Milk and Dairy

ganmo · 24-10-2020 12:16pm

KennisWhale wrote: »

I can accede to dairy discussion, given it is a vegetarian forum too, but promoting animal rearing for the slaughter is a bridge too far. There is no defence to it here.

There is a pair of threads, one in the animal and pets and the other in hunting that resulted in a change of charter in both charters.
If you want farmers to not post feel free to petition for a change in the forum charter.

Thelonious Monk · 24-10-2020 3:40pm

emaherx wrote: »

I think we can all agree we'd like it to be easy for the Irish consumer to know where all their purchases came from be that brazilian chicken or carrots from Israel. Don't know why you seem to think Irish meat or dairy is not available for Irish consumers though. I certainly have no problem finding Irish produce when I shop.

Supermarket fresh produce it's obvious, but a lot of the deli counter stuff and stuff served in fast food places comes from all over the world, apparently. Holland supplies a lot of the chopped up chicken and chicken for chicken fillet rolls, our new National Dish.
If you look at the ingredients of some processed frozen chicken in some supermarkets, it says ghastly things like "product of Brazil and Thailand", and so forth.
Another con is seafood. The "Connemara Seafood Co" or whatever they called have "Product of Connemara!" printed in loud letters on their prawn packaging, but if you read the fine print they come from Nicaragua and Bangladesh etc.
The prawn farming industry in Central America is having massive negative affects on their environment, and this Connemara crowd try and pass them off as local.
That kind of thing should be illegal. In fact it's almost impossible to find prawns from waters around Ireland or even close by, in my experience.

emaherx · 24-10-2020 3:57pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Supermarket fresh produce it's obvious, but a lot of the deli counter stuff and stuff served in fast food places comes from all over the world, apparently. Holland supplies a lot of the chopped up chicken and chicken for chicken fillet rolls, our new National Dish.
If you look at the ingredients of some processed frozen chicken in some supermarkets, it says ghastly things like "product of Brazil and Thailand", and so forth.
Another con is seafood. The "Connemara Seafood Co" or whatever they called have "Product of Connemara!" printed in loud letters on their prawn packaging, but if you read the fine print they come from Nicaragua and Bangladesh etc.
The prawn farming industry in Central America is having massive negative affects on their environment, and this Connemara crowd try and pass them off as local.
That kind of thing should be illegal. In fact it's almost impossible to find prawns from waters around Ireland or even close by, in my experience.

Oh I know, its shocking, but you can't blame us farmers for that, although some here it seems would certainly like too. I think most people are somewhat aware of these issues but people still have some choice, many fast food type places declare where their ingredients come from especially if it is local. Or buy in a super market or even better from the smaller local retailers and if in doubt ask.

Intentional misleading labels on any product should be banned and dealt with by the advertising authority or similar, it would be more useful than protecting words like burger and better for the consumer and the farmer be they animal products or otherwise.

Thelonious Monk · 24-10-2020 4:06pm

emaherx wrote: »

Oh I know, its shocking, but you can't blame us farmers for that, although some here it seems would certainly like too. I think most people are somewhat aware of these issues but people still have some choice, many fast food type places declare where their ingredients come from especially if it is local. Or buy in a super market or even better from the smaller local retailers and if in doubt ask.

Intentional misleading labels on any product should be banned and dealt with by the advertising authority or similar, it would be more useful than protecting words like burger and better for the consumer and the farmer be they animal products or otherwise.

Donegal Catch. Even their name is a lie! Lots of their products are from the bloody pacific.

emaherx · 24-10-2020 4:11pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Donegal Catch. Even their name is a lie! Lots of their products are from the bloody pacific.

I'm pretty sure every fisherman in the country is pissed of with that one too.

ganmo · 24-10-2020 4:12pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Donegal Catch. Even their name is a lie! Lots of their products are from the bloody pacific.

I posted earlier in the thread saying consumers care about brands, you're just driving that home.

Thelonious Monk · 24-10-2020 4:16pm

emaherx wrote: »

I'm pretty sure every fisherman in the country is pissed of with that one too.

I always thought nearly all our fish is caught for foreign market. Another industry needing reform for its own good in my opinion.

emaherx · 24-10-2020 4:42pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I always thought nearly all our fish is caught for foreign market. Another industry needing reform for its own good in my opinion.

