Cows Slaughtered One By One By One
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The cows in this video are forced down a chute and then turned upside down in specially designed machinery, have their throats slit, their tracheas pulled out.
THE LYMAN VERSUS LIVESTOCK PREDATORS, NICOLETTE NIMAN, DEBATE
Last May, an event called Lyman vs. Niman brought folks to the David
Brower Center in Berkeley, Calif., to watch a debate between Howard Lyman,
former cattle rancher and current vegan, and Nicolette Niman, wife of Bill
Niman founder of Bay Area-based Niman Ranch.
(Editor's Note concerning Bay Area-based Niman ranch:( A ranch in my opinion
where numerous animals are raised by their predators in an animal friendly
environment where their false sense of happiness and security will soon be
ravaged by the removal of said animals from their homes and transported to a
brutal, terrifying and unthinkable death. A process so hideous, so cruel, so
painful, most meat consumers will not watch videos of the procedure nor
actually commit the murders themselves. These same people will then with
free conscience blithfully consume these horrified, betrayed animal's flesh!
ANIMALS ARE NOT COMMODITIES, THEY AREN'T HERE FOR OUR SINGULAR USE AND
ABUSE!!!!! LJB)
The debate focused on the question: Can you be a "good environmentalist" and
still eat meat?
Both Lyman and Niman have become outspoken advocates for their causes, as
well as authors. Nyman is the co-author of Mad Cowboy and No More
Bull, and Niman of Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food
Beyond Factory Farms. The books are completely fascinating, and their
characters in themselves could insight debate.
(Editors note: There is no debate here at Animals In Print, we are well
aware of the cruelty involved when any animal has to die for us to eat their
flesh. We are completely informed and well versed on the serious medical
conditions meat consumption has on the human body, it is like eating a
toxin. There is nothing healthy about eating meat, it causes obesity,
strokes, heart disease, cancer, organ malfunctions, disruption of healthy
elimination of digested food waste from the body and etc. A plant based diet
is the only option for the intelligent, health conscious and compassionate
humans now and living in the future. Meat consumption is outdated,
embarrassing and an archaic practice that will soon vanish from the human
food chain/pyramid. as repulsive and vile.)
Remember when Oprah was sued by the National Cattleman's Beef Association
for saying she'd never eat another hamburger? That was after her interview
with Howard Lyman, the "mad cowboy," discussing mad cow disease. This
fourth-generation rancher worked in animal production until 1983. In 1979 he
was diagnosed with a spine tumor and changed his ways. He began fighting
chemical-based farming and became vegetarian, and then vegan. In addition to
co-authoring his books, he became a lobbyist in Washington, DC, president of
EarthSave, and then founder/president of
Voice for a Viable Future, a program to
educate people about vegetarianism, environmentalism and organic farming. In
the current debate, Lyman argued no, you can't be a good environmentalist
and still eat meat.
Nicolette Hahn Niman is the wife of Bill Niman, founder of Bay Area-based
Niman Ranch. Their ranch is all about grass-fed beef, humane treatment for
their animals and small farming. Their story is highly chronicled in the
recent Jonathan Safran Foer book Eating Animals. In 2007, Bill Niman left
his ranch because of conflicts between the economics of the farming business
and the desire to humanely produce meat. Nicolette, herself a vegetarian,
even persuaded Bill to spare one of their farms cows she bonded with. The
cow then became their pet. Niman sees nothing wrong with killing animals, as
long as they have a "good life" prior to slaughter. She argued yes, you can
be a good environmentalist and still eat meat.
According to one blogger's account of the debate, Lyman kept the upper-hand
when it came to the ethical argument against meat-eating. This is
believable, since Niman seems to be a walking contradiction on that front.
Vegetarianism might be a "personal choice," but it is puzzling how someone
can advocate so strongly for humanely raising animals for meat, sell it to
others and still choose not to eat it herself.
But the environmental question is a different ballgame. A small farm can
essentially be self-sustaining, with the cows eating grass, fertilizing the
grass and growing more grass to eat. But what about the land needed for this
kind of operation? The money (since this kind of farm would inevitably need
to charge higher prices for their meat due to producing less than the
concentrated animal feeding operations)? The small, though still present,
pollution? We've told you about the environmental
impacts of factory farms, the vast majority of farms in America.
But what if small farming was the norm? Is that even a plausible scenario
considering how many Americans like to eat meat? Maybe, like Lyman
advocates, vegetarianism would do our planet a bigger favor?
The Lyman vs. Niman debate reportedly got pretty heated, and we're sure the
Care2 community has some thoughts on the issue, as well.
source: care2.com
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