Animal factories and the abuse of power: Wayne Pacelle at TEDxManhattan
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As President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Wayne Pacelle leads the nation's largest animal protection organization with 11 million members and constituents. The organization is the 155th largest charity in the United States. During his tenure, Pacelle has nearly doubled the size of the organization and, through corporate combinations with groups such as The Fund for Animals and the Doris Day Animal League, built unity and greater efficiency within the animal protection cause. He has led successful efforts to pass hundreds of new state and federal laws to protect animals, expanded The HSUS's animal care operations, and worked with dozens of corporations to enact operational changes that benefit animals. Pacelle was named one of NonProfit Times' "Executives of the Year" in 2005 for his leadership in responding to the Hurricane Katrina crisis. A graduate of Yale, he is also author of the New York Times bestseller, The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them.
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Until we are farmed - then we will understand.
I was totally on board with this until he started talking about the levels of welfare of the animals within the industry and how we should start demanding the farming of animals who somehow have a "better life". Who are we to determine how happy an animal is to be slaughtered? Once again people are getting this wrong. Buying meat or dairy that is "free-range" and "grass fed" means absolutely nothing to the animal. That only satisfies YOU, not the animal. The animal is still killed and the environment of the world and the people in it still suffer.
ARCampbell thank you for your comment I'm here in New Mexico building a wildlife sanctuary for mule deer Antelope and to work with the state to release wild turkeys back into the wild it's amazing we are not animals but yet we eat animals I don't understand that but thank you so much for your comment Jim
what an idiotic interpretation of the speaker's message. he did NOT even imply anything about the emotional state of an animal being slaughtered other than placing that obviously "one bad day" (just as OUR last day would be a bad day) as
a very reduced ratio to the normalcy and happiness in a more natural living space environment which for example a traditional family farm provides to animals. We -humans and animals- ALL die , but it's the QUALITY of life ,over a long drawn out miserable existence ,which should be prioritized.
Earth Changes Channel Same here... Thank you!
Thanks, I stopped watching too after reading this.
bademoxy exactly
This was very powerful and moving, but please, let's say "no" to slaughter too.
I eat meat and it's what we've always eaten. These things are food.
@@pepper419 Those “things” probably have more soul than you do. Indians had respect and used every bit of the animal when they hunted
GO FUCKING VEGAN!
that right!
Animal used in factory farming, fur/leather farms, animal experimentation, glue traps, animal circuses… ALL of it needs to end.
Stop animal suffering now.
another 5 years ago... -.O The world is just sad.
The world today is your answer
go vegan!
We've come a long way in terms of consciousness in the last 5 years. More people becoming vegan every day.
9 months in
I'm a latecomer
despite I benefitted
from Vegan diets, I
still wasn't Vegan !!
The answer to showing other animals the respect they deserve is not to treat them better whilst we exploit them in farming etc. If they are are worthy of moral consideration then we shouldn't be using them at all. Going vegan is not hard. The dairy industry was the disgusting industry that opened my eyes to what we are doing to other animals on this planet. This planet is not here for us. We are part of a web of life and we are destroying the web.
Shelter Helper I agree, mitigating the suffering of animals is not enough. There is only one option and that is ending all animal products industries. Species ism must end.
Well said friend
@@nicolehaining144- not possible for native people in the arctic -unless global warming makes gardening up there possible. - but then again native peoples never regarded humans to be above or superior to animals, but as cohabitants in a challenging environment where there's prey and predators
Animals are food. Stop turning people into flowers
@@pepper419then humans are also food for tigers and lions
Well I'm not at the end of this yet but one of the other options is to just stop eating them.
Dairy industry is most cruel
Not when treated properly. It's food not a bloody pet. Those cows happily get milked, they don't want to keep that stuff till it bursts their udders.
While I appreciate the move this talk is pushing towards, it's hypocritical for anyone to say, "I believe animals have rights, but not the most basic rights to bodily autonomy and life." When members of the animal rights movement tell people, "It's okay to continue eating meat, just make sure it's the right kind," they ignore the primary objection we should all hold- that it's wrong to exploit other animals. This video is a nice foot in the door for discussing animal rights, but the most effective way of helping animals will be encouraging everyone to go vegan (even if it's baby steps, like shown in the video). Overall, it was worth watching, though.