The Irish market for fish has never been great except in certain regions. I'm not going to get into the conversation on fishing reform, I'll leave that for some one else to defend. But to be fair all these issues are not limited to animal products. How many people know where the veg they eat comes from or even takes the time to care as for the ingredients of any processed foods now that really becomes a mine field. And sure while we are at it why is palm oil in everything these days.

None of that is a dig at vegan foods as those issues are across the board and not just in food either.

Markcheese · 24-10-2020 4:50pm

I can answer the palm oil one ... It's a cheap bulk commodity ... Coco butter too expensive ? ,replace some of it with palm oil ,
Used to use animal fat In a product ? ,throw in palm oil ,keep the veggies happy
Worried about how hydrogenated veg oil sounds on your ingredient list ,chuck in palm oil instead
It's a wonder product , cheap , tasteless, multifunction,bulk transportable ,almost limitless amounts ... Just like wheat ,maize,soya,sugar ...( And to some extent non fat milk powder )

I'll think ye probably all know the down sides ....

auspicious · 24-10-2020 5:22pm

gozunda wrote: »

auspicious - i hate to point this out. But it's not the 'vegan' forum - its the "vegetarian and vegan forum".

And yes many vegetarians use 'animal products" including eggs and dairy products. Dumping your zeitgeist on others and demanding posters "respect" your "overarching tenet" in a thread which in many respects amounts to little more than hate speech against farmers comes across as somewhat ironic tbf.

Vegetarian too, my bad. A step in the right direction and hopefully one day they can go further and escape their dairy addiction.
Although the position most ethical veggies take is ambiguous; they abstain from eating meat out of respect to sentient life but allow sentient life to be exploited and open to the potential of physical and mental distress. And when the udders run dry the sentient life they're attached to cry out in abject terror when the blade slits their throat.

There are too many varieties of vegetarian to count on my fingers.
It has never been easier than it is now to go vegan with so many tasty alternative dairy free cheeses and yoghurts sitting in supermarkets and shops the length and breath of the country.

Meat eaters opinions are welcome.
There is no hate against farmers for me. Just the practices. Cruelty is inherent in animal farming.
If meat was necessary to survive I wouldn't be vegan. Some responses fail to reflect an understanding of this.

sunnib · 24-10-2020 6:41pm

Hi, just wondering what about organic milk production? Isn't it done with more care toward the animals etc.?
I eat no meat or fish (mostly), as I don't like the taste nor the idea of killing.. I apologise and thank the plants before I harvest, still I don't like taking any life, even plant's life. But what should I live on ? Staying alive means being guilty of, indirectly, taking or suppressing other lives, no?
The only way to deal with this dilemma is being aware and careful and grateful, enjoy my food. Even butter, which I love. Personally,
if it was affordable I might go all organic, even become a vegan -

ganmo · 24-10-2020 6:56pm

sunnib wrote: »

Hi, just wondering what about organic milk production? Isn't it done with more care toward the animals etc.?
I eat no meat or fish (mostly), as I don't like the taste nor the idea of killing.. I apologise and thank the plants before I harvest, still I don't like taking any life, even plant's life. But what should I live on ? Staying alive means being guilty of, indirectly, taking or suppressing other lives, no?
The only way to deal with this dilemma is being aware and careful and grateful, enjoy my food. Even butter, which I love. Personally,
if it was affordable I might go all organic, even become a vegan -

The biggest thing with organic dairy is the lack of chemical fertiliser for the grass.

gozunda · 24-10-2020 7:00pm

Markcheese wrote: »

I can answer the palm oil one ... It's a cheap bulk commodity ... Coco butter too expensive ? ,replace some of it with palm oil ,
Used to use animal fat In a product ? ,throw in palm oil ,keep the veggies happy
Worried about how hydrogenated veg oil sounds on your ingredient list ,chuck in palm oil instead
It's a wonder product , cheap , tasteless, multifunction,bulk transportable ,almost limitless amounts ... Just like wheat ,maize,soya,sugar ...( And to some extent non fat milk powder )

I'll think ye probably all know the down sides ....

