a good argument for not eating meat without even considering the animal's welfare. What is happening to the workers is inhumane too,

The book and the movie, Fast Food Nation, goes into it in some detail.
NIH and the AMA have published papers on it.
There is also evidence that people working in the "meat industry" are more likely to commit violent crimes.

Also concerning is how poorly those workers are treated by their company.
these workers are something like 3x more likely to be seriously hurt at work.
Again NIH, the AMA and OSHA have published papers on this.

In the US, many of these workers are migrants (often undocumented) and the companies believe they do not have to consider their rights. I remember reading about a facility that basically kidnapped their workers and made them into virtual slaves.

 

[1956]

yes.
And that has been investigated.
I don't know what it's like in Austalia. Hopefully it's better. But here in America you could make a good argument for not eating meat without even considering the animal's welfare. What is happening to the workers is inhumane too,

The book and the movie, Fast Food Nation, goes into it in some detail.
NIH and the AMA have published papers on it.
There is also evidence that people working in the "meat industry" are more likely to commit violent crimes.

Also concerning is how poorly those workers are treated by their company.
these workers are something like 3x more likely to be seriously hurt at work.
Again NIH, the AMA and OSHA have published papers on this.

In the US, many of these workers are migrants (often undocumented) and the companies believe they do not have to consider their rights. I remember reading about a facility that basically kidnapped their workers and made them into virtual slaves.

Even though I don’t “like” what is happening in the slaughterhouse industry I give @Lou a like because what he said is True and it’s important that people understand How bad eating flesh Really is!

 

[Lou]

and here are people who went out of their way to help animals,

 

[Lou]

Even though I don’t “like” what is happening in the slaughterhouse industry I give @Lou a like because what he said is True and it’s important that people understand How bad eating flesh Really is!

never heard this said but this could be a counter to the ol' You like animals more than people argument. supporting the meat industry also harms people.

in many cases the number of OSHA violations and fines seem ridiculous.

 

[Kathy Lauren]

I just learned that young deer do "zoomies", just like a greyhound! We watched the two young deer that hang around our yard running in circles while their mother watched. I looked it up, and apparently this is a known thing. The technical term is FRAPs: frenetic random activity periods. It was super cute to watch.

 

[Tom L.]

@Kathy Lauren "Zoomie" sounds cuter and more fun than "frap", though. I've known cats to do it, and rabbits too. My rabbit Sony used to add in a sort of diagonal hop when she took off. Cats often do this at night (annoyingly).