Hey,
As we all know, meat is not grown if the super markets, and something we can all agree on is the worrying amount of people that seem to think (or ignore the fact) that animals have had to die for the meat they are eating. (Often the very same people that criticise hunting)
I recently read a post on surrounding growing meat in school (well it was actually on the way the animals we kept but I want to devieate away from that and focus on on comment) , this comment was 'i dont think we shoud have the killing side of ag'. Really I think this is wrong, do we really want to further distance children from the way they get their meat. (Assuming the school already sells meat the a tuckshop and that the animals are kept humanly until death.) Is it not better that the children actually see where their meat come from, rather than just from some factory?
So, what I am asking, do you think children should be shown the side of meat production that they rarely see? or should it be hidden away from them so the dirty work can be done behind closed doors and the meat can keep coming from some random factory?
Thanks for reading my long post.
Ps. Sorry if it a bit hard to understand, sometimes I find it hard to articulate my self properly
hehehe that was me that said that
... i think children and teens should be educated in were there meat comes from, but when the animals are at school the kids get to play with them and they grow attached to the animals ( not all of course but a fair few do ) and when the animals are slaughted the teachers joke about it and some kids are destressed about the animas been killed . the animals ( this is my school i dont know about the rest ) arnt kept in the nicest conditions. 3 examples of those are:
1. the rabbits are in small cages were they can bearly move around, i have one doe that was a breeder at the school and from been on hard wired floors ( the cages are in the air and have no bedding) she has cripple bones in her feet and has weak and bent in ward knees - Puzzle ( rabbit ) had to have a few operations to correct it but she was in so much pain, it was unvearable to walk. they are in a dark and dirty shed were there is no light at all!, and the smell is horrible wlking in there. i have spoken to the ag teachers but they dont care. i did report them to the department of edu and P.I and the RSPCA but nothing was done. i clean out the rabbit area when ever possible and give them fresh food and water every day. what does this teach kids?
2. the sheep - there is one sheep i noticed has cancer tumors over her body, she has large tumers hanging off her every were, she also is under weight and has a sore foot and swollen hock, i have offered to pay for vet bills and even buy her off them for wat ever price they want - they contiunky put her in lamb but she loses the lambs ( last two times she fell pregnet ) one of the lambs survived the last pregnency, but she was too weak and ill to look after him and she rejected him - to be honest im amazed she survived , but i got the lamb becouse the ag teachers asked if i could take him so i did , i reared him from 3 days old and today he is a happy and healthy 10 month old sheep
.. what does this teach students?
3. the pigs werent provided with water or mud to roll in and had no shelter, both the gilts got sun cancers all over there ears, nose and around there eyes and tail. both began to lose weight and there personailities changed . it was really sad seeing them like this. i loved those piggys soo much... what does this teach kids?
also we got dairy calfs and both of those died within 3 months, one was really sick, i told the teachers he wasnt well but they said he is fine, and bam he died within a week. the other calf was tired up to a post for the night ( i dont know why) and he was found the next morning strangled... this was a horrible site to see when we went doen to the ag farm
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wat i ment by my comment was wouldnt it be better to teach people on how to correctly look after the animals? inseted of slaughtering them?
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