I just saw on the news today about how 2000 chickens and turkeys were "destroyed" on a chicken farm in Turkey because of suspected "bird flu" in the animals which can be lethal if passed to humans.
In Western Canada, the same story recentlyt. Because of suspected "bird flu", birds are "destroyed."
And, it showed on the news how people dressed up in protective wear were just grabbing the birds and throwing them - while they were alive and fully conscious- into huge heavy duty garbage bags!! Grabbing them and throwing them into garbage bags, one on top of another, while they were fully conscious. Only to be "destroyed."
I cried. I cried at the callousness with which these living, breathing, gentle and inquisitive animals were being treated. As if they were widgets being collected. As if they were "toy" birds being collected. There was no hesitation whatsoever to show these images of authorities collecting these animals and throwing them into trash bags. No question of ethics, unkindness, humane treatment - nothing.
Just the human threat posed by the bird flu and how the the birds were being "destroyed."
Newsflash to all you meat eaters: the best way to protect yourself from things like sars, mad cow, bird flu, etc. is to go veg. Alright? Instead of "destroying" innocent and possibly even healthy animals because of the "risk" to human health of bird flu. So here is an idea: If you are afraid of catching the "bird flu" and dropping dead, how about you STOP eating birds?
Scared of mad cow disease? So stop eating cows!
It aint rocket science people.