Don’t Buy The ‘Humane’ Lie

Attempting To Fool The Public.
The mouth of a kangaroo can be blown off and the kangaroo can escape to die of shock and starvation.
Forearms can be blow off, as can ears, eyes and noses.
Stomachs can be hit expelling the contents with the kangaroo still alive.
Backbones can be pulverised to an unrecognisable state.
Hind legs can be shattered with the kangaroo desperately trying to get away on the other or without the use of either.
To deny that this goes on is just an exercise in attempting to fool the public.
( David Nicholls, former commercial kangaroo shooter )

It is clearly the case that fish, though different from birds and mammals, are sophisticated animals, far removed from unfeeling creatures.
Current literature on fish cognition indicates that several fish species are capable of learning and integrating multiple pieces of information that require more complex processes than associative learning.
( Journal of Fish Biology )

Just Off To Feed The Halals.
A friend and neighbour here in North Yorkshire turned up at her office, not far from the now notorious slaughter-house in Thirsk, to find a few old Swalesdale ewes and lambs having their bellies clipped (which is what abattoirs now require) in a field next door.
“Are they going for halal slaughter?” my friend asked the farmer.
“Yes, I’ve seen it, it’s unbelievable what they do to them,” he said.
He reckoned he would be paid £73 for each lamb, £40 for each ewe.
My friend said she would buy them.
He replied she could, at the escalated price of £100 for each animal.
They are now in a paddock next to her house.
She keeps sending me emails, saying, “Just off to feed the halals”.
Why isn’t there a Ministry of Animals to protect them?
And why aren’t farmers protesting about the way they are killed?
( Liz Jones, 08.02.2015 )

Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences, the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the achievement of animal rights.
Welfare reforms, by their very nature, can only serve to retard the pace at which animal rights goals are achieved.
( Gary Francione )

Do We Have The Right To Take The Lives Of Other Sentient Organisms?
Do we, as humans, having an ability to reason and to communicate abstract ideas verbally and in writing, and to form ethical and moral judgments using the accumulated knowledge of the ages, have the right to take the lives of other sentient organisms, particularly when we are not forced to do so by hunger or dietary need, but rather do so for the somewhat frivolous reason that we like the taste of meat?
In essence, should we know better?
( Peter Cheeke, PhD )

We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding.
One generation and out.
We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals.
They are creations of human selective breeding.
( Wayne Pacelle )

The Bone-Heads Bloodlust To Restore Fox ‘Hunting’.
Their bloodlust to restore fox hunting symbolises the backwardness of a Conservative Party stuck in the past.
The bone-heads who like to whip hounds into a frenzy to rip apart hares, deer and foxes scream that it’s a tradition and a part of British life.
Really?
Other traditions once part of British life include bear-baiting, burning witches and hanging poachers.
All consigned to history.
David Cameron, who enjoys riding with the snooty Heythrop Hunt in Oxfordshire, is doubly out of touch because most country folk as well as city dwellers view bloodsports as barbaric.
( Daily Mirror, 15.04.2015 )

The Extinction Of Homo Sapiens Would Mean Survival For Billions Of Earth-Dwelling Species.
If you haven’t given voluntary human extinction much thought before, the idea of a world with no people in it may seem strange.
But, if you give it a chance, I think you might agree that the extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species.
Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on earth, social and environmental.
( Les U. Knight, 1991 )

The problem is that humans have victimised animals to such a degree that they are not even considered victims.
They are not even considered at all.
They are nothing.
They don’t count.
They don’t matter.
They’re commodities like TV sets and cell phones.
We have actually turned animals into inanimate objects – sandwiches and shoes.
( Gary Yourofsky )

Don’t Buy The ‘HUMANE’ Lie.
This gentle-sounding phrase is used by the money-motivated, blood-soaked ‘Meat Industry’ to make you feel better about buying their products..
‘Humanely’ raised animals are mutilated without the use of painkillers, kept in filthy, disease-ridden sheds, and finally forced to endure a long trip to the slaughterhouse without food or water.
They are all afraid as they face their deaths.
( Rose Winfold )

The Rescue Retriever.

A walk along the promenade in Swansea takes you past an unusual monument to a courageous dog known as Swansea Jack.
The monument, opposite the St Helen’s ground, commemorates a black retriever who, during the 1930s, rescued many people from the murky depths of Swansea Docks.
The area was in decline, but despite the water being dirty and dangerous, children still played there.

In the summer of 1931, a person got into difficulties and Swansea Jack dived in and dragged him to safety.
A great fuss was made of the dog as there were many witnesses and the incident was reported in the local press.
William Thomas, Swansea Jack’s owner, revealed that this was not the first time Jack had made a rescue, as a few weeks earlier he had dived in after a 12-year-old boy who had got into difficulties.
He also remarked that this was strange as Jack had not been keen on the water up until then.

As a result of the newspaper report Swansea Jack was awarded a silver collar by a grateful local council.
He was also made an honorary life member of the Tail Waggers’ Club, an organisation promoting the welfare of dogs and their owners.
Swansea Jack took to patrolling the docks and on many occasions he went in to save people, many of them children.
His fame grew as more reports appeared.

Many awards were made to Swansea Jack from a silver cup for life saving given by the Lord Mayor of London to a Bronze Medal from the National Canine Defence League (now Dog’s Trust) which was awarded after he had saved a child from drowning, his 20th rescue, in 1935.
In 1936 the Daily Star named him as Bravest Dog of the Year, while the Daily Mirror enrolled him on the Brave Dogs Roll of Honour in its League of Kindness to Animals.

Swansea Jack became famous beyond the bounds of Swansea and appeared in the Bravest Dog class at many shows including the National Dogs Tournament and attended Crufts in the presence of the Royal Family.
The National Canine Defence League continued to chart his progress in its journal, The Dog’s Bulletin, and his 26th rescue was reported in detail.
In 1937 he met a sad end.

Aged only seven, he somehow managed to eat rat poison and died on 2 October 1937.
The memorial, by local stone mason Cecil Jones, made of Penzance granite, has a bronze relief of the head of the black retriever along with his medal inscribed “For Bravery” and carries the following inscription : “Erected to the memory of Swansea Jack the brave retriever who saved 27 human and 2 canine lives from drowning. Loved and mourned by all dog lovers. Died 2nd October 1937 at the age of 7 years. Ne’re had mankind more faithful friend than thou. Who oft thy life did’st lend to save some human soul from death. Owner & trainer Wm Thomas”.

The National Canine Defence League ended their report on one of Swansea Jack’s recess with these words : “The deeds of Swansea Jack are themselves an overwhelming answer to the brainless busybodies who malign dogs.”
( Ann Williams, Best of British magazine, April 2015 )