A new study led by Stanford’s Jeremy Bailenson allowed people to
experience to a small extent what it feels like to be a cow led to
slaughter. Baileson had participants walk on hands and feet while
wearing a virtual reality helmet. These participants saw themselves
as bovine on a virtual reality mirror while being prodded to a
slaughterhouse. "As the animal was jabbed with an electrical prod, a
lab worker poked a volunteer’s side with a sticklike device. The
ground shook to simulate the prod’s vibrations. The cow at the end
was led toward a slaughterhouse."
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Empathy is crucial if we want to relate to God’s animals in a
compassionate and loving way. Unless we realize that the animals
raised for food are sentient beings who are capable of suffering, we
will continue to see them as mere commodities, which in turn
alienates us even more from our true nature. After all, we are
connected by the divine love, who is the Creator of everything,
including animals.
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