utterly disgusting

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

As stated, for a dairy farm, mistreating the cattle is extremely non-productive.

the big corporate ones couldn't care less.

this is the reason all my meat and milk and such comes from local small dairy farms.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

the big corporate ones couldn't care less.

this is the reason all my meat and milk and such comes from local small dairy farms.

That's all I'm trying to say. Almost every time I've been to one of these places, I've seen some sort of brutality. Employee ''A" has to move X number of cows, chickens, turkeys, etc from holding area "A" to processing area "B" before he can go home... I know most of you push pencils for a living but you must have had a moment at some time when you've become frustrated at an inanimate object and slammed it, thrown it, tore it up, etc. Now lets say that this object that is keeping you from completing your task has a mind of it's own... That pen really IS hiding, those reports ARE ruining themselves, etc. Again, I don't condone this behavior but I have definitely lost my temper at work with lifeless mechanical objects that SEEMED to be purposely thwarting my progress, especially when I was younger.

When you work with animals, in these numbers, every day they must become "product". No more important than the parts that fly down an assembly line to a factory worker. I'm very glad that I don't work with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of living things that must sometime seem to be absolutely born to ruin my day. If they were smart, they'd figure out a way to put these cows in a coma, feed them intravenous, bag their waste, harvest the product and use the meat for dog food when they can no longer produce milk. Kinda like the Matrix or Blade....

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

So is tossing around product when you work at Best Buy but the workers there do it every week... So is mistreating the animals at a pet stote but people do it... so is mistreating patients at a hospital but nurses do it... so is surfing the net at work...
News flash employees don't always consider what is best for the company...

No shit dude, I didn't say they didn't do it.

[Homeslice]

Why would a small local dairy be any less likely to abuse animals than a large corporate one?

In my experience, small companies of ANY kind have less red tape & formality.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Why would a small local dairy be any less likely to abuse animals than a large corporate one?

In my experience, small companies of ANY kind have less red tape & formality.

At a smaller farm, it's their personal livelyhood. They understand that stressing the cows, even ONE cow, will directly affect their bottom line.

I haven't watched the video, and won't. Humans suck.

[sherri_chickie]

There is a reason I like animals more than most people. My parents treat their livestock like family,seriously, most of the cows have names. How can you eat a pet named " Squinty?" People are always commenting on how we have the most docile cows they have ever seen...lol

Beating and abusing animals is not going to solve any problems with them!! I hope the abusers rot in jail.