Re: But most of the food on the British dinner plate will be factory farmed. Archived Message
Posted by dereklane on December 24, 2019, 6:24 pm, in reply to "But most of the food on the British dinner plate will be factory farmed."
The other stuff was mostly correct. And yes and no regarding crying. Those have had had a chance to bond with the mother (weeks to months) do cry, as does the mother. Those that don't, don't. I don't know which is better (except for health of the calf mothers milk is obviously better). The reality is none would live (or very few) as pets or wild animals even. The question for me is treatment during the course of their lives. Bullocks for slaughter go after about 2 years where I am. Cows can live to maybe 15-20 years, but they'd never be allowed the space or cost to home them. Chickens around 10 years (I know some). When they go the other chickens eat em. Some slaughterhouses are better than others, but all have the smell of blood which scares animals of course. Some animals are killed on site, with bolt guns (dying cows, some chickens and turkeys etc). It varies. Not amazing, or great. My point is only that the stories don't really need dressing up. There are enough bad practises and poor conditions not to need over egging imo. Cheers
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