The other ubiquitous ingredient is soy. Another cheap bulk commidity. Flour too expensive- use soy meal instead, Need a cheap filler use soy. Need some bulking ingredients for pet foods? Add soy.

It's used as a cheap (and frankly nasty imo) filler in confectionery, bread, highly processed food, fake meats such as the impossible range of products. And like palm oil - It's seen as a wonder product , cheap , tasteless, multifunction, bulk transportable - almost limitless amounts.

It's a highly processed product with a dubious environmental record in many incidents. Which include gmo and specific roundup resistant varieties.

Interestingly of the soy produced in Brazil and Amazon regions in 2019 - approx 87% of all soy grown there was either exported directly to China or used domestically. Leaving just approx 13 % which was exported to a number of other countries - of which the main importers were the Netherlands, Iran and Spain Thailand and Turkey.

gozunda · 24-10-2020 7:19pm

auspicious wrote: »

Vegetarian too, my bad. A step in the right direction and hopefully one day they can go further and escape their dairy addiction. Although the position most ethical veggies take is ambiguous; they abstain from eating meat out of respect to sentient life but allow sentient life to be exploited and open to the potential of physical and mental distress. And when the udders run dry the sentient life they're attached to cry out in abject terror when the blade slits their throat.

There are too many varieties of vegetarian to count on my fingers. It has never been easier than it is now to go vegan with so many tasty alternative dairy free cheeses and yoghurts sitting in supermarkets and shops the length and breath of the country.

Meat eaters opinions are welcome.
There is no hate against farmers for me. Just the practices. Cruelty is inherent in animal farming. If meat was necessary to survive I wouldn't be vegan. Some responses fail to reflect an understanding of this.

I can't answer for any vegetarians and I'm sure they are more than capable of handling any criticism of their personal pov and reasons for choosing vegetarianism.

I will point out however that ' cruelty' is not inherent in animal farming. Cruelty is illegal and not tolerated imo. That some may hold personal opinions that any farming as 'cruelty' is irrelevant. Because 'cruelty' is already defined in law and carries heavy and serious penalties. And the use of language such as 'crying in abject terror' 'slitting throats' etc is hyperbole as it does not reflect how animal slaughter actually takes place and ignores the fact that animals are stunned, before being killed. And that is as should be. I've been in abattoirs and ime they are highly regulated and inspected in relation to welfare standards.

Edit: on the whole naming thing. vegans call themselves vegans. vegetarians call themselves vegetarians. That's fine imo - but it is disingenuous for some to assign the name of 'meat eaters' to those who eat a mixed diet. I know of no one who only eats meat. The correct term is omnivore.

CowboyTed · 24-10-2020 7:23pm

SnowyMuckish wrote: »

So so cruel, awful, awful life for these poor creatures. I’m not vegan or vegetarian. I would like to consider it but it’s something I’ve grown up with, how do you cut real milk from your coffee? How do you deal with the loss of nutrition? Dairy and meat are such a substantial parts of our diet and it’s in everything. It’s very hard to remove....

Saw part of the video and it is crazy stuff...

Calves are taken away from the mothers because they should be moving on to a grass diet, we do the same thing with human babies otherwise would you think it is right a 4 year old is still using his mother's breast milk.
Also the welfare of the mother has to be taken into account as well. The calf is effectively robbing nutrition from the mother.

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Donald Trump · 24-10-2020 9:17pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Supermarket fresh produce it's obvious, but a lot of the deli counter stuff and stuff served in fast food places comes from all over the world, apparently. Holland supplies a lot of the chopped up chicken and chicken for chicken fillet rolls, our new National Dish.
If you look at the ingredients of some processed frozen chicken in some supermarkets, it says ghastly things like "product of Brazil and Thailand", and so forth.
Another con is seafood. The "Connemara Seafood Co" or whatever they called have "Product of Connemara!" printed in loud letters on their prawn packaging, but if you read the fine print they come from Nicaragua and Bangladesh etc.
The prawn farming industry in Central America is having massive negative affects on their environment, and this Connemara crowd try and pass them off as local.
That kind of thing should be illegal. In fact it's almost impossible to find prawns from waters around Ireland or even close by, in my experience.

