“It is a healthy, natural reaction for someone who witnesses the brutalities inflicted upon nonhuman animals in the agriculture industry for the first time, to ask, "how can we stop this from happening?”. The simple truth is that there remains only one answer, only one way to stop it from happening. We must end the consumption of animal-based products. Until then, nonhuman animals will always be placed in "livestock" conditions, they will always be exploited, they will always be abused and they will always be slaughtered. You cannot teach someone that a life-form has any real value when it is considered acceptable to enslave, kill and eat said being. Whilst humanity views nonhuman animals as resources, mere commodities, they will always be victims of our barbarity. There is no "humane" way to treat a slave and there certainly is no "humane" procedure to take a life.”
Unparalleled Suffering is right to comment that, as ugly as the suffering inflicted on the trapped, exploited animals is, the delight that is shared by the humans in the farming community at the cows' suffering is at least as ugly.
On another matter: We of course object to injustices of all kinds that are perpetrated against animals; but we honor them by paying attention to the particular kinds of suffering that each kind must be feeling. In this case, the plight of dairy cows, and of their babies, and their feelings as they experience the brutal realities of the dairy industry, are not comparable to other kinds of suffering inflicted on other kinds of animals. There is no question of making anything like a quantifiable comparison; but we owe it to them to pay attention to what is special or unique about their situation.
“It is a healthy, natural reaction for someone who witnesses the brutalities inflicted upon nonhuman animals in the agriculture industry for the first time, to ask, "how can we stop this from happening?”. The simple truth is that there remains only one answer, only one way to stop it from happening. We must end the consumption of animal-based products. Until then, nonhuman animals will always be placed in "livestock" conditions, they will always be exploited, they will always be abused and they will always be slaughtered. You cannot teach someone that a life-form has any real value when it is considered acceptable to enslave, kill and eat said being. Whilst humanity views nonhuman animals as resources, mere commodities, they will always be victims of our barbarity. There is no "humane" way to treat a slave and there certainly is no "humane" procedure to take a life.”
Unparalleled Suffering is right to comment that, as ugly as the suffering inflicted on the trapped, exploited animals is, the delight that is shared by the humans in the farming community at the cows' suffering is at least as ugly.
On another matter: We of course object to injustices of all kinds that are perpetrated against animals; but we honor them by paying attention to the particular kinds of suffering that each kind must be feeling. In this case, the plight of dairy cows, and of their babies, and their feelings as they experience the brutal realities of the dairy industry, are not comparable to other kinds of suffering inflicted on other kinds of animals. There is no question of making anything like a quantifiable comparison; but we owe it to them to pay attention to what is special or unique about their situation.