Comments on: Humane Cow Slaughter

By: isidro

isidro — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:43:52 +0000

coming from Dominican republic, it weird and funny peoples reaction to what is to me the most normal thing in the world. think of the out come if the human race will suddenly or gradually for that mater will stop eating meat or animal products. were in hell are we going to put all does chickens? billy watson intentions remind me of my ego. “look at me, how better i am know that I’m not like you” you don’t eat meet? keep it to your self. you eat meat? nobody cares. stop placing your views on me.

By: Mark D

Mark D — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:00:52 +0000

I love all Gods creatures too….their so damn yummy chopped up into little bits in a nice tortilla or cooked up with shallot, garlic and a simple wine reduction finish with mont au burre.
Hora le mi vatos Tacos Cessos, La Lengua, y Cabeza
Tutti sta posto!
Thanks for the good stuff Chris, keep it up.
It’s all part of life.

By: Marcia Hale

Marcia Hale — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:44:39 +0000

Thanks to Bill Watson for his insightful comments. I am moving toward a vegan diet because of the way food animals are slaughtered. While I struggle to eat tofurkey sausage and feel it’s as good as real polish sausage, I don’t struggle with how the tofu was harvested. I miss meat everyday, I was raised in Wyoming and we worship the cow as an edible animal. I cannot however justify the way the cow is butchered so I can eat it. The knocked cow is, for those of you not aware, very much alive, it’s just paralyzed. It gets it’s throat cut, and bleeds out while it’s heart is still beating. And, sometimes, it’s not all that knocked out. I do praise the pictures however, as to many of us are completely unaware of how the burger gets to the bun.
With all the uproar over the horrible treatment of the downer cows in the news a few months ago, you’d think more people would question what’s going on in those slaughterhouses.
The actions of those “workers” are, I believe, more the norm rather than the exception. And, I’m still mystifed why people everyone is so shocked at the downer cow video….similar video was released back in the 90’s, showing almost the exact same thing. It’s nothing short of horrifying.
When I have the courage to walk up to a cow or chicken and kill and process it myself I’ll eat it. Until that time, I cannot justify my consumption of this sort of suffering. To add to that, it is considered better for the taste of the meat if the animal is still alive when the slaughter process begins. That is just so not right. How can the release of stress and fear hormones into the body make it more flavorful.
Yes, I miss meat everyday, but i don’t miss it enough to want to consume something that has suffered.

By: unknown

unknown — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:20:52 +0000

this is TERRIBLE!!!! killing cows is killing cows. it’s an ended unfinished life…

By: Bill Watson

Bill Watson — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:39:12 +0000

Very cruel indeed. I grew up on a farm in the the midwest (Nebraska) and in the outback of Australia (NSW). I have personally worked with harvesting on many farms, both mom and pop to big co-ops. To tell you the truth I never felt good about it.

I have always felt like I have murdered a whole bunch of people in my life. I have eaten their flesh. I have boiled their hearts and stewed their brains. I have emptied their guts, chewed on their tounges, I have at times justified this for my own existence, for my own nutritional needs. I have stood on the cement and tiled floors saturated in their sticky semi-colagulated blood and felt my heart fill my soul with the blood I had taken. They were beautiful animals these bovines, this is NOT symbiosis. This is murder, and I am a murderer.

I do not eat the flesh of animals anymore.

Please look at these photos while you are eating your plastic wrapped processed taco flavoured beef mince. At least pay the animal that has given its life for you that respect. Please look at the pictures and imagine the cows eyes dim from life and the blood pours from its neck. Imagine what it may be thinking.

What did I do to you? Help? Why?

I can still hear them bellowing in the gates and bleeding on the floors. I can never forget the look of betrayl they had in their eyes.

I do not wish to place my views on others. I only wish to give the thoughts of someone who was in the ‘harvesting industry’ for over 15 years, and some of my thoughts feelings and observations. You do not have to agree. I respect each on of you and your opinions. I have a deep understanding of both sides.

Love to all Gods creatures.

By: Goveg

Goveg — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:58:12 +0000

Go Vegan

What a cruel specieces we are.

By: patrick

patrick — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:36:23 +0000

Thank you, for the education, I have processed many deer and pigs but the sheer size of a full grown cow,,,,,wow….also nice to see some people who eat meat respectfully slaughtering an animal……..and for those of you who don’t know what a humane slaughter is go back and look at the pictures again…..this is it…. beauty…….and for all you vegetarians …….if God didn’t want you to eat animals, He wouldn’t have made them out of MEAT!

By: Ric

Ric — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:13:16 +0000

Thier notting better than put a cows head in pit, and let it over night’ to make tacitos out of it prep right meat just slides off the bone, Tounge burritos man brian tacos it really delicous.

By: meg

meg — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:36:17 +0000

While it’s reassuring to see such clean slaughtering (actually, rendering since the actual slaughter was not photographed as far as I can tell) of these animals, and yes, it was “nice” of them to invite you to watch, It is just too perfect and everyone looks legal. These cows were impeccable creatures. So clean, sturdy and well-kept. Hardly the case for many of the dairy cows and livestock sale animals that end up at factory farm slaughterhouses with dollar signs on their busted hooves.
After viewing the most recent undercover video of the despicable dairy cow abuse at a slaughterhouse (picked at random) this photobook especially the well poised and seemingly very attentive USDA rep posing, is just too hard to believe. Looks to me they were paying attention to detail because of the company they were keeping. Sorry, but a few bad apples DO spoil the whole bunch.

By: Josey

Josey — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:52:30 +0000

I believe the difference between humane and inhumane slaughter is if the cattle are taken care of with the upmost care and respect to the very end. I’m still confused as to how they die, and if it is fast and painless. I hope they are dead by the time they are hung up by their feet. I just saw the terrible treatment of the cattle in a California slaughter house–how could anyone treat an animal like this???? Those people who do should suffer the same treatment themselves–they are truely very shameful people.