Blaming, or giving out to Irish farmers because you might be unknowingly be being given imported food is a bit like blaming your IT-qualified friend because you called Eir tech support and were connected to a call centre in India when he is getting underpaid because of that same outsourcing.

Thelonious Monk · 25-10-2020 1:34pm

Donald Trump wrote: »

Blaming, or giving out to Irish farmers because you might be unknowingly be being given imported food is a bit like blaming your IT-qualified friend because you called Eir tech support and were connected to a call centre in India when he is getting underpaid because of that same outsourcing.

Where was there blame on Irish farmers in that post? There wasn't. I'm just pointing out the absurdity of food supply these days.

PainInTheArse · 25-10-2020 4:06pm

CowboyTed wrote: »

Saw part of the video and it is crazy stuff...

Calves are taken away from the mothers because they should be moving on to a grass diet, we do the same thing with human babies otherwise would you think it is right a 4 year old is still using his mother's breast milk.
Also the welfare of the mother has to be taken into account as well. The calf is effectively robbing nutrition from the mother.

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Donald Trump · 25-10-2020 4:20pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Where was there blame on Irish farmers in that post? There wasn't. I'm just pointing out the absurdity of food supply these days.

Sorry. I misread your post and incorrectly took it in the context of some other posts by other posters.

Markcheese · 25-10-2020 7:42pm

ganmo wrote: »

The biggest thing with organic dairy is the lack of chemical fertiliser for the grass.

Not really , a good clover system ,and keeping as much slurry as possible for spring ,
Grass doesn't need artificial fertilizer, but grass land does need different management without it. .

KennisWhale · 25-10-2020 10:34pm

ganmo wrote: »

There is a pair of threads, one in the animal and pets and the other in hunting that resulted in a change of charter in both charters.
If you want farmers to not post feel free to petition for a change in the forum charter.

You are happy to say this forum should be free of pro-meat posts I assume, as that is what I was saying. Nothing which promotes the gratuitous slaughter of animals should be posted in a vegan and vegetarian forum.

ganmo · 25-10-2020 10:47pm

KennisWhale wrote: »

You are happy to say this forum should be free of pro-meat posts I assume, as that is what I was saying. Nothing which promotes the gratuitous slaughter of animals should be posted in a vegan and vegetarian forum.

That wasnt what I was thinking..
The a&p forum introduced a total ban on mentioning killing animals even mouse traps

Maybe a total ban on mentioning meat or dairy. But as I'm not a regular poster here I'm not sure what the mods would do.

gozunda · 25-10-2020 11:35pm

KennisWhale wrote: »

You are happy to say this forum should be free of pro-meat posts I assume, as that is what I was saying. Nothing which promotes the gratuitous slaughter of animals should be posted in a vegan and vegetarian forum.

Afaik there are no forums where posters are prevented from posting on boards. What marks this thread out is that it openly denigrates farmers and farming.

An example proposed earlier was how v&v posters would feel about a thread called "Vegan Diets = Cruelty to Children" being posted in the Farming Forum all based on various media reports & etc. In context I personally think such would be wrong. Much as the posting of this type of thread.

In the discussion which has occured there is bugger all content posted for the reason of being 'pro-meat' as you put it.

The topic as per the title of the thread is agriculture specifically dairy and milk cruelty. If some do not want the topic to be properly discussed or have expert opinion on the topic then surely the impetus is on posters here not to create such a thread. Or is it that you're really suggesting that other opinion should not be permitted?

NcdJd · 26-10-2020 12:01am

gozunda wrote: »

Afaik there are no forums where posters are prevented from posting on boards. What marks this thread out is that it openly denigrates farmers and farming.

An example proposed earlier was how v&v posters would feel about a thread called "Vegan Diets = Cruelty to Children" being posted in the Farming Forum all based on various media reports & etc. I personally think such would be wrong. Much as the posting of this type of thread.

In the discussion which has occured there is bugger all content posted for the reason of being 'pro-meat' as you put it.

The topic as per the title of the thread is agriculture specifically dairy and milk cruelty. If some do not want the topic to be properly discussed or have expert opinion on the topic then surely the impetus is on posters here not to create such a thread. Or is it that you're really suggesting that other opinion should not be permitted?