It’s easier for society to take a step than a big leap to veganism but at least we are moving in the right direction
There is no humane way to have animals on farms
Agreed there’s no such thing as humane slaughter that’s an oxymoron
Seven and a half years later and not much has changed.
Whole food plant based is the way to go.
Absolutely.
its hearbreaking to think what all these poor animals go through and you can see hes genuine
I have, from a very early age, felt compassionate about animals. Not just the domestic animals, but all animals. I have read Mr. Pacelle's book, The Bond, and share his concerns and empathy about these wonderful creatures that have no voice in the way in which they are treated. I am pleased that Mr. Pacelle appreare on TEDxManhattan and addressed the disheartening and appalling issues which exist within animal factories. My hope is that people will listen with an open mind and an open heart.
Great talk. Keep up the good work Wayne.
Tmack1336 do you honestly think factory farmers take their injured or ill 'livestock ' to the vet? They don't give a damn about individual welfare!
Wayne you are truly an inspiring person; your call for creativity is such an innovative way to get people to think about animals and the way the food industry mistreats them. Thank you for all that you do; you are a hero to millions, people AND animals.
Bonnie Shulman thank you for your comment I'm here in New Mexico building a wildlife sanctuary for mule deer Antelope and to work with the state to release wild turkeys back into the wild it's amazing we are not animals but yet we eat animals I don't understand that but thank you so much for your comment Jim
The trouble with these more compassionate systems and I would argue that no system where animals are eaten or confined is acceptable is that they cost money and the meat industry has some of the strongest lobbyists who know where the bodies are buried and can get these proposals junked before they even get a chance. Sadly money comes above compassion for too many.
wonderful speech done in a way that is informative and influential without being angry like a lot of these sort of speeches can get. this is the best way to get people to listen! great job!
Animal welfare is important, not when you're going to eat them! This is like a murderer taking someone on a date, feeding them really nice giving them a great night of their life, for a few weeks or so making them feel safe, then taking them somewhere terrifying and slitting their throat and then tell the judge "she had a good life tho"
Shaunalea Archer thank you for your comment I'm here in New Mexico building a wildlife sanctuary for mule deer Antelope and to work with the state to release wild turkeys back into the wild it's amazing we are not animals but yet we eat animals I don't understand that but thank you so much for your comment Jim
wantitok congrats! That is amazing. All animals deserve freedom and the right to life, including humans!
Shaunalea Archer oh thank you for returning the message it's just this is was the first time I saw this video and I was going through the comments and I saw yours but thank you so much I just wanted to give something back to our planet and to give animals a place to have their offspring without worrying about being killed or having The Offspring killed in front of them amazing it's really sad thank you again
wantitok no problem! Bless your heart and I hope it goes wonderfully! :)
Shaunalea Archer Yes so true !!
That's great that we care for all these farm animals but let's not eat them. Carnism is the disconnect from eating a dead animal and calling it food.
Published 2012, 9 years later nothing has changed for the animals, we are still cruel, humans are selfish bastards.
thank you
There's an obvious disconnect in logic here. You just can't claim that we should think about an animal's welfare on an individual level, then still advocate for the commercialization and objectification of their bodies.
You can't have respect for an individual all the while plotting to slaughter them as soon as they hit the "most meat per cost of keeping it alive" mark.
Also, even if you don't believe it's unethical to treat animals in horrible ways, animal agriculture is not sustainable. We can't sustain the population of almost 8 billion and growing with meat, whether or not the animal suffered just a little or a whole lot.
you're just expressing your personal, subjective, and arbitrary philosophical views akin to religious zealotry. We CAN support the world with animal agriculture. What we CANNOT do is support a healthy population with plants and plant products. Animal agriculture is the best future for mankind.
But then again, there's no such thing as humane killing.
Exactly, I'm not sure when it ever became humane, or why it's humane now. 😣
Although kosher/Halal slaughter methods are indeed extremely and unnecessary cruel. The standard method of killing large animals in Western countries, such as pigs and cattle is a ‘bolt to the head’. This when done correctly causes brain death before the animals nerves can even send pain signals to the now destroyed brain.
@@lunaflamed Halal is humane if done correctly. It require animals not seeing the tool killing it and their deaths must be fast. But of course people don't do it right.
