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Just saw your ad on food safety for the first time. Very impressed with the honesty and integrity of the farmers and their families. I take great encouragement that they show such pride in what they produce and they have the same concerns I do. My question is about the final process of producing meat; the slaughter process. I have HUGE concerns over this and eat zero meat anymore as a way to protest the inhumane treatment. I did enjoy eating meat and wonder why the meat industry does not do more to promote a transparent slaughter process to the public? I would be so pleased and able to go back to eating meat if I knew without doubt that the animals are treated humanely from farm to table. What can the USFRA do to promote a more humane life cycle and reassure consumers on animal welfare? It seems so simple to me that the big slaughterhouses and meat producers gain consumer confidence by magnifying this process and commit to humane treatment for all farm animals. Author: gail:Topic: Animal Welfare: |
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Slaughterhouses have regulations for humane treatment that include stunning the animal before slaughter so they do not feel any pain. Before this, when animals are in holding pens, everything is done to keep stress as low as possible and to prevent any injuries on the animal. Not only is this to keep the practice humane, but stress and injuries cause a decrease in value of the animal's carcass. Inhumanity towards animals is directly correlated to a decrease in the animals' value. So not only is it the right thing to be humane to animals, it is also more profitable. So there is not a single reason why anyone should believe farmers or even slaughterhouses are inhumane towards animals. I hope you can begin to see this and once again enjoy meat!
As a meat producer, I would like to share with you this video that is done very well by the Oprah show. It shows a very transparent view of how large companies like Cargill operate large-scale slaughterhouses and work to provide a humane, safe, and nutritious product to the consumer. I have personally visited animal harvesting facilities of this nature and can attest to the fact that this is how plants like this are operated, a vast contrast to what you would see in an animal rights video. This is what our industry works toward and hopefully this provides you with some transparency into the slaughter process. Hopefully you can begin to feel confident enough to begin enjoying meat again!
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Inside-a-Slaughterhouse-Video