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> it's not much more horrific than what continuously goes on in the animal kingdom. Where's your evidence for this? In the animal kingdom, isn't death due to
by jonmrodriguez 14y ago
> it's not much more horrific than what continuously goes on in the animal kingdom.
Where's your evidence for this?
In the animal kingdom, isn't death due to predators rather quick?
In factory farms, the animal's entire lifetime is one of outrageous torture, e.g. feeding cows a corn diet that shreds their stomach wall, and forcing them to stay alive through the pain with massive courses of antibotics. Or keeping chickens in cages so small they can't even turn around.
- FaddiCat 14y ago> In the animal kingdom, isn't death due to predators rather quick? Not always. A lot of predator species are known to play with their prey.
- joesb 14y agoGoogle search "Hyenas eat wildebeest alive" video. It probably took more than a minute before that wildebeest died.
- Ensorceled 14y agoWhat is your evidence against it? Clearly you know very little about the matter as all of this is well established and any biologist or TV wildlife program can set you straight. Few predators "finish off" their prey though they may often kill it during the hunt, once the prey animal is disabled they start to feed. House cats, for instance, will capture, release and recapture the prey animal, sometimes for hours. Wolves and Dogs will hunt and not feed, often leaving the prey animal to die from it's wounds. Also look into how predators teach their young to hunt. It is very unpleasant. I'm not saying that factory farming should be allowed. In fact, I think future generations will correctly judge us harshly for the unnecessary atrocity that is modern agriculture.
- jonmrodriguez 14y agoOk, sure. But there's a world of difference between hours of suffering at the hands of a predator vs a decade or two of unpaused suffering in a factory farm!