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| ~~~MEET YOUR MEAT~~~ Shocking but true video that has made many people become vegatarians VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED! 'EXTREMELY GRAPHIC VIDEO' |
I vow that I will never again eat meat! Not fish. Not pork. Not chicken. Not beef.
Nothing that ever breathed will ever go into my body again.
These were the words of Michael Delveckio after watching the controversial
video released to the public called "Meet your Meat".
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an animal rights
organization based in the United States. With 1.8 million members and
supporters, PETA claims to be the largest animal rights group in the world.
Founded in 1980 and based in Norfolk, Virginia, PETA is a nonprofit, tax exempt
501(c)(3) corporation with 187 employees, and funded almost exclusively by the
contributions of its members.
PETA's slogan is "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for
entertainment." In support of that position, it focuses on four core issues:
factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and animals in entertainment. It also
campaigns against fishing, the killing of animals regarded as pests, abuse of
chained, backyard dogs, cock fighting, bullfighting and the consumption of
meat. It aims to inform the public of its position through advertisements,
undercover investigations, animal rescue, and lobbying.
"I’m just sick of seeing abuses like this, and I should have made the decision a
long time ago. Today, we live in the era of factory farms – places where pigs,
chickens, cows, and other animals are penned up in conditions so deplorable
that they have zero – ZERO - quality of life, places where the lucky animals die
shortly after birth or are stillborn." Delveckio said.
The ones that make it never see the light of day. And because we never get to
see them, it’s easy to buy a package of chicken or beef and not know what had
to suffer horribly for it – and every, single one of them suffers.
I’m done. If humanity can be judged by how we treat our most vulnerable, then
we’ve failed miserably. It’s sickening.
And what pisses me off equally is this statement from Dick Durbin:
I’m sorry, but I think the needless, hideous suffering of a cow walking on broken
legs and being rammed with a forklift is what’s most important. I think dipping
live chickens and turkeys in scalding water to de-feather them is what’s most
important. I think sending a sow to a rendering plant because she doesn’t
produce enough offspring while penned in a cage she can’t even move in is
what’s most important, Delveckio said.
Nothing that ever breathed will ever go into my body again.
These were the words of Michael Delveckio after watching the controversial
video released to the public called "Meet your Meat".
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an animal rights
organization based in the United States. With 1.8 million members and
supporters, PETA claims to be the largest animal rights group in the world.
Founded in 1980 and based in Norfolk, Virginia, PETA is a nonprofit, tax exempt
501(c)(3) corporation with 187 employees, and funded almost exclusively by the
contributions of its members.
PETA's slogan is "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for
entertainment." In support of that position, it focuses on four core issues:
factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and animals in entertainment. It also
campaigns against fishing, the killing of animals regarded as pests, abuse of
chained, backyard dogs, cock fighting, bullfighting and the consumption of
meat. It aims to inform the public of its position through advertisements,
undercover investigations, animal rescue, and lobbying.
"I’m just sick of seeing abuses like this, and I should have made the decision a
long time ago. Today, we live in the era of factory farms – places where pigs,
chickens, cows, and other animals are penned up in conditions so deplorable
that they have zero – ZERO - quality of life, places where the lucky animals die
shortly after birth or are stillborn." Delveckio said.
The ones that make it never see the light of day. And because we never get to
see them, it’s easy to buy a package of chicken or beef and not know what had
to suffer horribly for it – and every, single one of them suffers.
I’m done. If humanity can be judged by how we treat our most vulnerable, then
we’ve failed miserably. It’s sickening.
And what pisses me off equally is this statement from Dick Durbin:
- “The treatment of animals in this video is appalling, but more than that, it
raises significant concerns about the safety of the food being served to
our nation’s children,” Durbin said. “The apparent slaughter of sick and
weak animals not only appears to violate USDA regulations, but could be a
danger to our nation’s food supply.”
I’m sorry, but I think the needless, hideous suffering of a cow walking on broken
legs and being rammed with a forklift is what’s most important. I think dipping
live chickens and turkeys in scalding water to de-feather them is what’s most
important. I think sending a sow to a rendering plant because she doesn’t
produce enough offspring while penned in a cage she can’t even move in is
what’s most important, Delveckio said.
