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BLOODY EGGS: CHICKS GROUND UP ALIVE TO BRING YOU CHEAP EGGS

Source: Worms & Germs

Source: AlterNet

By Martha Rosenberg

What's an egg hatchery to do with useless male chicks? It grinds them up alive.

                                             WARNING: VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED

The "food units" cascading down the conveyor in the video are sorted like apples; some are fine grade, others, rejects.

In this case, however, the kinetic yellow balls comprising an undulating fuzzy mass are not pears or peppers but newly hatched chicks.

And they're being sorted into categories -- male, female and deformed -- with "male" and "deformed" destined for an especially horrible death.

An undercover video made at the Hy-Line Hatchery in Spencer, Iowa -- the largest hatchery for egg-laying breed chicks in the U.S. -- confirms what has been rumored for years about the egg industry: that newly hatched males, which are worthless to the egg industry, are ground up alive in chopping machines called macerators. The video was released released by Mercy For Animals .

Video taken with a hidden camera clearly shows healthy male chicks, peeping and bouncing as they greet the world, fed alive into the blades of the macerator like so much litter. Hello! Goodbye!

"I saw a bloody slush coming out of the bottom of the grinder," writes the MFA investigator who worked in the Hy-Line "transfer room" and on the cleaning crew during May and June. "The plant manager told me that the ground-up male chicks were used in dog food and fertilizer."

Nor does the egg industry want to waste any time letting a chick peck its way out of its shell. The hatchery's "separator" machine efficiently disconnects chicks from their shells at the price of the few which fall to the ground or get caught in the machine and "washed" along with the equipment.

Asked about the panting, damp baby chickens on the floor, half hatched and half dead, a worker tells the MFA investigator, "Some of them get on the floor and get wet and then they're no good." A surviving female chick will begin her tour of duty on the egg farm before she's mature enough to meet the light of day, with a painful visit to the debeaking machine, where her beak will be severed in order to prevent her from pecking her fellow inmates in the tightly-packed quarters in which these birds are raised.

Like veal calves on dairy farms, these baby chickens are separated from their mothers despite their innate biological urges. Their first hours of life will be met, not by their mothers, but by blades, pain and terror in the mechanized hell the egg industry has devised to bring cheap product to the market.

The Mercy For Animals video shows both the ground-alive fate met by male chicks, and the debeaking procedure in which female chicks are inserted, en mass, into a laser cutter where they dangle by their beaks, struggling, while burns are inflicted that make part of their beak fall off in a week.

The procedures shown in the video are legal and accepted industry practices -- including in so-called free range operations. Although these procedures are approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association, some veterinarians dissent.

Dr. Debra Teachout of Illinois notes a particular irony about the debeaking procedure. "As a practicing veterinarian," she explains, "if I were treating a pet chicken of the same age that required a similar surgical procedure on its beak for therapeutic reasons, and I did not use anesthetics followed by pain modulation, it would be considered malpractice." The beak is a "sensory organ," says Dr. Teachout, necessary not just for grasping food, but for "preening, drinking, manipulating objects in the environment, nest building and defense."

"Intense pain, shock and bleeding result" from debeaking and "some chicks may die outright in the process," says Nedim C. Buyukmihci, V.M.D., emeritus professor of veterinary medicine at the University of California, a specialist in farmed animals and chickens. "There is loss of weight because the chicks are too painful or disfigured to eat properly, sometimes because the tongue is injured or severed during the process."

And maceration? Some 150,000 baby males a day face, while alive, the hatchery grinding blades, according to the MFA investigator.

To render live chicks "into pink mush" even as they "bounce and vocalize" cannot be termed euthanasia, says Dr. Teachout because that term implies a "good death."

The U.S. trade group United Egg Producers confirms the daily maceration of thousands of chicks depicted by the video. It's just the price we pay for cheap eggs, said spokesman Mitch Head to the Associated Press. "There is, unfortunately, no way to breed eggs that only produce female hens. If someone has a need for 200 million male chicks, we're happy to provide them to anyone who wants them. But we can find no market, no need."

But at simultaneous press conferences where the video was presented this week in the Iowa cities of Spencer, Des Moines and Davenport, Mercy For Animals contended that many consumers would reject such cruelty if they knew about it. The Chicago-based group is calling on Wal-Mart, Kroger, Safeway and 47 other grocery chains to affix a new label to egg cartons that depicts a chick atop grinding blades, and reads: "Warning: Male chicks are ground up alive by the egg industry."

