EXCERPT FROM THE ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE OF CANADA NEWSLETTER BULLETIN #178 FALL/WINTER 2011
“FACTORY-FARM BARN FIRES FILL OVER 23,000 ANIMALS IN FOUR DAYS” From Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Food Animals (CETFA), Vancouver, B.C., July 26, 2011
(Paraphrased):
‘Factory-barn fires are preventable – but they continue to occur because, in order to cut costs, they are highly automated with insufficient human maintenance and oversight. This in spite of the fact that the toxic air from the waste of thousands of animals doesn’t only corrode the lungs of the confined animals – it also corrodes electrical wires and raises the likelihood of fire. Furthermore, these animal death camps often lack either smoke sensors or sprinkler systems. In this fire-trap situation, with many of the animals confined to metal gestation crates, concrete pens or battery cages, for animals to escape from the inferno is virtually impossible.”
STATISTICS:
QUEBEC:
Jan 7, 2011: 20,000 rabbits and 4,000 piglets burn alive
Jan 22,2011: 70 diary cows burn alive
Mar 5, 2011: 300 pigs burna alive
Mar 18, 2011: 125 beef cattle burn alive
ONTARIO:
Jan 24, 2011: 35 cattle burn alive
July 24, 2011: 650 pigs burn alive
July 25, 2011: 650 pigs burn alive
SASKATCHEWAN
Feb 26, 2011: 7,000 turkeys burn alive
MANITOBA
Mar 23, 2011: 16,000 chickens burn alive
May 21, 2011: 4,000 pigs burn alive
June 8, 2011: 12,000 chickens burn alive
July 22, 2011: 12,000 chickens burn alive
ALBERTA
Mar 31,2011: 2,000 pigs burn alive
June 8, 2011: 30,000 hens burn alive
July 24, 2011: 600 pigs burn alive
BLOGGERS COMMENT: THIS IS TOTALLY PREVENTABLE!!! THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!! THIS CAN NO LONGER BE TOLERATED!!!
Well put by the ADLC in their own comment: “Insurance companies take note – please raise premiums for factory barns lacking smoke sensors and sprinkler systems.”
In the mind of this writer: Logic dictates that the simple installation of these life saving devices would save hundreds of thousands of Factory Farm Animals…does it not? Properly retrofitting existing barns, by investing any farm subsidies received from the Federal Government to run such operations..makes sense…does it not?
Consider the amount of money that insurance companies dole out when these horrific incidents occur…don’t think for a minute that those insurance premiums paid out are not somehow reflected and passed on in the insurance premiums increases that we all are subject to.
What is truly THE TRAGEDY is that these confined, imprisoned, terrified animals suffered an excruciating death…why…so that the owners/operators of these Factory Farms could save a buck!!!!
Factory Farms with their gestation crates/pens are repositories of pure hell.
Battery hens, turkeys, pigs, all manner of food animals suffer!!
One need only do their research to learn the truth!!
Warning some of the videos and images contained in the links below are extremely graphic and horrifying.
http://www.idausa.org/facts/factoryfarmfacts.html
The Website the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to See
Realities of farming in Canada
http://cfhs.ca/farm/farming_in_canada/
Factory Farming in Canada
http://www.chooseveg.ca/animal-cruelty-canada.asp
http://www.farmsanctuary.org/issues/factoryfarming/
Images from Factory Farms
Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals
http://www.humanefood.ca/faqs.html
Cruelty of Factory Farming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaHXA1LLB_I
The Pork Industry
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/pork-industry.aspx
Images of Pig Factory Farming
Investigation Reveals Cruelty at Pig Factory Farm
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DfDiSR0LGry8
Undercover at Smithfield Foods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vqIGTKuQE
The Worst Abuses in Factory Farming
http://www.animalfreedom.org/english/information/abuses.html
Undercover Footage from Pig Factory Farm
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D7eQQQBn4dlo
The Battery Hen: Her Life Is Not For The Birds
http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/egg-battery.html
Images of Battery Cages
Veal : A Cruel Meal
http://www.britishmeat.com/veal.html
Cruelty to Baby Calves at Veal Farm in Ohio
http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DY82jTI3BqRM
Veal Factory Farming Images
I do not have the words to describe how disgusted I am! All I CAN say is it makes me ashamed to be a member of the human race!
I agree with you Maggie. Such horrific exploitation for greed. Personally, I am making the decision to go vegan….it will be a big adjustment, I’ve been thinking about it for years now. Luckily I have a few friends who are vegan and can help me. I quit eating pork many years ago when I learned the truth. The more research I do, the more convinced I am to go through with it. As far as chicken and eggs, it has always been Free Range for me, but I still want to try going totally vegan…wish me luck.
Thank you for your comment. It is appreciated, let’s me know I am reaching people.
THESE HORRIFIC FACTS SHOULD BE
EXPOSED!!
FARMS MUST BE INSURED!!!!
A COUNTRY IS JUDGED ACCORDING TO
HOW THEY TREAT THEIR ANIMALS!!!
INSURANCE COMPANIES SHOULD CHECK
THESE UNSCRUPLOUS FARMS!!!!
Agreed!!! Until such time as these death traps are properly inspected and continually monitored, until they are FORCED to comply with Safety Regulations and FORCED to install Smoke Detectors and Sprinkler systems, these sentient creatures will continue to suffer and die in unimaginable ways.
I shall be posting on this issue again, and just received a call to Action from CFAWR that I will likely be posting.
Thank you for your valued comment. I need more people to speak out, people such as yourself.
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