Surely threads like this would also not sit well with vegetarians who consume dairy based products ? If I was a vegetarian and posted in here that I liked a certain cheese would I get attacked ?

auspicious · 26-10-2020 12:23am

The vegan diets = cruelty to children
argument does not equate oppositly to the milk and dairy = cruelty argument.
Cruelty in dairy is the forcible impregnation of cows year after year. Cruelty in dairy is the separation of mothers and calves to repurpose the milk away from the calves' benefit and the evolutionary anguish suffered by both through separation. It's the mastitis brought on by the milking process. Through selective breeding - Selective breeding of dairy cattle has led to a dramatic increase in milk yield over recent decades. Milk production per cow has more than doubled in the past 40 years and this increase in yield has been accompanied by declining ability to reproduce, increasing incidence of health problems, and declining longevity in modern dairy cows. pdf https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.ciwf.org.uk/media/3818641/impact-of-selection-on-health-and-welfare-of-dairy-cattle.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiimveS79DsAhWzo3EKHcJgAPUQFjABegQIARAF&usg=AOvVaw3WvmayEYhfc5mcDYyQ0Zx2

It's the selling and transport of bobby calves to countries for veal where they have no experience of their natural evolutionary behaviour. Male calves have little value to the dairy farmer. And it's the robbing of life of a cow when they no longer produce milk and so are no longer financially viable at an age which is a fraction of their potential lifetime.
Cruelty is inherent.
Cruelty is not inherent in a vegan diet for kids because only neglect and an inadequate knowledge allows a negative outcome. There are scientific institutions that happily endorse a vegan diet for all stages of life.

gozunda · 26-10-2020 12:59am

auspicious wrote: »

The vegan diets = cruelty to children
argument does not equate oppositly to the milk and dairy = cruelty argument....

It very much does and you've completely missed the point and clearly not read the thread which has thrashed the hyperbole used by some to promote their lifestyle.

Consider the following (I'm paraphrasing this in the style and content of what you've just written btw)

Cruelty in vegan diets fed to children is the forcible feeding unsunsuitable diets to babies and infants year after year year. Cruelty in these vegan diets is the mistaken belief that such diets provide adequate nutrition and the evolutionary anguish suffered by children through deliberate malnourishment leading to organ and brain damage. its the selective feeding of vegan diets for babies and infants which has led to catastrophic health effects and death.

Its the promotion of these diets by those who choose to ignore advice or knowledge of nutrition leading to life long health impacts with potential issues of fertility and the normal development of babies and infants.

Its the deliberate harm of children by those charged with their care. Where such diets cause harm because it involves the robbing of health and future quality of life of these children.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/20110593_Vegetarian_children_Appropriate_and_inappropriate_diets

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200127-how-a-vegan-diet-could-affect-your-intelligence?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter

Cruelty is inherent in such vegan diets for babies and infants because its not only neglect or just inadequate knowledge which leads to these negative outcomes. These sad cases are being defended thfough the use of vegan authored papers by organisations pushing vegan diets and lifestyles.

Disagree with that yes? Is it representative of all vegan parents no? Does it sometime happen yes? Would you be annoyed if that was pushed as being an absolute just because someone mistakingly believe it to be absolutely true?

I'd disagree with it too...

So as with the rubbish you've just written about dairy and milk the exact same applies. I happen to strongly disagree with your belief which describes that being true for all dairy farming. It doesnt. Are there sometimes incidents of poor animal care and welfare. Yes there are. Does that mean all dairy farming is like that - no it doesn't. And you are surprised when people push back against the ****e being pushed by some vegan advocates? Really?

auspicious · 26-10-2020 1:08am

No you fail to accept the point.
There is no as you put it hyperbole. The phases of dairy production I highlighted are prerequisite. There's no escaping it. I'm not on about cruelty through neglect. Only cruelty through the dairy 'process '.

gozunda · 26-10-2020 1:22am

auspicious wrote: »

No you fail to accept the point. There is no as you put it hyperbole. The phases of dairy production I highlighted are prerequisite. There's no escaping it. I'm not on about cruelty through neglect. Only cruelty through the dairy 'process '.

