recently i recorded a voice mail for peta wherein i encouraged people not to buy butterball turkeys.when asked for a response, a woman at conagra (the homey little mom & pop conglomerate who own butterball, inc) said that ‘we at conagra arecommitted to the humane treatment of these animals.’
ok, can i ask the simple question: how is keeping an animal locked in a cage and then butchering it considered ‘humane’?
wouldn’t the ‘humane’ treatment of an animal involve playing with it and enabling it to have a long, happy, healthy natural life?
is there some through-the-looking-glass definition of ‘humane’ that i’m not aware of?
i’m not trying to be a crazy, militant activist, but i’m a bit nonplussed at this new use and definition of ‘humane’.
and remember, if you wouldn’t personally be able to kill something, you probably shouldn’t be eating it.
unless it’s a mime.
sweet, tasty mimes….mmmm….
moby
