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RE: Cat (as in feline) torturer gets 5 yrs - 1/16/2011 1:44:09 AM

couldbemage

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I'd choose kids over cats.

I'd also say that anyone that believes cat abuse deserves even 1day in day jail, yet still wears or eats commercial animal products should punch themselves in the face. Hard. Right now.

...and can we execute cats caught torturing smaller animals?

Be a vegan. Or admit you torture animals.

....this is why I hate people.

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RE: Cat (as in feline) torturer gets 5 yrs - 1/16/2011 4:04:30 PM

rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: Aynne88

Oh and westbay, trust me, I don't buy meat for food that comes from abused animals. I am fortunate enough to be able to buy locally, organic and humanely raised meat and I don't take that for granted. I gladly will buy store brand products and shop at consignment stores in order to not contribute to animal abuse.

Uhhh............what?

You are eating butchered animals but justify it by saying they were humanely raised until their time had come to make it to your dinner table.

Edited to add that I'm not a vegetarian or an animal rights activist, but I also do not delude myself into thinking there is anything humane about the killing of the food I eat.

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RE: Cat (as in feline) torturer gets 5 yrs - 1/17/2011 4:47:53 PM

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I've read Michael Pollan's essays, "The Omnivore's Dilemma", seen "Food, Inc." attempted veganism, pay a premium for meat NOT raised like the below, and spread the word:

http://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/profiles-in-courage-on-animal-welfare/

...It is routine practice to cram laying hens into cages so small that the birds are sometimes driven to cannibalize their cagemates. The solution to this “vice” — as the industry and the Department of Agriculture call such counterproductive behaviors in livestock (talk about blaming the victims!) — is to snip the beaks off the hens with hot knives, without anesthetic. Similarly, the U.S.D.A.’s recommended solution for the “vice” of tail-biting among hogs driven mad by close confinement is to snip off their tails — with a pliers, without anesthetic. To peer over the increasingly high walls of our industrial animal agriculture is not only to lose your appetite but to feel revulsion and shame.

Mutilating pigs and chickens while they are alive is as routine in modern American agriculture as bacon and eggs for breakfast. These operations are performed every day on thousands of factory farms that are owned by, or under contract to, Fortune 500 corporations that supply hundreds of thousands of restaurants and supermarkets...

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ORIGINAL: WestBaySlave

Sad.Yet, overall, that cat probably had a better life than most of the meat that ends up on our tables.

No, I'm neither offering excuses for this man's behavior nor advocating veganism, but when there's an uproar on these threads it rather pains me to see the disconnect people make between the treatment of the animals in our homes and the treatment of ones that end up as dinner.

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RE: Cat (as in feline) torturer gets 5 yrs - 1/17/2011 5:01:31 PM

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If this doesn't sound that wonderful, just imagine what's going on over at Tyson or Smithfield.

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/meat-quality-standards.php

Farm Animal and Meat Quality Standards

Here's a brief summary of our benchmark standards by species:

Cattle/Buffalo

No antibiotics — ever
No supplemental growth hormones
No animal byproducts in feed
Range raised for at least 2/3 of the animal's life

Veal Calves

No antibiotics — ever
No supplemental growth hormones
Group housing only, no tethering or individual crates
No animal byproducts in feed other than cow's milk
Unlimited access to grain

Pigs

No antibiotics — ever
No animal byproducts in feed
No gestation crates
Sows provided freedom of movement in farrowing (birthing) pens
Bedding required to satisfy natural rooting instincts

Lamb

No antibiotics — ever
No supplemental growth hormones
No animal byproducts in feed
Pasture raised

Poultry

No antibiotics — ever
No animal byproducts in feed
No beak trimming for broiler chickens and game hens
Appropriate beak trimming for turkeys allowed when necessary*
Appropriate litter provided for comfort and to satisfy natural foraging instincts

Note: Federal regulations prohibit the use of hormones in raising pork, poultry, goats, veal and bison.

* We allow the performance of physical alterations only when the overall physical and psychological welfare of the flock or herd would be benefited to prevent possible injury and only when conducted by a trained operator in an appropriate manner that minimizes any discomfort.

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