• bob_wiley@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m not pro-factory farming. I’m talking about at the end of life. We’re going to make it quick.

    I’m not going to link any videos, as I’m sure no one wants to see them. But there are no shortage of videos of animals in the wild being killed by some of the big cats who eat them ass first, while they’re still alive. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather be killed by a quick jolt of electricity or something slicing an artery, then to just sit there helpless and awake while something starts eating me from the ass up. I was hoping to not have to get graphic, but here we are.

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      1 year ago

      There is no shortage of videos of how that quick jolt of electricity fails. Here are some examples: https://youtu.be/LQRAfJyEsko?t=979

      Note, that those slaughterhouse are usually on smaller scales, than what is considered factory-farming. Slaughtering is just a small part of the suffering anyways and cruelty does not strictly depend on scale. Where I’m from, southern Germany, last time I looked, half of the milk farmers tether their cows, affecting a quarter of the cows in that region. Those are your neighbourhood family-owned farms.

      The easiest way to not support any of that cruelty to animals, is to avoid animal based products.

    • Anamnesis@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I agree that animals usually kill in way worse ways than us. But that doesn’t really excuse our behavior.