An animal's life is more important than it's death. To experience the living death of a confinement operation would make the end of life welcome. As a society, we should be ashamed of how threes intelligent animal's are treated during their lives. It is not the confinement operators who bear the responsibility, it is each of us who buy pork at the lowest price and pocket the savings.
layne - 11 years ago
As a FFA member i have seen hogs butchered it is done fast and pain less.
layne - 11 years ago
As a FFA member i have seen hogs butchered it is done fast and pan less.
Crystal - 12 years ago
I have 2 Hogs of my own the bore is Piglet and the Sow is MissPiggy and yes I named my pigs. The bore is my pet, he is smart and lissons to what I tell him like no, stop, get down. He is very smart, he is also agood watch pig when someone comes up to the pin that he does not know or an animal of any kind he will start to make a grawling sound and grunting really loud. As for the sow she is not my pet she is skidish of anyone. So I have not seen a hog slaughtered but I have seen a deer. I love meat but I will NEVER KILL my pig Piglet. So who says pigs a no use around the farm, they are amazing animals they can be great pets to have just not is the house.
Jenny - 13 years ago
I have assisted with hog slaughter and grew up in a family of slaughter plant workers with almost 130 years of experience between myself, my father, my mother, my first through third cousins, my brothers and and my nephew. I have also killed beef, horses, sheep, goats, llamas, yaks, buffalo, veal calves, ostriches for both custom kill and our own personal dinner table. I have personally killed probably 200 hd of livestock and have assisted on several hundred more and observed probably well over thousands of head slaughtered in the high speed kill chains, the slow custom kill plants and farm slaughter. If slaughter is performed correctly...there's nothing wrong. I am not a cold blooded killer, but the slaughter houses and mobile slaughter provided my living and will provide the living for the next generation of children of our family.
Max - 13 years ago
Yummy pork! I've watched a pig slaughtered and it made me hungry. It's called being at the top of the food chain.
Don - 13 years ago
I've been a vegetarian since 1987...to all who think we are superior to the other species of animals with whom we share the planet, I urge you to watch any of the "Predator" movies...if you eat meat and think the aliens in the movies are bad guys, you're a hypocrite.
Angelica - 14 years ago
At least they had a good life and killed humanly not like those horrid factory farms. Unfortunatly you cannot stop people eating meat but you can give these poor animals painless quick death..
Chris - 14 years ago
Just because you can eat it, doesn't mean the rest of us aren't aware of the selfish callousness it requires to eat it. You can be more than your parents and grandparents. You can evolve. You can recognize unnecessary cruelty. You can choose to eliminate un-needed exploitation, violence, and death from your diet and your life. Humans are killing themselves with their addictions to animal flesh. Which is, frankly, appropriate—you kill them, they should get to kill you right back, shouldn't they? Of course, they don't care about quick and painless for you, you're death will be long, slow, and painful—for both you and those who love you. Seems fair to me. I on the other hand, eat the healthiest foods known to man, have excellent cholesterol, blood pressure, and a clear conscience—all because I was willing to evolve beyond the vain traditions of our fathers. Oh, and I'm also doing what numerous organizations have stated must be done in order to stave off global warming and save the planet for future generations. You, you just think bacon is tasty and anybody who says anything different is a jerk—way to evolve human!
J.M.Walker - 14 years ago
Things were done correctly the only thing you shud waste when a pig is slaughtered is the squeal
Those eye teeth in your mouth aren't for ripping lettuce apart!
Sounds like these folks did it up right. The animals were raised properly, slaughtered properly and then as much of the animal as possible is being consumed. This is the way it should be done.
P - 14 years ago
After reading this I am glad I am a vegetarian.
Mike - 14 years ago
Quality of life is important. These pigs lived much better than any confinement operation that supplies most of the nations pork. I have participated in butchering cows, chickens and pigs since I was a child. It never gets any eaiser and you can taste the sense of loss when you walk by the empty pen. But you raise animals again, enjoy their company and sense the loss when thier gone. I think the reason most people have trouble with it because that is the cycle of life. Maybe it reminds us too much of our own mortality.
Mary Demory - 14 years ago
My husband and I have lived on farms most of our lives (we are both 63 years old). My husband participates in butcherings at least once a year. There are other dining items that you didn't touch on in your report such as making scrapple, puddin, lard and using pig ears and pig feet to make souse. You also didn't touch on sugar curing hams and bacon. If you are interested in hearing about the making of these items, please let me know.
Truth - 14 years ago
You are what you eat. Killing efficiently is no less killing. Maybe if Americans ate less pork, the majority of them wouldn't look like standing pigs.
Danielle - 14 years ago
I seen that ....but is the most horrific thing that I have ever witness,,in my country it's a common practice,that when a guess comes to the house to kill a pig in his honor....but the act itself is very traumatic to watch....they don't let kids watch until they are older, because that leaves an impression for life....Why we need to eat meat ....? Killing a cow is also inhuman...but God created the animals to feed the humans.....!
