I actually had some extra time to sit and watch the news this morning. Zac has no school this week, they are on school vacation, so it was one less person to get up in the morning.
See Video here http://www.cbs13.com/video/?id=7217@cbslocal.dayport.com
So I was watching the Today Show on NBC and happened to sit down when they decided to air the segmant about Westland Meat/Hallmark Meat Packing. What I saw on tv at 7 am in the morning was one of the most terrible things I have seen. Cows being dragged off of trucks by one leg, being rolled around the floor by use of a fork truck and one of the most disturbing for me was a cow who was laying down on the floor and some asshole was spraying it with water from a hose right in it's face. The direction of the spray, right at the cows nose. Ever get water up your nose? I have and I imagine that it feels the same for the cows.
Here is a statement put out by the President of Westland Meat/Hallmark Meat Packing. I certainly hope that he was not aware that this was going on. I find it very hard to belive that he didn't. Someone must have complained that this was going on. I honestly don't believe this goes unnoticed. How dare these people think that animals have no feelings. why do you think they we screaming and making noises? Because they liked it and were having fun? NO, they were scared and in pain, that's why.
I guess I just have alot more compasion for animals than I should. Maybe I am in the wrong line of work or something. There has to be something that can be done, how can you go home and sleep at night after you have tortured an animal before you kill it. I wonder, how do your pets at home get treated or even you family members. Granted you have a job to do, but it is not to torture the animals before they go to their death.
So it really wasn't the way for me to start my morning. Maybe I am a little late on getting this news, but it still makes me sad to know that people can actually do this.
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