Sarah Lunafire it is not done right most of the time!😞
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This is odd. He used to do a lot of animal rights work here in Seattle. I've done a lot of animal rights protests with Wayne Pacelle back in the day. He was vegan, I think he still is. But for him to advocate for welfare is beyond bizarre. And he brought upTemple Grendin, really? Yikes! What a disappointment.
Yet not much has change in the past 10 years.... we got to push the agenda in kindness for all animals
Very good speech ++ Really hit home.
Best solution for now - going vegan.
The Man Is Correct! The Issue Needs To Be Pressed Hard, Taking into Account How Relevant and Important The Issue Is, And At The Same Time Verifying That This Spirutual Awakening Going Down Aint No Fake News Or Lies
When we talk about animal rights it’s not a discussion of how big and comfortable their cages should be, it’s about not confining them into cages at all. For someone who cares about animal welfare, is it really so hard to picture your own life without exploiting and eating them?
animals are here to serve man but we should be good stewards of them and the land. "Adaptive multipaddock grazing" is the future for man's food supply. Eating animals is essential for human health.
Michael J McCurdy “animals are here to serve man”...is that so? all of these creatures existence is for the sole purpose of serving men? Such an egocentric statement, animals don’t inhabit this planet to serve us, they all form part of a perfect ecological balance, a balance that we have altered.
Also, I recommend you read the Study of China, you’ll find out that actually eating animals is essential to human disease... just take a look at our current Coronavirus outbreak, the heart disease epidemic, diabetes, cancer and many others.
Awesome Speach.
Excellent Speech!!
really nice talk!
We Need A 2024-25 Till Infinity Update With This Man
I did NOT answer this. The Humane Society posted my "answer". I find it frightening that Pacelle chose to state 'my' reply that was NOT what I said & feel.
Eating meat is he root cause of all this suffering. Sadly Wayne does not even address this root cause.
Rajeev Jain The root cause is the USDA and Ag Gag petitions.moveon.org/sign/end-taxpayer-funded-abuse?source=c.em&r_by=1235249
Next time you smugly drink your soy latte and eat your tofu burger perhaps you should spend a moment to contemplate the animal deaths caused by your food lifestyle. What’s that?! A person on the Internet says that even Vegans contribute to the suffering and deaths of countless animals!? How can this be?!
As a part-time farmer even I can attest to the countless animals my plow and harvesting equipment has sadly suffocated crushed, impaled and cut to pieces as I go through the fields. All of the fields I have worked on have been organic.
So let’s discuss then the pesticides and herbicide used on most conventional crops; which kill off the bio diversity of our planet and create inhospitable environments for many animal species and has been a Huge contributing Factor in the decline of our honey bee populations worldwide.
Let’s not also forget to discuss the clearing of forest to make way for cereal crops and other plant-based food stuffs all which contribute to the destruction of animal habitat and territory and out right suffering and killing of many animals.
Wild animals have always had viruses coursing through their bodies. But agricultural intensification, factory farming, deforestation and urbanization are bringing people closer to animals, giving their viruses more of what they need to infect us: opportunity.
open vegan markets where there is no choice for animal products that would make a huge difference.
Goosebumps...
Aline Freitas thank you for your comment i feel the same. I'm here in New Mexico building a wildlife sanctuary for mule deer Antelope and to work with the state to release wild turkeys back into the wild it's amazing we are not animals but yet we eat animals I don't understand that but thank you so much for your comment Jim
Ending Animal exploytation is the only answer. You are only helping them continue to hurt animals. It is like giving them a licence to do kill, rape and use animals by saying its more humane. It does not make it any more moral to say its humane it does not justify any of it.
Go Vegan !
But I need meat to be a ripped bodybuilder, or else no one will love me...
David Mendoza i really hope you're joking
Google Vegan body builder... some of the most stunning bodies i have seen;).. I know you were joking, but these bodies are worth a look anyway:P
yay! go vegannn
@@VeganMove *gO vEGaN!!!* You smug reject. :)
I agree with the other sentiments to GO VEGAN. But maybe this TED talk is a first step for many - just to actually start thinking about the poor Life Quality of farmed animals.
