What they didn’t tell you

zoologicallyobsessed:

dairyisntscary:

agro-carnist:

amanda-fior:

Animal rights activists think those of us who do not agree with them just need some education. And by that they mean we should watch propaganda videos and read literature produced by organisations who stand to make profits from donations received by people they suck in with their sad animal stories. It is a good marketing ploy, I mean, what heartless person wouldn’t want to help a poor, sick, abused animal in need?? But please don’t get sucked into their trap. I actually volunteer MOST of my time to helping animals in need and I grew up on a farm. My whole family is still in the agribusiness and I’m going to be a vet. I’m currently studying animal science at university and vet nursing at a vet clinic. I don’t need to watch your stupid video. Maybe you should go to a farm. Talk to a vet. Volunteer at an animal shelter. Actually teach yourself something. 

Don’t just watch a clip of some really sick pigs sitting in a pen and tell me not to eat bacon. What they didn’t tell you is that those pigs were just visited by a vet and are in that pen for quarantine reasons. 

Don’t watch a clip of some bald hens and tell me not to eat eggs. What they didn’t tell you is that the so-called activists broke into the barn, pulled out the hens feathers and then switched the cameras on.

Don’t watch or share these videos if you weren’t there to see what happened before and after filming. You know people make a lot of money out of editing films right? And no, I wasn’t referring to the entertainment industry. 

Also, when a farm is shut down because propaganda videos destroy a small, family business, those animals are not saved. They are killed. They are still sold onto another farm or to an abattoir. Shutting down farms does not save animals. If there is no money to be made from them, they still get killed. Don’t believe me? Just check the animal shelters in your area. Dogs and cats get killed by the tonne because there are too many of them. The supply outweighs the demand. If there aren’t enough people out there saving puppies and kittens, you can bet there will be even less people putting their hands up to save farm animals. Not that I believe people should adopt any animal just to save it from euthanasia, but I’m off topic. 

It’s quite an interesting interaction when an ARA, whose education consists of “documentaries” and blogs from other ARAs, tell people like us, those who actually put our hands on the animals raised on farms, in labs, or with breeders, that we need to get educated.

I spend all my free time literally on a dairy farm taking care of cows and all my classes are on cows but please tell me I’m ignorant because I don’t buy into ur propaganda 🙄🙄🙄

I have a degree in zoology majoring in conservation, where I studied on an agricultural campus for three years. Where many of my classes involved helping on the farms we had with cattle, sheep, deer.

And I still get ARA try to tell me to go watch propaganda videos on Facebook with sad music.