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Originally Posted by Dr Doughnut  Actually, I kind of already said that |
And that means it can't be said again?
And, yes, the slaughtering of these pigs is ridiculous, careless, you name it. But how is it that much different than the fate they'd face anyway? They are raised on pig farms for food, they'd be slaughtered anyway. This just means they won't become food, which might mean the farmers won't get money for them? That part doesn't seem so bad to me.
I'd like to see the pigs live, absolutely, but they are being raised to be slaughtered anyway.
And it does seem to be an overreaction to the swine flu, but this is a country that's been dealing with the bird flu for quite some time and doing what they think they can to avoid the same happening with the swine flu.
It sucks, no matter how you look at it, but perhaps it would be better to look into ways to minimize production of animals for food, at least in the countries (like this one) where it's a very reasonable possibility, than judge what a country is doing to save itself, rightly or wrongly.