First, factory farms are among the largest contributors to antibiotic resistance because the vast majority of antibiotics used worldwide are used within them, often without any sensible restrictions or forethought as to the long-term risks this poses. Second, factory farms and the cultivation of livestock often requires deforestation, which places humans into closer contact with animals in the wild that may transmit emerging diseases
"Meat Free Mondays", hopefully one day as offensive at "Ethnic Cleansing Free Tuesdays". See Carnage by Simon Amstell
Great film , turned me vegan
I sadly comprehend the unfortunate necessity of euthanasia. My criticism is regarding the $ spent on CEO salaries & advertising costs. I feel heartfelt financial donations are being spent in a less than compassionate fashion. The donated funds would be better spent spaying/neutering PETS & through education. I have researched where I have lived-NJ,FL,NC- to ask how much of donations received from the Humane Society actually have been used? The response=zero in all 3 states. I am horribly sad.
It’s time for us to step up & create a world where every sentient being can be happy. Thank you for this.
In the first half of the speech I thought: Really good, a pity it has so few views. Then the second half of the speech starts: Ah okay fortunately this didn't get so popular, def. not gonna share it.
The words that were missing: This can ONLY be a first step, but it is not a philosophy towards animals (whom we are part of) that can be a solution in any way.
Change animal right on this area now
@beek192 I am freaked out that Wayne Pacelle changed my response. I did NOT post this response. MY actual response is completely different.
Why is it impossible?
And also, spiritual teachers as Ohmar Ivanov claims that wars , catastrophes , and deadly deseases will continue until humans kill and abuse animals, as consequence of the energetic unbalance.
I worked under them at Black Beauty Ranch. Unfortunately they do not follow their own teachings. There was a vet and vet tech who worked at BBR and they were quite inhumane with some of their practices. Funny how the pot is calling the kettle black. I watched a horse there die inhumanely. They brushed it off and said that they needed to do what they did and that the horse dying at the expense of their actions was apart of protocols.
WOW - my actual comments absolutely differ from what Wayne Pacelle is posting as MY comments. It frightens me that he/they would state things I NEVER said. To ME that indicates a false issue.
beautiful speech! crying my heart out..
Hunting season open next month!!!!! Can't wait!!
^^ :p
ANIMAL LIBERATION!!!!
Anyone who understands pain & suffering will always stand against animal abuse.Please be Vegan.Boycotting animal products is the only way to save animals from cruelty.
Misrepresentation at the highest caliber. Marginal fraction of funds collected under the guise of "Humane Societies" actually go to Humane Societies. "Feel" for the animals - send me money.
I notice he doesn't mention all the male baby chicks that won't get a chance to live that idyllic life, b/c that one bad day comes on day one.
It makes me sick, that Temple Grandin came up with a "better" way of killing animals.
Sorry, wrong Puzzle, wrong answer.
Should of been, " how can we Stop the killing"!!!
@BiancaBeth Sadly, I need to give this false "info" to my family attorney. I absolutely refuse to allow my comments to be distorted.
Level the playing field with legislation. Corporations will then compete on other issues than the cheapest production of animal products.
uploaded in Feb 4, 2012 and 54k views.... its not enough views :(
This seems a bit disingenuous.
- It doesn't address the fact that we do NOT need animal products for health
- It does not mention that factory farming is the source of the vast majority of animal products
- It does not clarify that "free-range", "organic", and all such labels mean nothing in moral terms. In fact it encourages them
And a number of other similar things
If you want to treat animals RIGHT,
THEN STOP KILLING THEM !!!!!!!
he is saying that people will continue to eat meat no matter what , and it would be better if the animals had a good life. as far as I heard he didn't say if he was a vegan or not, he just said he was for animal rights. did I understand correctly?
sad
It was going well for awhile, then downhill, for me reaching its lowest point with the mention of Temple Grandin. To see why I feel this way, watch Temple Grandin vs Reality - Vegan Footsoldier.
