Ok. I try really hard to not to rant about animal rights on this blog. But sometimes I read something and it gets me all hot and bothered, and I just can’t help but post about it.

This morning, while in the computer lab at school, I read this article.

If you don’t feel like clicking on the link, here is a summary (in my own words):

A few years ago, the state of California made a law against using downed animals in the nations food supply. Meaning- if the animal is in line to be slaughtered, and is so sick or weak that it literally cannot stand up, the company cannot use the meat off of the animal and sell it to consumers.

Downed animals have a number of health problems and (about 90% of the time) carry disease or are sick with infection. Up until 3 years ago, the meat from these animals was being distributed to consumers without them knowing it.

So, California government came to their senses and said “It is wrong to sell possibly-bad meat to consumers just for the small profit that comes from one cow.” And so they banned it.

Now the stupid National Meat Association has filed a lawsuit against this! They are trying to get it back to the way it was (read: slaughtering downed animals and giving it to Americans). A lot of animal rights associations are fighting this, trying to get the lawsuit rejected.

Let’s hope they do.

I first learned about downed animals in Wayne Pacelle’s “The Bond”. He had an employee go undercover at a mass slaughterhouse in California. The employee caught a videotape of the company trying to “up” a downed cow. As much as I didn’t want to see this video, I looked it up anyway. And it was. JUST. HEARTBREAKING.

The poor cow literally collapses in line, and the workers are using a f***ing forklift to try and prod it to get up. The animal is clearly in pain and can’t get up. It’s infuriating.

Meat companies now HIRE people just to stand in line with the cows and if they think they might have a “downer”, they are to shock the cows with a taser so that they stand up.

Not only is this inhumane, but I ask you, National Meat Association:

Are you so greedy that you are willing to serve potentially contaminated meat to consumers all over the U.S.A. for the minimal profit that you make from one cow? Do you seriously not care about anything other than making money in any way that you can?

This meat is going to grocery stores, schools, everywhere.

And for one cow that is too sick to stand.

When there are hundreds of others in line that are perfectly fine.

You know what I say you should do with your stupid lawsuit?

That’s right.

SHOVE IT UP YOUR BUTT.

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