It used to be the president, but now a more democratic formaly apparently decides the slaughter of millions of long suffering birds, to save one,,he the story of Jesus, sort of reversed it seems. Here is a little something you might want to read,,,
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How differently things would have been for the beleaguered turkey had Benjamin Franklin gotten his way. Franklin proposed the turkey as the official national bird, and was dismayed when the bald eagle was chosen instead. “The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original of America," he wrote. In an ironic play of perspective, imagine America sitting down to a bald-eagle dinner with all the fixings come the fourth Thursday of November. It would be unheard of – but aside from the bald eagle’s lauded place on the official seal, are turkeys really any less respectful?
But such is the luck of the draw, and the draw for the turkey hasn’t been so great - for the factory-farmed ones, at least. Factory-farmed birds make up 99 percent of turkeys sold in stores, and their lives leave a lot to be desired. Case in point:
1. Claustrophobics be damned. In massive turkey farms, each bird has a mere 3.5 feet of space, according to John C. Voris' book Turkey Care Practices. For the average 20-pound turkey, that’s about enough room to turn around in circles, and not much else.
There was a time when farm animals were treated humanely, as were dogs being bred for sale. But now we all know the many horrors of the inhumane treatment of cattle and poultry and the abysmal horrors of the puppy mills.
And it's very sadly only going to get worse. Our human population is now skyrocketing, and there will soon be 10 billion human mouths to feed on this planet. And as always, it will be the nonhuman residents of earth who will suffer the most.
and so it goes ... desensitization...if people had to go back
into the old times and actually have to "hunt" they very well
may turn into vegetarians since not everyone can stomach
killing a meal, can you imagine seeing someone taking a sledge
hammer to a cow, let alone get the chains & tractor to hang it
to drain the blood, skin it, take a saw and cut it up...
it's very gruesome. I know cause I grew up on a farm & I was a
grievous basket case of sorrow during all slaughtering be it the
cows I was friends with that I pet, the rabbits I played with,
the chickens I talked to, the beautiful ducks, the ornery turkeys
...all of them that I fed every single day...it was a nightmare to
see and hear them die :(
but as hypocritical as all that I said is…I eat wild game, I’m not fond
of grocery store slaughter house meats at all, and I’m pretty sure
most people who go to the meat department do not see a dead animal…
I ate four turkeys last year, and will probably eat four more this year. Why? Because they are cheap, low in fat, taste like dinosaur, and are just as good in the 20th microwaved meal as the first. They are filled with antibiotics and steroids to make me healthy and strong, and are fattened up and not exercised so that they will be tasty and soft.
Frankly, I have eaten wild turkey and found that their flavor to be much better and I'm sure the meat is much healthier.
I'm eating all the turkeys I can before only ones left are the wild ones.
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And it's very sadly only going to get worse. Our human population is now skyrocketing, and there will soon be 10 billion human mouths to feed on this planet. And as always, it will be the nonhuman residents of earth who will suffer the most.
into the old times and actually have to "hunt" they very well
may turn into vegetarians since not everyone can stomach
killing a meal, can you imagine seeing someone taking a sledge
hammer to a cow, let alone get the chains & tractor to hang it
to drain the blood, skin it, take a saw and cut it up...
it's very gruesome. I know cause I grew up on a farm & I was a
grievous basket case of sorrow during all slaughtering be it the
cows I was friends with that I pet, the rabbits I played with,
the chickens I talked to, the beautiful ducks, the ornery turkeys
...all of them that I fed every single day...it was a nightmare to
see and hear them die :(
but as hypocritical as all that I said is…I eat wild game, I’m not fond
of grocery store slaughter house meats at all, and I’m pretty sure
most people who go to the meat department do not see a dead animal…
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Frankly, I have eaten wild turkey and found that their flavor to be much better and I'm sure the meat is much healthier.
I'm eating all the turkeys I can before only ones left are the wild ones.
Ron
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