Wonder why this talk only has 122k views. People just don'' t want to watch a video about factory farms
I live' in the second-to-last state to outlaw cockfighting (Louisiana was the last one). I want to add the following to you saying that cockfighting is illegal everywhere in the US: it still goes on anyway in under the radar fighting rings; and secondly, breeding fighting cocks isn't illegal. So what the breeders do here is breed them and then transport them to a place like the Phillipines, to fight them and sell them there. Andits big bucks, too. You can count on three things in a Filipino town: a Catholic Church, a town hall, and a cockfighting ring,
The only time those pigs can get out of their cage is if they take 3 steps back
We have 2 choices, either support a future with laboratory grown meat or go vegan. Animal cruelty needs to stop and also it's about rescuing our environment our planet.
thank you for your comment I'm here in New Mexico building a wildlife sanctuary for mule deer Antelope and to work with the state to release wild turkeys back into the wild it's amazing we are not animals but yet we eat animals I don't understand that but thank you so much for your comment Jim
Next time you smugly drink your soy latte and eat your tofu burger perhaps you should spend a moment to contemplate the animal deaths caused by your food lifestyle. What’s that?! A person on the Internet says that even Vegans contribute to the suffering and deaths of countless animals!? How can this be?!
As a part-time farmer even I can attest to the countless animals my plow and harvesting equipment has sadly suffocated crushed, impaled and cut to pieces as I go through the fields. All of the fields I have worked on have been organic.
So let’s discuss then the pesticides and herbicide used on most conventional crops; which kill off the bio diversity of our planet and create inhospitable environments for many animal species and has been a Huge contributing Factor in the decline of our honey bee populations worldwide.
Let’s not also forget to discuss the clearing of forest to make way for cereal crops and other plant-based food stuffs all which contribute to the destruction of animal habitat and territory and out right suffering and killing of many animals.
Sarah Lunafire ok sure let’s just consider that your right for a second. Who do you think eats all that soy and corn. You know who it feeds, it feeds livestock.
@@lunaflamed Really ??? I think that's your underlying guilt talking....I don't consume much soya or processed vegan food...but the main consumption of soya are farmed animals. Soya grown specifically to fatten up the animals as quickly as possible so they can be slaughtered, ready for you to eat and enjoy! How ironic is that? All the animals being fed Soya and other grains could be feeding thousands of starving people..so I'm afraid your talking a load of rubbish.
@TaylorMadeIn48 Well, he can talk the talk. Go to your local shelter & ASK them how much the Humane Society has 'given' them. I have lived in 3 states - ALL 3 states advised ZERO monetary contributions from "The so-called Humane Society". I HATE reporting this. I, also, once donated my cash to them.
Animal lovers need to make the connection. Stop being hypocrites. Go veg!
One day we will have cameras in every farm, so consumers can sleep at night.
I do my part by not buying flesh animal products or minimalize it !
Inclusion compassion towards all animals, Stop speceism. We need to evolve. Strong laws against sadists. America loves dogs. Some countries eat all animals. Stop miserly greediness. Fast pray and show compassion. Gratitude is being good stewards towards all living beings. We need serious crackdown on crimes against animals. Animals are persons. Humans can be so savage.
Morality is only a part of our evolutionary traits, and it's sole purpose is for our community to prosper, as any other evolutionary traits are. As no other species concern about the welfare of other species, we, humans, have no need to worry about the welfare of other species so long as our environments are sustained. It's time for us to live logically not emotionally.
Huh??
@@1firstguitar Moral is a part of social rules many other social animals develop. For example, bees have and follow complex social rules and roles individual bees play. Same as monkeys and elephants. These rules are innate and developed as a part of biology over evolutionary history because they help species to prosper. Our biology do not care about other species so long as own species prosper. That's why our moral values differ in small group like a few people and large groups like a village. It also depends on the environment especially in a relatively small group because what help the group survive and prosper differ in one environment to the another. As we began to view ourselves as one whole specie on a planet, what we consider important has changed too. But moral standard should not be base on how we feel about other animals but what will help us survive and prosper into the next millennium and beyond.
I do meatless at least twice a week and when I do eat meat it is free range, grass fed, hormone and antibiotic free. They get to hang out together outside :)
Free range lan ground beef at my farmers market is pretty much the same price as the inhumane stuff you can buy at my local grocery store.
+Kristan When people use, wear and eat animal products they encourage, promote, allow and create diseases, hunger, wild life extinction, pollution, deforestation and violence towards ALL animals raised for food "free range"or not. Animals are not vegetables... they feel pain, bleed, scream when hurt, fight for their dear lives just as much as you would. There's no such thing "humane" slaughter of anyone who is healthy, wants, deserves, desires and has the right to live. No one needs to eat others (human or not) in order to live well, be well, wealthy and happy. People have many blood- free, suffering, slavery and murder-free alternatives, options and choices... the non- human animals have none. Watch on CZcams: Best speech ever, Europe's dark secret: Eye opening speech, Forks over knives, Cowspiracy, Earthlings, Take animals off the menu to learn more. Please do, thanks.
