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Taking a stand for all animals : Comments

By Katrina Sharman, published 20/12/2006

Billions of animals are suffering in the US and Australia, but there’s hope in the wings.

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Mornin' Katrina

The following is a letter in today's West Australian, on the animals dying in their own filth at a WA piggery:

"Piggery Filth"

"Your report and picture about the disgraceful treatment of pigs, not for the first time, needs immediate attention from State welfare groups that have avoided this for too long.

"It beggars belief that it continues, unheeded by those employed to control animal living conditions and general welfare.

"Things have never been so ignored - the size of the cages for housing and the slaughtering and exporting.

"It is inhumanity at its very worst."
Posted by dickie, Monday, 29 January 2007 10:57:46 AM
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It is inhumanity at its worst?

I think not.

A gross exaggeration? Absolutely.

This statement was made in reference to the unacceptable treatment of farm animals in WA.

Self deluded, unmitigated claptrap from another sanctimonious do gooding twit. Terrible, YES; inhumanity at its worst, NO WAY JOSE. Does this person live in a parallel universe? Do they read about current events or just children's bed time stories?

Darfur, Sudan; genocide & ethnic cleansing -- apparently this is less despicable than mistreating pigs.

Iraq car bombings and 150,000 people gassed to death -- apparently this is less of a problem to the moral compass from WA.

Mugabe and Zimbabwe -- On November 17 2006 it was reported that female life expectancy is now 34 as opposed to 63 ten years ago & the Zimbabwean police torture unionists and human rightists. Obviously nothing for a WA animal worshipper to be worried about.

Those who espouse positions such as the WA writer, reveal themselves as emotional basket cases, so consequently, can not be taken seriously as a rational source for comment and or policy development.

I get the impression that Dickie and the writer would only be satisfied with the death penalty as punishment.

Cultural cringe is one thing, despising your own species is pathological.
Posted by Cowboy Joe, Monday, 29 January 2007 4:05:40 PM
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Letter to the West Australian 31/01/07

"Thank you for giving the issue of cruelty in pig farming the attention it deserves (report 26/1).

"The allegations are of the most disturbing kind and really bring into focus the question of rights for farmed animals.

"Animals are not products, they are living creatures that deserve respect and protection.

"I applaud the West Australian for supporting the work of animal rights activists." (Matt Tilley)
Posted by dickie, Wednesday, 31 January 2007 9:42:29 AM
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Wow Dickie, thats now two of you, out of two million!

I remind you that the chief of the pork growers, has
condemned what one grower did. Every day, there
are incidents of married people beating their spouse,
that does not mean that all marriages are evil.

Today we have more emotional rhetoric in the West
Australian, about the live sheep trade. Meantime
the staffing situation is so bad in WA meatworks,
that they can't cope with present orders and animals,
despite the 3 million shipped live. Would you rather
they die in the paddocks from starvation?

No solutions offered, just emotional rhetoric and
no doubt a suggestion of financial donations, for
people to sit in their offices and play on the internet.

Nothing changes it seems.
Posted by Yabby, Wednesday, 31 January 2007 2:05:42 PM
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Katrina

Psychiatrists, when investigating the major moral issue of cruelty to animals have discovered that most perpetrators were cruel during their formative years and often were abused as children.

On reaching "maturity" these misfits continue to practise their zoosadism and frequently display violent aggression to other adults, particularly those they view as opponents to their sadistic practices.

It is interesting to note that one zoosadist, a sheep farmer, spends most days abusing other posters.

In fact, he has already raised 961 posts and mostly during working hours.

One wonders if he ever tends to his sheep.

But then I imagine the neglect of his livestock and his gleeful support of animal cruelty is simply another form of domestic abuse?
Posted by dickie, Wednesday, 31 January 2007 3:56:19 PM
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ROFL Dickie, clearly you don't know the first thing about sheep!

You city types, still don't understand the difference between
the world of Little Bo Peep and nature!

One moment you criticise factory farmers, next moment, when
animals are left alone to do what they should do and live
naturally, like eat pasture, have their siesta each afternoon
and enjoy life, you think they should be interfered with.

Perhaps its time you examined your own city based, unnatural
ways of treating your pets, no wonder they go psychotic
alot of the time! Locked in houses, cars and flats. Dressed
up in clothes, jewelry and whatever else petowners can waste
their money on.

With crazy owners like that, no wonder the pets go nuts:)

Clearly Dickie doesent have the foggiest about sheep and
their natural ways!

It sounds to me that Little Bo Dickie lacks any kind
of sheep husbandry skills.
Posted by Yabby, Wednesday, 31 January 2007 8:36:40 PM
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