You did good my brother. I hope the owner of the slaughterhouse is really honest and does what he says.  People must think about slaughterhouses and what they represent on an unthinking planet.  They represent murder for hire, although people will not see that unless they are told.  On this planet, how many deaths a year from war?  How many deaths a year from slaughter?  Killing by any other name.

globalgrind.com/news/cow-escapes-slaught...

Apr 13, 2012 -- 8:46AM, christine3 wrote:

... People must think about slaughterhouses and what they represent on an unthinking planet.

Most adults in the USA know about slaughter houses.

They represent murder for hire....

Since it's not humans being killed it is not murder. They kill animals so that we can eat, and enjoy, their dead flesh.

I'm sorry, but I could not get the link to work so could not read the story.  However, I found another link:

www.northjersey.com/news/Cow_runs_loose_...

So, why is this story important?  Who cares if one brave cow managed to escape the horrors of a slaughterhouse?  All a cow is good for is to make hamburgers and steaks, right?

Well, I vehemently disagree.  Slaughterhouses are chambers of horror where innocent creatures are forced to endure pain and suffering which we humans could not possibly imagine.

This cow that managed to get away is a hero and should be applauded for her bravery in doing this.  I only hope that the owner of the slaughterhouse really was serious when he said she would in future be spared.

If only all the other cattle and pigs and chickens and turkeys and sheep and lambs could be spared as well.  But humans' appetite for meat always overrides any and all considerations of what the getting of that meat entails.

Consider that an animal being forced into a slaughterhouse can not only smell the fear in the animals that are going on before her, but she can also hear their cries, and sometimes even see them being killed.

After all, our fellow animals have much better senses of smell and hearing than humans.

www.humanesociety.org/news/news/2009/11/...

It takes 25 minutes to turn a cow into a steak.  Even though the animals were supposed to be dead by the time they reached the second-legger (the slaughterhouse worker who cuts off the feet of the cow), too often they are still alive.

As one slaughterhouse worker described it:  'Their eyes are wide open and they blink.  They make noises.'  Some of them are still alive when they reach the tail puller, the belly ripper, and the hide puller.

They die piece by piece.

www.animalaid.org.uk/h/f/CAMPAIGNS/blog/...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhlhSQ5z4V4

Apr 13, 2012 -- 8:16PM, solfeggio wrote:

I'm sorry, but I could not get the link to work so could not read the story. 

I've tried to change the link on that post 6 times and don't know why I can't. Here is another link.

freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investig...

Apr 13, 2012 -- 10:06PM, christine3 wrote:

Apr 13, 2012 -- 9:30PM, mountain_man wrote:

Apr 13, 2012 -- 8:16PM, solfeggio wrote:

...So, why is this story important?...

It's not important at all. So what if one cow gets away. There are plenty more to eat.

Even though the animals were supposed to be dead by the time they reached the second-legger (the slaughterhouse worker who cuts off the feet of the cow), too often they are still alive.

The "bolt" to the brain effectively ends all brain functions. What the workers are seeing is nothing but reflex autonomic responses. They are not "alive" in any sense of the word.

I'm telling you, there is no difference in pain.  Pain is pain.  

christine

Did you stop to think that much of which mm presents obtains?