I was for more humanely treated heathier grass fed options but when i visited the farm and saw the animals it just made it more real. I spent money that day at a local farm and was happy and looked forward to it thinking I was contributing to protesting factory farms by putting my dollars in the local farms hands instead. I realized the cows I saw could live for several decades but the would be killed before they turned 2 or 3 years old. The cows I saw will end up halled away on a slaughter truck and wait in line at the slaughter house heaing the sound of others die and know the would eventually be next. I did buy the meat that day over two months ago but it sat in the freezer and I was to horrified to eat it. I became vegan and I am sure many more would become vegan seeing it for their own eyes.
Wake up & do not believe what you HEAR
@BiancaBeth You can give to whomever you, but where is you proof--are these "facts"? And, a main activity of the HSUS is undercover investigation which brings to light terrible cruelty to our fellow creatures. How is that not helping animals? How is that "fooling" us? Do you have no feeling for farm animals? How are they different from our pets?
We are not carnivores. We don’t eat the anus, nose, brains, tongue, genitals and intestines. We have to heat meat up to ingest it, what other carnivores selectively eat meat like humans? Our intestines are the same length as every vegetable eating sentient being (30+ feet long) unlike carnivores (15-20 feet long) because their bodies have evolved to push it out faster. We can move our jaws side to side like every vegetable eating being. Carnivores can only move their jaws up and down. What other sentient being drinks milk outside of its own species let alone past adolescence? It doesn’t naturally exist! You think eating meat is natural then please point me in the direction where the lions have zebras in a meat processing facilities. Get it through your thick skull that we are not meant to digest meat. Look at the health statistics of meat eaters vs. vegetarians vs. vegans. Do your own research and pull the veil that has been placed over your eyes. I guarantee if you met me you wouldn’t know I was vegan based on looks and conversation. We can lead completely ethical lives without sacrificing what you believe to be “necessity”.
After watching this I declare myself as a proud pescatarian 🐔🦃🐤🐄🐖♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Prisons jails cages animals cages no links In Violence between bludgeoning animals and consumption of their corpses and violence In media society and imprisonment rates ay?
I NEVER stated this & it is making me paranoid that Pacelle is permitted to alter my comments. ALL of these comments are FALSE.
@BiancaBeth Euthanization is unfortunately necessary. As much as I hate it it is a humane way to deal with the problem of dog overpopulation. Between 9,000 and 10,000 dogs have to be euthanized every single day in America. Where do you want to store all these dogs? You'd have to create huge warehouses of nothing but cages. Cages stacked on top of each other to the ceiling and everyday you'd have to figure out how to store another 9,000+. Some situations in life are actually worse than death.
Go vegan!
go vegas
So you think vegans are guiltless of animal cruelty and death.
I will have you know that is a part-time farmer I have sadly watch over my shoulder as my plow turns under countless animals ; suffocating and crushing them. This was in an organic soy field. But let me talk about the pesticides and herbicides that your food also add to the misery and suffering of animals by. How about the monocultures of food which creates inhospitable territory for animals of all kinds and has been a large contributing factor in the decline of the beep populations worldwide. And how about the combines another harvesting equipment that kill more animals? Think about these dead p, dying and suffering animals as you smugly drink your soy lattes and eat your tofu burgers.
Vegans need to listen to the actual message and not criticize. It is true that if everyone go vegan, it would be 100% better for the animals. Yes, it would not cause any animal suffering if everyone switches their life style vegan. But not everyone can go vegan, and not everyone cares enough to go vegan. The majority of the population has been raised to be omnivore. The extreme switch to vegan would be almost impossible for some; while others can totally switch to vegan. And again, not everyone is willing to go vegan.
What Wayne Pacelle suggests is the next small step to help the animals. If everyone can do the no meat Mondays, then there would be less slaughtering/breeding. There need to be more vegan product available in America. There's cultural differences too. For example, I grew up in Asia. I didn't eat cow cheese or drink cow milk. But with Western influences nowadays, there are cheese and milk in Asia now. America might want to adopt coconut milk from Asia, or Banana milk instead for children. Animal cruelty need to be educated in schools too, if not at home or in religious sessions. You need to look at successful vegan diets culturally. India has a very successful vegan/vegetarian culture (food wise, many Indian families only eat vegan food).
