Animal cruelty against pigs and cows?

Question

I am a person who believes that animals should be treated like part of the famliy, and I do not eat meat. However, how is it possible that people go to jail for animal crulty against pigs and cows? I mean we humans and even other animals eat bacon, burgers, ribs...all that stuff everyday and the people who make it don't go to jail. Yet, if a farmer can not afford to feed his animals he can go to jail for them bein too thin. I mean I get that when you slaughter animals they die quick, as opposed to them slowly dying from hunger. My thing is if they are allowed to be slaughtered everyday how is it a crime if they end up dead either way? I think that's so bananas, what do you all think?

Answer 1

Animals should be treated with some respect & not mistreated. But if you can't afford or have the time to take care of animals you should find someone who can.

Answer 2

Because it is unethical to be inhuman to any creature. Why put a living, breathing, feeling animal through undo stress, pain and torture.

And eating animals that have been treated this way only goes to support unethical business practices. I hate the excuse of "it"s dead already anyway so why not eat it."

The people who "make" the bacon, burgers, ribs, etc. don't go to jail because they are not convicted of unethical business practices.

Answer 3

The only true Pigs and Cows are the people who can't see the real reason for their existence.

To feed Mankind.

It's very interesting that a lot of the activist that carry this cause tend to look like them.

If you can't take care of yourself.....How are you going to take care of the world?

Answer 4

Im with you.  Im vegan and i feel animals should be treated with respect.  They dont have a very long life span because once they hit a certain weight they become food but i think that the animals life shouldnt be spend being tourtured.  Like chickens too.  Alot of them spend their life in cages, they are being tourtured in the small cages, and thats there lives.  People are so money hungry they dont see the pain in there lives.  I dont feel so bad about animals dying NATURALLY in the wild because they lived a good life.  They were happy to roam free and predators only eat what they need, humans kill for pleasure, food, profits and because THEY dont like or understand animals.  I think that is cruelty to animals.  Its ridiculous

Answer 5

It does sound banana's huh? Speaking of banana's tomorrow I am going to start a  vegetable & fruit "rights" movement.  That should stir up some sh...t don't you think?....

Answer 6

to kill these animals  for us to live, is this call cruelty?

Answer 7

Hi there:

My pastor instructs us that God placed man on earth to have dominion over all creatures and we are allowed to use them as we see fit.  Why else is there a pig on this world if it isn't for us to eat?

Thanks very much from Ohio!

Answer 8

im jewish so i dont eat pigs but its wrong because if you just slaughter them they die fast but if you harm it, it could get sick and pass it to other animals. like mad cow disease

Answer 9

Slaughter needs to be quick and humane not languishing and cruel troture.