Eric Geier - 14 years ago
I sincerely hope that the 47% comprising "I have and I couldn't again, and "I couldn't possibly," witness a pig slaughter are vegetarian. Otherwise, you're just hyprocrites...
An animal's life is more important than it's death. To experience the living death of a confinement operation would make the end of life welcome. As a society, we should be ashamed of how threes intelligent animal's are treated during their lives. It is not the confinement operators who bear the responsibility, it is each of us who buy pork at the lowest price and pocket the savings.
As a FFA member i have seen hogs butchered it is done fast and pain less.
As a FFA member i have seen hogs butchered it is done fast and pan less.
I have 2 Hogs of my own the bore is Piglet and the Sow is MissPiggy and yes I named my pigs. The bore is my pet, he is smart and lissons to what I tell him like no, stop, get down. He is very smart, he is also agood watch pig when someone comes up to the pin that he does not know or an animal of any kind he will start to make a grawling sound and grunting really loud. As for the sow she is not my pet she is skidish of anyone. So I have not seen a hog slaughtered but I have seen a deer. I love meat but I will NEVER KILL my pig Piglet. So who says pigs a no use around the farm, they are amazing animals they can be great pets to have just not is the house.
I have assisted with hog slaughter and grew up in a family of slaughter plant workers with almost 130 years of experience between myself, my father, my mother, my first through third cousins, my brothers and and my nephew. I have also killed beef, horses, sheep, goats, llamas, yaks, buffalo, veal calves, ostriches for both custom kill and our own personal dinner table. I have personally killed probably 200 hd of livestock and have assisted on several hundred more and observed probably well over thousands of head slaughtered in the high speed kill chains, the slow custom kill plants and farm slaughter. If slaughter is performed correctly...there's nothing wrong. I am not a cold blooded killer, but the slaughter houses and mobile slaughter provided my living and will provide the living for the next generation of children of our family.
Yummy pork! I've watched a pig slaughtered and it made me hungry. It's called being at the top of the food chain.
I've been a vegetarian since 1987...to all who think we are superior to the other species of animals with whom we share the planet, I urge you to watch any of the "Predator" movies...if you eat meat and think the aliens in the movies are bad guys, you're a hypocrite.
At least they had a good life and killed humanly not like those horrid factory farms. Unfortunatly you cannot stop people eating meat but you can give these poor animals painless quick death..
Just because you can eat it, doesn't mean the rest of us aren't aware of the selfish callousness it requires to eat it. You can be more than your parents and grandparents. You can evolve. You can recognize unnecessary cruelty. You can choose to eliminate un-needed exploitation, violence, and death from your diet and your life. Humans are killing themselves with their addictions to animal flesh. Which is, frankly, appropriate—you kill them, they should get to kill you right back, shouldn't they? Of course, they don't care about quick and painless for you, you're death will be long, slow, and painful—for both you and those who love you. Seems fair to me. I on the other hand, eat the healthiest foods known to man, have excellent cholesterol, blood pressure, and a clear conscience—all because I was willing to evolve beyond the vain traditions of our fathers. Oh, and I'm also doing what numerous organizations have stated must be done in order to stave off global warming and save the planet for future generations. You, you just think bacon is tasty and anybody who says anything different is a jerk—way to evolve human!
Things were done correctly the only thing you shud waste when a pig is slaughtered is the squeal
Those eye teeth in your mouth aren't for ripping lettuce apart!
Sounds like these folks did it up right. The animals were raised properly, slaughtered properly and then as much of the animal as possible is being consumed. This is the way it should be done.
After reading this I am glad I am a vegetarian.
Quality of life is important. These pigs lived much better than any confinement operation that supplies most of the nations pork. I have participated in butchering cows, chickens and pigs since I was a child. It never gets any eaiser and you can taste the sense of loss when you walk by the empty pen. But you raise animals again, enjoy their company and sense the loss when thier gone. I think the reason most people have trouble with it because that is the cycle of life. Maybe it reminds us too much of our own mortality.
My husband and I have lived on farms most of our lives (we are both 63 years old). My husband participates in butcherings at least once a year. There are other dining items that you didn't touch on in your report such as making scrapple, puddin, lard and using pig ears and pig feet to make souse. You also didn't touch on sugar curing hams and bacon. If you are interested in hearing about the making of these items, please let me know.
You are what you eat. Killing efficiently is no less killing. Maybe if Americans ate less pork, the majority of them wouldn't look like standing pigs.
I seen that ....but is the most horrific thing that I have ever witness,,in my country it's a common practice,that when a guess comes to the house to kill a pig in his honor....but the act itself is very traumatic to watch....they don't let kids watch until they are older, because that leaves an impression for life....Why we need to eat meat ....? Killing a cow is also inhuman...but God created the animals to feed the humans.....!
I sincerely hope that the 47% comprising "I have and I couldn't again, and "I couldn't possibly," witness a pig slaughter are vegetarian. Otherwise, you're just hyprocrites...