I agree that this is a small step towards the overall goal of ending slaughterhouses all together, however we have ran out of time to take such small steps towards progress. All this method would greatly reduce the suffering of the animals involved, it could only increase the environmental impact that animal agriculture has on the planet. This is a step forward in one direction and a step back in another. The solution is so simple, and we're quickly running out of time to reverse the negative impact. We're at a point now where we can't take baby steps like this, we need to run.
it doesn't matter who this guy is or how much he makes....he is 100% correct. people have to stop finding excuses and open their eyes! today's farming practices are evil and demented. obviously lots of people want their meat and it's easy just to say mmmmmm.....and pretend that you don't really know how it was processed, but in the back of your mind you do....but eating and buying meat is normal, all we see are the cuts in the grocery store. most people just don't want to see images or videos of animal abuse, and whenever someone says I'm not eating meat anymore, meat eaters get defensive and reply why???? thats wrong you need meat! lol
He's pretty much saying for these animals to have a nice death. Any death with a murderer and a victim is not a nice death. I bet he knows what the actual solution is but just doesn't want to say it. If everyone were to go vegan, and do it right, here would be the side effects: health weight loss or gain(if that's your goal), little to no chronic illness(while you're young or old), environment improves drastically(including cleaner water, no deforestation, no rising sea levels, and cleaner air), and no wildlife or any species going extinct.
SEE E.B. WHITE'S BOOK 'CHARLOTTES WEB' - I READ IT AGE TEN & HAVE LOVED ALL PIGS & SPIDERS EVER SINCE. SEE MOVIE 'BABE' - IT WILL MELT YOUR HEART. DO THESE THINGS & YOU WILL HATE BACON & ALL PORK PRODUCTS. ALL ANIMALS ARE ANGELS, & PIGS ALSO SPECIAL. THEY ARE ADORABLE. LOVE THEM. DON'T KILL OUR FRIENDS.
I did NOT make or post these comments. I remain horrified that my honest opinions have been distorted by Pacelle & The Humane Society.
The only way to solve all the so-called problems that he brings up is understanding. There are reasons behind all the practices that he brought up and they are in place for the safety of the animals and the well being of them. There is no one that loves animals more then farmers do we spend or whole lives caring for them we don't eat if they don't produce. We spend sleepless nights caring for them just to wake up in the morning and go through our day like we got a full night's rest. Now I am not saying everything farmers do is perfect it is not there is no industry that is perfect, there is no human that is perfect but if you want to change things it starts with understanding to all the vegans and the people that oppose animal agriculture is implore you to talk to farmers go to the farms, not as undercover spies but and someone that wants to learn. My hope is one day we can all have an understanding of agriculture and work together to make it and prosperous and fair to all living things on this earth.
7:00 Hypocrisy at its peak, you are okay with eating them, but you want to care how they are being treated before they are being executed. Can you see a great conflict of interest, he found a gap to attract some attention, but he forget that if asked to animals, they will choice life over the better treatment. You took example of dog being treated in the samw way, are you okay with killing them? Why not start with say no to eating animals, because you are funded by such companies to ensure control damage over industry destruction.
I'm so glad it's changing! !
People should only eat meat if they hunt the animal in the wild
I'll explain as simple as possible why we humans should be vegan.
1. Animal products cannot be obtained without cruelty. They are all sentient beings who love to live. We should share this wonderful planet with them all.
2. There is absolutely no NECESSITY to eat any meat. All the nutrients we want, it's available in plants. Even your precious fucking proteins and vitamins. I'm talking to you, corpse muncher.
3. Tasty, juicy, crunchy, fibrous. You crave your food that way and that's why you eat meat? Veggies got you covered there as well. Just look better.
I'm 25 years old. Fit and healthy. Active all of the time I'm awake. 3d artist. Drummer. Biker.
Vegetarian since birth. Recently went fully vegan. (I've tasted meat. Tastes good. Not worth it. I value morality and compassion much much more.)
NO NEED FOR MEAT, PEOPLE.
Let's live and let all animals live peaceful, healthy, happy lives on this planet of plenty.
Peace \ /