Yesterday afternoon, in my attempt to pass some time between appointments, I walked down a row of shops around the neighbourhood.
I never noticed the animal liberation op shop up till now and out of curiosity, I stopped at the door and scanned the articles.
I usually avoid reading articles on the treatment of animals, because I know very well how I would react to them. As expected, I walked away feeling physcially sick to the stomach and filled with sadness and anger.
I am contemplating going vegetarian - it won't be too hard since I haven't consumed any red meat for 2 years now, giving up chicken and turkey should be *cough*easy*cough*.
Sure, I don't eat consume dog meat to begin with and so going vegetarian isn't going to help the animal lib's cause but when you think about how animals are treated these days.... the minute they are born, they are treated as products, to be consumed at a later date.
No compassion, no proper hygiene, no love.
And you wonder where all these diseases we've faced the past few years came from? It's not from the animals, it's from the condition and the hygiene - or lack of, they're being bred in.
Imagine if you live, breathe and sleep in the same place you poop and pee, won't you eventually fall sick too? *gee!*
Exporting meat, products from 3rd world countries or countries where people are struggling to put food on the table - If they haven't got enough to feed themselves, what exactly are they feeding the animals?
But if I go vegetarian, where do I draw the line?
Would I avoid eggs and dairy since 'life begins with the egg'?
Would I include seafoods? - Squealing, tearing crabs and lobsters as they're thrown in the boiling water; clubbing of fishes.
Would I go as far as to avoid leather products? - This'll be a very hard one!
Definitely something to think about on a sunday morning! :P