Incorrect Read the comments by the many posters in this thread if you are still unsure about how dairy farming operates in this country.

What you've described is nothing more than a gross distortion of truth regarding dairying here. And yes cruelty can be either deliberate or neglect or both. Cruelty - both human and animal is against the law here with cruelty being very clearly defined. And yes I agree cruelty is truly abhorrent but thankfully - it is the exception rather than the rule imo. Just because someone has been led to believe that something equals 'cruelty' - does not make it so.

auspicious · 26-10-2020 1:44am

Separation of mother and calf is what? Wholesome? In all best interests of both? As in any mammal? Evolutionary understanding disagrees with you.

gozunda · 26-10-2020 2:15am

auspicious wrote: »

Separation of mother and calf is what? Wholesome? In all best interests of both? As in any mammal? Evolutionary understanding disagrees with you.

What exactly is "evolutionary understanding"? Is it some deified force in the universe that it somehow "disagrees" with people? Again I'm afraid that's hyperpole. No-one has said dairy calves are not separated. What has been explained is how and why this is done by those who know what they are doing. And looking after those animals correctly because stressed animals will not thrive. Are there sometime exceptions? Yes there are. But they need to be dealt with and not used to beat others over the head with.

What is also true is that animals (including mammals and birds) and other organisms are routinely harmed and killed during cultivation and harvesting. Is that 'wholesome'? Yes its a fact that for humans to have food- all our actions are going to impact other animals and thats whether someone is vegan or otherwise.

auspicious · 26-10-2020 2:25am

A separated mother and child 'calf', can never thrive. It's a debasement of natural order. A human mother separated from their baby will undergo psychological trauma. Humans are animals too and evolution accounts for this.

gozunda · 26-10-2020 2:36am

auspicious wrote: »

A separated mother and child 'calf', can never thrive. It's a debasement of natural order. A human mother separated from their baby will undergo psychological trauma. Humans are animals too and evolution accounts for this.

Well you're never seen happy calves then in real life. The likes of Earthling Ed has made his Millions out misery porn pedalling that type of misinformation about farming. But no cows are not humans and humans are not cows. That doesn't mean that they shouldn't be cared for so they do thrive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

auspicious · 26-10-2020 2:59am

What?

26-10-2020 4:08am

You’ve some patience Auspicious.

You’re trying to discuss, online, what is cruel with the people that are financially gaining from the cruelty.

What do you expect but deceit ?

You’re discussing with someone who is guided by the law as to what is right or wrong. The law. They don’t involve empathy or independent thought. Just what is deemed to be lawful.

Example of people that are guided by the law -

Someone that thinks it’s ok for a 50 year old man to have sex with a 13 year old girl if you live in the right (wrong) country.

Someone that thinks it’s ok for gay people to be criminalised and receive the death penalty.

Someone that thinks it is ok to rape a woman if you’re married to her.

All examples of accepting something because it’s legal in a country you may live in. No room for empathy.

Room only for profit and following the law.

White Clover · 26-10-2020 10:42am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You’ve some patience Auspicious.

You’re trying to discuss, online, what is cruel with the people that are financially gaining from the cruelty.

What do you expect but deceit ?

You’re discussing with someone who is guided by the law as to what is right or wrong. The law. They don’t involve empathy or independent thought. Just what is deemed to be lawful.

Example of people that are guided by the law -

Someone that thinks it’s ok for a 50 year old man to have sex with a 13 year old girl if you live in the right (wrong) country.

Someone that thinks it’s ok for gay people to be criminalised and receive the death penalty.

Someone that thinks it is ok to rape a woman if you’re married to her.

All examples of accepting something because it’s legal in a country you may live in. No room for empathy.

Room only for profit and following the law.

The conglomerates that flog all this super processed vegan food to you. Are they doing it for charity?

Donald Trump · 26-10-2020 10:58am

Deleted User wrote: »

You’ve some patience Auspicious.

You’re trying to discuss, online, what is cruel with the people that are financially gaining from the cruelty.

You could also point out that on one side if the "discussion" you have a party who knows nothing and has no practical experience of taking care of calves, apart from reading some crap on twitter, and on the other side you have a professional who has probably been taking care of them all his life.

