Nation of meat eating animal lovers?

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AND WHAT ABOUT LEATHER PRODUCTS?
AND WHAT ABOUT MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION ON BABOONS?

Will you refuse a heart in the future because scientists cut a baboon open, took out a perfectly fine working heart and replaced it with a pig heart to see how long it would last?

http://www.newscientist.com/article...ig-hearts-pave-way-for-human-transplants.html

I mean were do you draw the line? Either you're an animal lover and you're against eveything or you're as much of a hypocrite as you claim everyone else is.
 
people care about strange things, and can ignore a lot.

its why for example people can be only mildly concerned about wars in the middle east. but start bombings in the home town outside your front door it'll soon be outrage.

same story here, animal slaughter for food is something distant to most folk except maybe a vague knowledge of how the cows in the field translate to steak on the dinner plate.

but many people have a dog, and to hear of bad things happening to dogs they think "that could have been our rover" and suddenly the tragedy is so much more real.

can't remember where the quote comes from but "a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic"
 
spoffle said:
I wasn't talking about dairy, so I don't think you do know the score.

However, stating that you think the dairy industry is worse is just undermining the whole premise of this thread in the first place.
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Watch the video I've just linked above.

Nice humane farming methods.
 
While I can totally understand why someone might not wish to eat animals or animal produce for that matter, I do however think that some people will cope better without it in their diet than others (physically speaking). Some will be able to better digest / metabolize animal protein than others.
 
adolf hamster said:
people care about strange things, and can ignore a lot.

its why for example people can be only mildly concerned about wars in the middle east. but start bombings in the home town outside your front door it'll soon be outrage.
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Exactly my point, it's not on our doorstep so who gives a ****?

43 dogs in Manchester?? OMG!!

That's horrendous where can I donate?

Makes me sick.
 
So what punishment will this 14/15 year old face?

A slap on the wrist?

"Sorry, I never knew that would happen when I struck the match and put in onto the petrol soaked rag..."
 
Rather than become vegetarian, you can just source quality meat, with very high welfare. You don't have to buy from supermarket.
 
SkodaMart said:
Exactly my point, it's not on our doorstep so who gives a ****?

43 dogs in Manchester?? OMG!!

That's horrendous where can I donate?

Makes me sick.
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British people donate countless millions of pounds each year to causes on the other side of the globe, so i fail to see your point.
 
Meat is amazing. Infact i have just got back from the cafe after having a fry up. Sausages, Bacon and black pudding. NOM.

Just took some pork fillets out of the freezer ready for a nice meal tonight :)

You Veggies/vegans really are missing out.
 
SkodaMart said:
OK, I have started this thread as I feel strongly about it.
I was shocked to hear of the recent arson attack at the Manchester dogs home, however I was more shocked to hear the response of OCUK members to this attack.

"Not much makes me angry, but this does"

"I'm sat here blubbing"

etc.

I have started this thread to keep things on topic and not derail the Manchester dogs home thread (Sorry for that).

I care for animals, but this goes way beyond Cats and Dogs. I am a vegetarian and feel guilty about eating meat as we do not need to do so to remain healthy.

Modern farming methods are absolutely horrendous, particularly dairy farming.
It was research into this that finally made me become vegetarian.
I am not strictly against eating meat however, I would eat meat in a survival situation or if there was absolutely no option, I am more against modern farming methods and animal cruelty.
The 'River Cottage' approach of animals having a happy life before going to slaughter is easier on the conscience, but we can still live healthy lives without eating meat.

I was also very upset to hear about the restarting of the Badger culling program, over 7,000 animals were killed, many of which had to be shot more than once, before crawling off to die in agony.
Only around 1.5% of the carcasses had infectious TB.

7,000 wild animals vs 43 stray dogs?

I know which upsets me more, yet people can't connect with badgers, or cows, or pigs as we don't have them as pets in our homes.

Please consider double standards and research modern animal farming, I'm sure if you pet lovers did, many of you would not eat meat again.
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The badgers were killed for a good reason. To stop the spread of TB. The dogs were killed for no reason whatsoever. That is the difference.
 
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