Link to the article if anyone wants to read it: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23817808/pig-farm-investigation-feedback-immunity-feces-intestines
Im good. Bacon tasty. Preachy vegans are lame.
Bro this isn’t about veganism, I love the taste of bacon too. What I read in that article is absolutely fucked. A small quote:
Male piglets at the farm have their tails cut off and testicles ripped out by hand without anesthesia or pain relief, both standard practices in the industry. The investigator filmed employees tossing the testicles at each other and at a wall that was covered in them.
yeah, meat lover here, it’s real fucked and completely legal.
These practices are all legal and widespread because lawmakers have made them so. The federal Animal Welfare Act excludes livestock from protection, while many state animal cruelty laws exempt “customary farming practices,” allowing the industry to define what’s customary. Big Ag is one of the more powerful lobbies in Washington.
In some states, it’s even illegal to conduct investigations like the one featured in this story. From the early 1990s to the early 2020s, a number of states passed “ag-gag” laws, which generally prohibit people from taking videos or photographs on farms without permission. Fortunately, most have been struck down as unconstitutional.
So… you’re less likely to hear from “preachy vegans” (aka investigations into these abhorrent practices) in the future but no less likely to be eating meat that was fed poop. cooooool.
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Oh wow you changed my mind
You mean those diseases which have never been found to occur in pigs? Yeah. Delicious. I’m not defending this practice, but your reason to be against it is based on a falsehood.
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The statute of limitations has expired and no cruelty charges have been brought, so Animal Outlook is now releasing its findings to the public.
According to the state, this is indeed fine. Wonderful.
I have extreme dietary restrictions that make a vegan diet hard, i try, but sometimes I eat meat. This sucks.
Not gonna lie, I read that as “porn industry” and was really confused as to why tf everyone is talking about pigs and animal abuse. Took me a awful amount of time to realize it’s actually “pork industry” not “porn industry”
I saw park industry… What do parks have to do with pigs and cannibalism?
Ohhhhh.
But what about prions?
They don’t give a fuck
Pigs seem to be naturally resistant to prion disease. It’s never been observed in them
Mad Cow Disease round 2 🤙
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Surely insulting intelligence is a good way to convince people to join your cause
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For reference for others, they do seem to be getting mass-downvoted on all their recent comments in their post history with plenty being pretty benign:
The suffering makes the bacon taste better
bacon, now with more REAL FECES!
I hear they are working lab grown feces to improve the situation.
reason 5003 why I try to avoid meat that isnt from the local farm in my village
Look where it got us humans by disrespecting animal rights on a massive scale.
We’re literally destroying the world and a lot of people still don’t care or understand. It’s a damn shame.
I heard it tastes like bacon
mmm bacon