"The vast majority of Americans care deeply about farmed animal welfare issues, yet, they're kept in the dark about the egg industry's painful disposal of male chicks," says Nathan Runkle, MFA executive director. "If egg producers threw mutilated and ground up puppies or kittens, they'd be prosecuted for cruelty to animals."

Grocery stores and consumers have an obligation to acknowledge the truth about eggs, says Runkle, especially when there are so many "easy and delicious" alternatives. "Compassionate consumers can find an assortment of mouthwatering egg-free recipes at ChooseVeg.com," he says.

Martha Rosenberg is a columnist and cartoonist who frequently writes about the impact of the pharmaceutical, food and gun industries on public health. A former medical copywriter, her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, as well as on the BBC and in the original National Lampoon.


Source link:
http://www.alternet.org/story/142423/video%3A_chicks_ground_up_alive_to_bring_you_cheap_eggs

MAN IS RUNNING ON OUTDATED SOFTWARE: KILLING FIELDS IN SCOTLAND

By Salvatore Scimino

September 5, 2012

Source: CSL Cartoonstock

It is an unpheasant life when hunters come by

That day things did not sound the same. There was something in the air that did not fit in the right place. The atmosphere was tense. The leaves in the trees were rasping against the branches in a different way. The quiet life the bird families have been enjoying thus far was about to be shattered to pieces. Something was telling them that today was going to be different, that the day would certainly end with a few or perhaps all of their neighbours dead. So is the life of pheasants in Scotland when hunters come to kill innocent life.

Stone sage hunters

Historians tell us that the Stone Age is a thing of the past. But that is not true. We are still stone age creatures.

It is true there has been a lot advancement in technology but other than that man still is the same stone age beast. Man behaves like an old biological computer (the hardware) running on a 21st century programme (software). He needs to update his software and step out of his virtual trap. He must quit being the perpetual exterminator on Earth.

It is easy to uncover the savage within man, just scratch his skin and the beast he really is will come to life.

The proof is at hand. Men still gather to kill pheasants and partridges in Scotland just for fun. These people are not hungry. They are only doing what their ancient hardware tells them to do: kill. 

These biological computers, 21st century hunters, are simply downloading ice age hunting skills (Videos 1-3). They belong to the same club, the clubbed club. 

Video 1. Old hardware brags about hunting skills.

Video 2. Ice age men dressed with woven fur coats ready to kill.

Video 3. More ice age hunters in the 21st century.

EL PROGRESO DESPROGRESADO DEL HOMBRE: DE HUMUS A CHATARRA ESPACIAL

"Si la línea del conocimiento se adelanta a la línea del ser, o si la línea del ser se adelanta a la línea del conocimiento, el desarrollo del hombre se equivoca, y tarde o temprano llegará a un callejón sin salida."

                                    Peter D. Ouspensky (1878-1947)

SCOTLAND´S TOXIC SLUDGE LAGOONS

Source: Rob Edwards

Water and sewage treatment has left a “potentially nasty” legacy of 26 toxic sludge lagoons scattered around Scotland, an investigation by the Sunday Herald has revealed.

Tens of thousands of cubic metres of sludge contaminated with aluminium and other pollutants are being stored at sites near Wigtown, Barrhead, Coatbridge, Falkirk, Cupar and Inverness, as well as across Argyll, Aberdeenshire, Sutherland, Orkney and elsewhere (see table below).

An investigation into the safety of the sludge lagoons has been launched by the government company, Scottish Water, while environmentalists are demanding that the sites be cleaned up.

According to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa), 18 of the sites are left over from when drinking water was treated with an aluminium compound to remove impurities. The resultant sludges have been contaminated with aluminium, which has been linked to breast cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other health problems.

“There is a possible risk of such aluminium leaching,” Sepa said, though its “binding nature” meant that it was likely to stay in the sludge. Other lagoons contained old sludges from sewage treatment that were “relatively benign”.

"Many people will be shocked to learn of these potentially toxic lagoons dotted around Scotland,” said the Green MSP, Alison Johnstone. “They are an unfortunate legacy and it's vital Scottish Water and Sepa properly assess them and figure out what to do with them.”

