You sure your want to go down that road for discussion? Put your flame suit on then.
Everyone on here that is on the dog's side probably eats meat at some point, and I can tell you that the conditions in which we raise and kill animals in factory farms is not all that great, and in many cases is most certainly abuse. No one wants to really talk about that, it is just easier to talk about and feel for a dog.
I don't think it matters whether one thinks animals are inferior, the same, or superior, the bottom line is that almost all of us agree that what happened to this dog is not right. I doubt anyone on this board would do that to a dog or not try to stop it if they saw it happening. Is that still hypocritical when you mistreat a cow or a pig in a factory farm and eat it without guilt of any type? Probably. But some caring is better than no caring. Most people are simply unaware.
Well said.
Some awareness for those:
In the U.S., more than 42 million cows suffer and die for the meat and dairy industries every year. When they are still very young, many cows are burned with hot irons (branded), their horns are cut or burned off, and male cattle have their testicles ripped out of their scrotums (castrated)—all without painkillers. Once they have grown big enough, they are sent to massive, filthy feedlots where they are exposed to the elements, to be fattened for slaughter. Many female cows are sent to dairy farms, where they will be repeatedly impregnated and separated from their calves until their bodies give out and they are sent to be killed.
Like all animals, cows form strong maternal bonds with their calves, and on dairy farms and cattle ranches, mother cows can be heard frantically crying out for their calves for several days after they have been separated.
Cows are gentle giants—large in size but sweet in nature. They are curious, clever animals who have been known to go to extraordinary lengths to escape from slaughterhouses. These very social animals prefer to spend their time together, and they form complex relationships, very much like dogs form packs.
Cattle are transported hundreds of miles in all weather extremes, typically without food or water, to the slaughterhouse. Many cows die on the way to slaughter, but those who survive are shot in the head with a captive-bolt gun, hung up by one leg, and taken onto the killing floor where their throats are cut and they are skinned and gutted. Some cows remain fully conscious throughout the entire process. In an interview with The Washington Post, one slaughterhouse worker said, "They die piece by piece."
