A Moo Cow Is Our Friend
Meet your friendly farmhood cow; cows:
*are gentle giants
*are sweet natured
*are curious, social, and clever
*have been known to go to amazing lengths to escape slaughterhouses
*prefer to spend time together as they form complex relationships
*form strong maternal bonds, and on dairy farms and cattle ranches mama cows can be heard crying out for their baby calves for days after separation
*are still very young when they are burned with hot irons (branding), have their testicles ripped out of their scrotums (castration), and their horns cut or burned off — all without painkillers
*are honored in some countries and religions
*are often born in one state, fattened in another, and slaughtered in a third. Many die along their travels … and are lucky because they avoid being shot in the head; having their throat slit; or dying slowly in a worse manner.
*can recognize up to, sometimes more than, 100 other cows
*grieve when a friend dies
July 28th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Very sad, but very true. Cows are so lovely - how could you eat one once you’ve looked into those gentle eyes?
Good luck with the rest of the ‘Thon, doing great.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:21 am
But I taste so good! I want people to eat me! YUM YUM YUM YUM… Being a cow is such a lonely life… why won’t anyone eat me?
March 21st, 2008 at 8:44 am
oh bloody hell…
“have been known to go to amazing lengths to escape slaughterhouses”
What tripe…..
They follow eachother up the “race”….they are much stronger than humans and could easily overpower their handlers….but….cows are stupid creatures…and they do none of this….
Whats the source for these “amazing lengths”
More emotive propaganda….
Once saw a panel cartoon by Gary Larsen, known for his cartoons about cows….
This panel showed a group of cows on their way into the slaughterfloor…one with an oversized forhead…the capttion read
“Only Dora, with her oversized brain, could see what was actually happening.”
WHEN are you people going to realise that cows are FOOD….and their bones and other inedibles from the carcasse goes into making FERTILIZER that all you vegetarians EAT when you buy vegetables from the supermarket…
Stop eating then….become a real “non-user of animal by products”
You people ARE very misinformed….and appealing to the emotions of your mainly FEMALE afficiendo’s is a trick that I personnally am not fooled by….
And for the pregnant women out there, if you are a vegan, then refuse blood plasma if something goes wrong at your birth….that should satisfy you “values”….
Get the picture?…you guys should look around and realise that vegetarianism is a product of FEMINISM, nothing more….
Comments?…I BET we get none that can rebutt…only nit-pick at spelling errors, or make a personal attack….it would be typical….so come on….I challenge you to stick to your values AND consume no animals…
you can’t….deleting my comments will not change the essential “fadness” of vegetarianism.
Regards
Christopher.
March 21st, 2008 at 8:56 am
MANY do NOT die in transport….
If they did, a meatworks would just not be profitable…
Their throats ARE NOT SLIT….this happens on a “halal” kill (Muslim approved) ONLY…and these represent less than 10% of all kills….
Go to a slaughterhouse one day and find out for youself, instead of publishing PROPAGANDA that would give Josef Goebbels a run for his money….
Which reminds me…
FAMOUS VEGETARIAN….ADOLF HITLER
TRY not to kill Jews or take over Europe at your next conference….