I'm now a vegetarian!!! (blood, choice)

[darkpenguin]

I wanted to announce that after seeing a very disturbing insight into how animals are 'humanely' slaughtered in abbotior that I have made a decision to become a vegetarian!


The series 'Kill it, cook it, eat it' on BBC has put me off meat all together!
It documents peoples reactions on how animals are killed for food and there is a restraunt set up in the abbotior for people to try the said meat after it has been killed.

Apparently after the animals are stunned they are brain dead and un-aware of whats happening to them but I'm no genious but even I could see from the video that the animals were fully aware of the pain that they were going through as they were bled.

The woman who was explaining the process tried to convince the viewing audience that the spasms were due to lack of blood going to the muscles but for me that explanation didn't wash, it didn't explain why the animals were flinching when they were cut!

I have links to videos from the said show and here they are:

WARNING!
THESE VIDEOS ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART AND ARE VERY GRAPHIC AND POSSIBLY OFFENSIVE, VIEW AT YOUR OWN DESCRETION!!!

The sheep:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m-sXtdSdEA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDAEyW3k92M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StrPOjyW__g

The cow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OD683YQCOY

Comapassion in world farming promo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Hkg_ivQhc

Now I don't know about you but after watching that I cannot bring myself to look at meat the same!
There is no way that that process is in any way humane!
I'm not going to judge meat eaters but I am choosing not to be one of them!

I think though that anybody who does eat meat should know where it comes from and take time to watch these videos.

[Hema]

I applaud you!

I've been vegetarian for many years but on Oprah once, they were showing videos of how animals are slaughtered. There was a man beating a pig on its head. The pig's agonizing screams were unbearable. I started to cry and took of the TV. Some pigs are also killed by driving a wodden steak through the heart. Some calves are kept in tiny pens - most don't even see the light of day. They are starved so that the meat can be lean. Some chickens are hung upside down by a conveyor belt and their heads are sawed off electronically.

I would never be able to look at those videos you provided links to. It would only break my heart and I had enough crying yesterday for personal reasons.

[Mister_T]

I applaud both of you. I wish I had the will power to watch those videos.

[darkpenguin]

Thank you for your encouragement, it means alot!
What you have described seems awefull and worse then what is in the videos but still as I said, there is no way that I even remotely consider what they do to be humane.

It's going to be hard as old habits are hard to break but my fiance is being very supportive, she even understood why I didn't want to come with her to do the weekly shop with her mum. I just don't want to be tempted by products that I don't see as being meat (pies etc.) if that makes sense?

[Hema]

Originally Posted by Mister_T

I applaud both of you. I wish I had the will power to watch those videos.

Thanks but I stated that I will never be able to watch those videos. I won't even try. I would cry and it would ruin my day. It would haunt me forever.

[Hema]

Originally Posted by darkpenguin

Thank you for your encouragement, it means alot!
What you have described seems awefull and worse then what is in the videos but still as I said, there is no way that I even remotely consider what they do to be humane.

It's going to be hard as old habits are hard to break but my fiance is being very supportive, she even understood why I didn't want to come with her to do the weekly shop with her mum. I just don't want to be tempted by products that I don't see as being meat (pies etc.) if that makes sense?

They try to electronically shock the animals to slaughter them in a "Humane" fashion. What do prisoners of war say when they are shocked? It's extremely painful. Sometimes if the shocks don't work properly, the animals are slaughtrered anyway.

I'm not sure what you meant by being tempted by products that are not meat.

[Pagaal~Mexican18]

I appluad you for making that choice, but alas i have an iron deficency and have to eat a cirtain amount of meat to be able to....well....live, there arent supplements that will supply my blood with enough iron so i have to eat the meat. i was a vegetarian after reading the book THE JUNGLE. that opened my eyes to so much. all of my best wishes to you.

[darkpenguin]

Originally Posted by Hema

Thanks but I stated that I will never be able to watch those videos. I won't even try. I would cry and it would ruin my day. It would haunt me forever.

You know, a small part of me wishes that I hadn't watched but an even bigger part of me is glad that I did.
I see meat now and I see an animal, a living breathing healthy animal that has no need in being destroyed for human consumption.
There are plenty of very tasty veggie alternatives that are much more healthy and tastier than meat!
And an even bigger plus side is the lack of having to worry about bird flu, mad cow disease and food poisening!

The 4 part series was cleverly done by BBC in the way that the first show was the cows and the animals got smaller from there!
Somebody high up mush have known that after the cow people would have been de-sensatised to the killing of the other animals.

[darkpenguin]

Originally Posted by Pagaal~Mexican18

I appluad you for making that choice, but alas i have an iron deficency and have to eat a cirtain amount of meat to be able to....well....live, there arent supplements that will supply my blood with enough iron so i have to eat the meat. i was a vegetarian after reading the book THE JUNGLE. that opened my eyes to so much. all of my best wishes to you.

See that I can deal with, you actually really need the meat and it is essential to your survival.

[Radio Frequency X]

I still like meat.