Comments on: Undercover Animal Activist Forces Massive Beef Recall http://icftu.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/undercover-animal-activist-forces-massive-beef-recall/ icftu.wordpress.com Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:04:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bea Elliott http://icftu.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/undercover-animal-activist-forces-massive-beef-recall/#comment-15 Bea Elliott Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:21:14 +0000 http://icftu.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-15 The MEat industry is destined to collapse - Starting with genetically altered animals -grown in factory farms, pumped full of antibiotics and growth hormones - effulating into massive manure lagoons which seep into our water.... The methanes released adding to greenhouse gases, the fossil fuels wasted on transport & processing, the waste of water and other resources.... Combined further with the zoonotic diseases, other health issues like diabetes, heart disease & obesity..... Gosh, I'm so darn glad I'm Vegan! The MEat industry is destined to collapse – Starting with genetically altered animals -grown in factory farms, pumped full of antibiotics and growth hormones – effulating into massive manure lagoons which seep into our water…. The methanes released adding to greenhouse gases, the fossil fuels wasted on transport & processing, the waste of water and other resources…. Combined further with the zoonotic diseases, other health issues like diabetes, heart disease & obesity….. Gosh, I’m so darn glad I’m Vegan!

]]> By: Hmmm http://icftu.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/undercover-animal-activist-forces-massive-beef-recall/#comment-14 Hmmm Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:00:56 +0000 http://icftu.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-14 I have to ask.. If it's all about food safety and animal cruelty, why did HSUS wait a total of over 5 months to release their video? If there was abuse on day 1 and presumably many of the days after, why stay 6 weeks? Does it really take 6 weeks worth of footage to make a 2:44 second video? That's only about 27 seconds per week. The math alone is staggering. 500 head of cattle per day x 6 days a week x 6 weeks, that's 18,000 cattle that were put to death while this "activist" was on the job. Not to mention the 48,000 or so cows that were slaughtered during the 4 months that HSUS sat on their video. Yes, what happened is unforgivable. Yes, the employees and the slaughterhouse should be punished. But I can't believe for one moment that HSUS was only concerned for the cattle or for public safety. If they were, they wouldn't have waited so long. The only things that benefit from waiting 4 months is HSUS's image and their agenda. I have to ask.. If it’s all about food safety and animal cruelty, why did HSUS wait a total of over 5 months to release their video? If there was abuse on day 1 and presumably many of the days after, why stay 6 weeks? Does it really take 6 weeks worth of footage to make a 2:44 second video? That’s only about 27 seconds per week.

The math alone is staggering. 500 head of cattle per day x 6 days a week x 6 weeks, that’s 18,000 cattle that were put to death while this “activist” was on the job. Not to mention the 48,000 or so cows that were slaughtered during the 4 months that HSUS sat on their video.

Yes, what happened is unforgivable. Yes, the employees and the slaughterhouse should be punished. But I can’t believe for one moment that HSUS was only concerned for the cattle or for public safety. If they were, they wouldn’t have waited so long. The only things that benefit from waiting 4 months is HSUS’s image and their agenda.

]]> By: SuccessZen http://icftu.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/undercover-animal-activist-forces-massive-beef-recall/#comment-13 SuccessZen Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:01:35 +0000 http://icftu.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-13 Everyone's making a big deal about the downer cattle, and trying to figure out whether there are risks involved. In fact, there is a HUGE risk. The "downer cattle" issue is a red herring. <a href="http://www.successzen.com/wp/2008/02/13/is-it-really-this-simplethe-china-study-could-extend-your-life/" rel="nofollow">It's well documented that all meat consumption -- whether from downer cattle or healthy ones -- leads to increased rates of cancer.</a> Everyone’s making a big deal about the downer cattle, and trying to figure out whether there are risks involved. In fact, there is a HUGE risk. The “downer cattle” issue is a red herring. It’s well documented that all meat consumption — whether from downer cattle or healthy ones — leads to increased rates of cancer.

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