• feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
    222·
    1 year ago

    This is how we got BSE/CJD in the UK, i.e. mad cow disease. Prions are really scary, if the moral weight of feeding animals their own species wasn’t already a good enough reason not to do it.

    Honestly, I don’t know enough about pig behaviour to properly judge the practice. Maybe they’re happy to eat dead pigs, some animals practice… necrophagy, or whatever. But it’s not a great idea in livestock.

      • Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca
        101·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • max@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          Sadly this isn’t just common in the bacon industry, similar abhorrent practises are common in literally every livestock sector. The workers develop a sort of disassociation and don’t see them as animals anymore, or just straight up don’t care.

          • Vegoon@feddit.de
            1·
            1 year ago

            The workers develop a sort of disassociation and don’t see them as animals anymore, or just straight up don’t care.

            Highest suicide rates worldwide.

        • Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          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.

        • Drusas@kbin.social
          35·
          1 year ago

          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.

  • akatsukilevi@kbin.social
    11·
    1 year ago

    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”

  • Oha@feddit.de
    61·
    1 year ago

    reason 5003 why I try to avoid meat that isnt from a farm in my village

  • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
    72·
    1 year ago

    I have extreme dietary restrictions that make a vegan diet hard, i try, but sometimes I eat meat. This sucks.

  • Vampiric_Luma@lemmy.ca
    5·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • Zoldyck@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    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.