The latest pretend outrage was in Jordan, it managed to show little and didn't include many important points - I disclose that I grew up on the farms of two sets of grand parents in the middle of a farming community - and that is Jordan and what Jordan has faced for the past few years.

They are being overwhelmed with an extra 540,000 refugees from the Syrian war to add to the 1.3 million Palestinians and 500,000 Iraqis. They have little outside assistance and people are literally starving.

So the ABC runs another stupid little piece about animals being killed.

I would suggest Lyn White and her silly mob take a look at the conditions for the people who desparately need those sheep to eat and survive, the sheep are dead no matter if they are sat on the couch being sung a lullaby or have their throats quickly slashed.

The latter is what my own two grand fathers did, the sheep don't even feel it.

People often do value animals more than people. Do you guys remember the murder by a Mr Asia "hit man" of Douglas and Isobel Wilson in 1979? The "hit man" was able to murder two humans but could not bring himself to kill their pet dog.

Animal activists want to shut down live exports based on footage of some cruelty overseas. There are lots of cases where pet owners are guilty of mistreating their animals. Shall we therefore ban all pet ownership?

Shooting is similarly criticised for alleged cruelty. What about fishing? Lets ban that as well, especially the "catch and release" variety, which does not even provide food for the table.

"..valuing animals more than humans comes from the idiotic theory of evolution" is an utterly insane remark.

In any case, humans are capable of treating each other no better than they do these animals but at least Zyklon B was economically more efficient than petrol fumes or bullets in those days.

While AL feels it a moral position to hold Australian farmers accountable for the inhumanity of foreigners when processing their farm product AL feels no responsibility for the psychological violence & warfare their zealotry perpetuates upon Australian farm families and their cattle.

http://www.buyabale.com.au/in-the-news/suicide-stalks-queenslands-drought-areas-help-needed-now

Cattle that have been rendered valueless by AL actions are now slowly starving to death in our north country. Is AL supporting the people damaged by their irrational logic? No way, AL's ultimate goal is much closer, the economic collapse of animal husbandry.

What will AL do when bankruptcy sales of grazing land allow Indonesian companies to buy the land, raise their cattle on THEIR land and then export them live to THEIR abattoirs in Indonesia?

AL has been aided and abetted by the unethical, propagandist, elitists at the ABC.

De-fund the ABC NOW and let them experience market forces.

An excellent post Cowboy Joe. Rooted in practical experience and straight from the heart. Good work.