“Mercy For Animals’ undercover investigation at a Butterball turkey factory farm in Hoke County, North Carolina, has led to what is believed to be the first-ever felony cruelty to animals conviction related to birds used for food production in US history. Considering that poultry make up 8 out of the nearly 9 billion land animals raised and killed for food each year in the United States, this felony conviction sets a powerful legal precedent. Brian Douglas, along with several other Butterball employees, was documented violently kicking and stomping on birds, dragging them by their wings and necks, forcefully throwing turkeys, and bashing in the heads of live birds with metal bars. Douglas pled guilty to felony cruelty to animals on Tuesday, August 28 and will serve 30 days in jail, followed by 42 months of probation. The four other workers were also charged with cruelty to animals, and their cases are pending.”
- Please, start to make the connection between these beautiful animals and what ends up on your dinner plate.
I see so many people on here reblogging pictures of cute piglets, baby rabbits and little chicks, adding comments like “aww!”, “so cute” and “I want one”, but do you ever stop to think that by eating the meat of these animals, you are supporting and encouraging the breeding and executing of these gorgeous little creatures?
If you eat rabbit, chicken, pork, lamb, turkey or beef, you are responsible for the death of these animals. Even if you don’t kill them yourself, your money is creating the demand for their demise.
Stop and make the connection. Thank you.
These animals are not ours to produce and slaughter as we see fit, they’re lives and should be treated as such.
PS - And don’t reblog this and remove my caption (you know who you are) because if you loved these animals as much as you claimed, you would not allow yourself to become responsible for their deaths.
Look at these absolute babies! What a beautiful group of animals <3
This is what a real meat lovin man eats!
Good lord, mother of the burger gods
this makes me think America fetishizes meat
fuckin…so much meat
I just need to put this here
story of my life
You took the words right out of my mouth…
…it must have been when you were kissing me.
AND I SWEAR IT’S TRUE, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY I LOVE YOU