Years ago I visited one of these animal sanctuaries that were "saving animals". The state of the animals and the conditions that they were being kept under were very bad. Obviously by some idiot who thought they were "saving" them but in reality they hadn't a clue

gozunda · 26-10-2020 11:34am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You’ve some patience Auspicious. You’re trying to discuss, online, what is cruel with the people that are financially gaining from the cruelty. What do you expect but deceit ?You’re discussing with someone who is guided by the law as to what is right or wrong. The law. They don’t involve empathy or independent thought. Just what is deemed to be lawful. Example of people that are guided by the law - Someone that thinks it’s ok for a 50 year old man to have sex with a 13 year old girl if you live in the right (wrong) country. Someone that thinks it’s ok for gay people to be criminalised and receive the death penalty. Someone that thinks it is ok to rape a woman if you’re married to her. All examples of accepting something because it’s legal in a country you may live in. No room for empathy.Room only for profit and following the law.

That's some load of whataboutery klopp. So you're now on to 'raping married women', paedophilia. Jesus wept - thats a new low even for this thread

You know who is financially gaining from flogging all this crap? The guy whose sick videos you seem to enjoy sharing and watching.

Do you know that our friend Eathling Ed who flogs those videos - has a financial value of about $68 million.?

Then there's the $6000 - $7000 a month that Ed gets from his Patreon money collecting. And in September alone he earned another $ 1.3K from idiots viewing his videos on YouTube.

I think the overwhelmingly obvious lesson is that It's difficult to get a person to understand something when his bank account depends upon his not understanding it. In this case its pays Ed and others to deliberately paint farming in the worst way possible because a small number of gullible people lap it up.

NcdJd · 26-10-2020 1:05pm

Donald Trump wrote: »

You could also point out that on one side if the "discussion" you have a party who knows nothing and has no practical experience of taking care of calves, apart from reading some crap on twitter, and on the other side you have a professional who has probably been taking care of them all his life.

Years ago I visited one of these animal sanctuaries that were "saving animals". The state of the animals and the conditions that they were being kept under were very bad. Obviously by some idiot who thought they were "saving" them but in reality they hadn't a clue

This is very relevant DT and have major issues with the concept of "Saving" farm animals. Farm animals are not cats and dogs. A large level of skill and knowledge is required to look after the welfare of these animals.

A local farmer has asked me to raise calves for him. I've not made up my mind yet on the matter but I would never do this without the support and mentoring from someone that has experience in this and also proper veterinary support and facilities in place.

Does the Department of Agriculture do checks on these sanctuaries or is it up to members of the public to report instances of neglect ?

EvanFahy · 29-10-2020 12:02am

Monty Burnz wrote: »

A cow would eat you, and everyone you love, if it had the chance.

Cows are herbivores

auspicious · 03-11-2020 12:10am

Animal rights posits that animals should not be bred, exploited or used by humans for any purpose. Their right to life and evolutionary needs should be afforded to them as much as it is to humans.
Welfare refers to the treatment and care needed to ensure the best outcome for physical and mental needs.
There is a clear distinction between the two.

Markcheese · 03-11-2020 3:19am

auspicious wrote: »

Animal rights posits that animals should not be bred, exploited or used by humans for any purpose. Their right to life and evolutionary needs should be afforded to them as much as it is to humans.
Welfare refers to the treatment and care needed to ensure the best outcome for physical and mental needs.
There is a clear distinction between the two.

Well I wouldn't worry much about their future evolutionary needs if no one's farming them , they'll be gone pretty quick , so the right to life would be gone fairly soon too ...

auspicious · 03-11-2020 4:04am

Markcheese wrote: »

Well I wouldn't worry much about their future evolutionary needs if no one's farming them , they'll be gone pretty quick , so the right to life would be gone fairly soon too ...

That's fine by me.
A life under constant oppression and exploitation is not worth living without the hope of escape.
edit: and suffering

Gary kk · 03-11-2020 9:42am

auspicious wrote: »

That's fine by me.
A life under constant oppression and exploitation is not worth living without the hope of escape.
edit: and suffering

That's twisted.

Thelonious Monk · 03-11-2020 10:30am

Jjameson wrote: »

Is that nonsense from your cult handbook or what?

