CNN says:
Video of workers abusing cows raises food safety questions
The video shows Hallmark Meat Packing Co. workers administering repeated electric shocks to downed cows — animals that are too sick, weak or otherwise unable to stand on their own. Workers are seen kicking cows, jabbing them near their eyes, ramming them with a forklift and shooting high-intensity water up their noses in an effort to force them to their feet for slaughter.
Yes, that’s the headline. The primary concern about this sort of abuse of animals is the food safety question. In case that’s not clear, here is Dick Durbin rephrasing it in politician speak:
“The treatment of animals in this video is appalling, but more than that, it raises significant concerns about the safety of the food being served to our nation’s children,” Durbin said.
I think the greatest danger that my child faces is morally-challenged human beings who inflict this sort of pain on animals and those who respond with this order of prioritisation.
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I completely agree with you!
these kind and gentle creatures, who are so bountiful, deserve far more humane treatment than this, and it needs to start at the dairy farm and end at the slaughter house. the video made me sick. and , to mr durbin, who’s thinking is disassociative,i would not worry about the safety of food being served to our nations children, who are killing themselves with fast foods and junk! i think i will stop eating beef, however. also,please read the childs book, the generous cow.