She called for assurances that the sites posing the greatest risk would be safely cleaned up as soon as possible. “These lagoons are proof that we need sustainable infrastructure systems to minimise our impact on the environment and prevent future generations being left to clear up the mess we leave behind.”

She was backed by Dr Richard Dixon, the director of WWF Scotland. “Aluminium is certainly not something we want leaching out of these lagoons because it represents a danger to human health and to wildlife,” he said. “This is a large and potentially nasty legacy that Scotland needs to deal with.”

He added: “The public needs to be assured first of all that all these sites are currently in good condition, and that, at the least, there is a detailed plan in place to make sure they stay that way.  But we need to go further and look for permanent ways to remove this threat to the environment.”

It is uncertain exactly how much sludge is in the lagoons, but Sepa said that the “middle-sized” one at Cupar in Fife could contain up to 2,000 cubic metres. “Almost all of these sites are still within the curtilage of existing Scottish Water works and are being maintained and managed to some extent,” said Sepa manager, Colin Anderson.

“To develop greater understanding, Scottish Water is commissioning an extensive study to assess these sites and any potential risks they pose, including leaching. Sepa will continue to work closely with Scottish Water to ensure suitable remediation is undertaken where required.”

Scottish Water pointed out that the sludge lagoons dated back to when local authorities provided water and waste treatment. It had inherited them when it was formed in 2002.

“Our focus is always to ensure we manage the material in a sustainable way,” stressed a Scottish Water spokesman. For the sewage sludge, this meant recycling it to land to use its nutrients.

The aluminium-contaminated sludge was “predominantly inert” and was mostly disposed of as landfill. “It is not believed these sites present a particular risk,” he said.

“We are delivering a project to undertake environmental surveys to understand the extent and nature of them, and to confirm any environmental issues. This will help us determine the most appropriate means to manage them, in agreement with Sepa.”

26 toxic sludge sites

Bareagle, Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway
Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
Orbiston, North Lanarkshire
Barrhead, East Renfrewshire
Giffnock, East Renfrewshire
Kinneil Kerse, Falkirk
Dalderse, Falkirk
Cupar, Fife
Furnace, Argyll
Loch Eck, Argyll
Tiree, Argyll
Torra, Isle of Islay
Craignure, Isle of Mull
Turret, Perthshire
Assynt, 15 miles north of Inverness
Clunas, Nairn
Invercannie, Banchory
Glendye, Aberdeenshire
Golspie, Sutherland
Londornoch, Sutherland
Savalbeg, Sutherland
Old Calder Works, Caithness
Sanday, Orkney
Big Breck Quarry, Orkney
Westray, Orkney
Wideford, Orkney
source: Scottish Environment Protection Agency 

Source link:
http://www.robedwards.com/2012/08/revealed-scotlands-nasty-legacy-of-toxic-sludge-lagoons.html

LAS RATAS: MARAVILLAS DE LA CREACION Y SUPERVIVENCIA

Por Salvatore Scimino
2 de septiembre de 2012

                                                      Fuente: Mundo Raro y Curioso.

Las ratas son maravillas de la creación. Todo depende de cómo las miremos o cómo incidan en nuestros intereses económicos o de la manera que afecten nuestra salud. Por supuesto, sin olvidar que ellas frecuentemente viven en los lugares donde están las inmundicias creadas por los despilfarros y la mala gestión de nuestra civilización.

La mayoría de gente odia a las ratas y las consideran animales malos, sin darse cuenta de que en los laboratorios estos roedores dan su vida forzosamente en aras de la medicina humana. 

No tenemos ningún derecho en llamar a las ratas malas. Y si lo hiciésemos, las ratas a nuestro lado serían santas. 

Benditas las ratas porque ellas heredarán el planeta cuando ya los humanos hayamos dejado de existir para el bien de toda la Biosferidad, Bacteriedad, Animalidad, Fungidad y Plantidad.

A continuación presentamos un documental sobre estas fascinantes criaturas de la Tierra:

BIOFILIA EXTRAORDINARIA: AMOR INFINITO

 Fuente: AnimalHelp

Esto es amor: quien nada tiene ofrece su cariño y cobijo a otro ser tan desgraciado como él mismo. Lo abraza y lo tapa amorosamente con una manta para dormir unidos e inseparables en su desgracia.