You'd swear you were in a vegan forum or something. Do you really as a farmer think you're going to agree with people in here? What's the point in posting in here?

Markcheese · 03-11-2020 10:33am

auspicious wrote: »

That's fine by me.
A life under constant oppression and exploitation is not worth living without the hope of escape.
edit: and suffering

Nice of you to make that extrodinarily human decision ,for non humans ... Are you going to make that same decision for all the beloved family pets out there ( actually I don't mind if you do , I'm not really a pet person , )
, what about feral populations of cats , deer ,rabbits ect , ? Are they free to eat themselves into starvation without fear of predation ? What of the poor grey squirrel ( I'm not really a fan ) ,being terrified ( literally) by a resurgent pine marten population , is that ok ?
Is there a lot better that can be done for farm animals ,? An awful lot ... Is it as simple as just let them starve or be terrified in freedom because it's suits my views and I like to anthropomorphize .. that is a personal decision ..
And I know I put in a lot of" what aboutary " in there , sorry about that ..

Donald Trump · 03-11-2020 10:45am

auspicious wrote: »

That's fine by me.
A life under constant oppression and exploitation is not worth living without the hope of escape.
edit: and suffering

Yet your signature has a message promoting dogs as pets.................

What about cats? I'm interested in your view on cats. Should people keep cats as pets?

03-11-2020 11:11am

Markcheese wrote: »

Nice of you to make that extrodinarily human decision ,for non humans ... Are you going to make that same decision for all the beloved family pets out there ( actually I don't mind if you do , I'm not really a pet person , )
, what about feral populations of cats , deer ,rabbits ect , ? Are they free to eat themselves into starvation without fear of predation ? What of the poor grey squirrel ( I'm not really a fan ) ,being terrified ( literally) by a resurgent pine marten population , is that ok ?
Is there a lot better that can be done for farm animals ,? An awful lot ... Is it as simple as just let them starve or be terrified in freedom because it's suits my views and I like to anthropomorphize .. that is a personal decision ..
And I know I put in a lot of" what aboutary " in there , sorry about that ..

As poor a post as I’ve ever seen.

Take a bow.

Also, I think the word you’re looking to explain the things you’re touching on is - Nature.

03-11-2020 11:17am

Jjameson wrote: »

The title of thread is of great interest to farmers given that we are the professional with first hand experience on the subject and do not have to trawl google for videos of animal farming on these islands.
Conversations about animal welfare are good. Higher standards should always be striven for and standards should always be held in check however those that should be silenced from any civilised discussion are extremists..
There is no practical or economic benefit to putting any farmed animal under pain or stress. Even at slaughter. Quick and merciful as possible yields the most quality and saleable product.
Have you ever seen a wild animal dying of natural cause? An emaciated diseased deer with its eyes picked out by grey crows? A mangey starving old fox?
I am a animal lover and I have shot both squarely between the eyes with a clear conscience. How does the vegan thesis fit in these situation? It’s a flawed impractical thesis.

I don’t have to trawl for videos to know what you do is cruel.

From the moment that animal is born it’s imprisoned. Has zero quality or life or any freedom. All for what ? So people can have something they don’t need ? And people can make money in the process ?

It’s cruelty bordering on savage, and here’s the important part, in my opinion.

To treat an animal as you want and impose your restrictions on that animal is cruel beyond belief.

And it’s all for money. That’s what all of this cruelty comes down to - money.

03-11-2020 11:20am

Donald Trump wrote: »

Yet your signature has a message promoting dogs as pets.................

What about cats? I'm interested in your view on cats. Should people keep cats as pets?

What is your position on the matter ?

What has it got to do with vegan choices ?

Are people now slaughtering pets for profit ?

Lady Haywire · 03-11-2020 11:24am

Deleted User wrote: »

I don’t have to trawl for videos to know what you do is cruel.

From the moment that animal is born it’s imprisoned. Has zero quality or life or any freedom. All for what ? So people can have something they don’t need ? And people can make money in the process ?

Ah yes, those horrible, terrible fields they graze in! Cattle are mainly housed in Ireland due to weather conditions but in drier land they can be wintered outside.

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