SECRETARY, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FINAL LEGACY !

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SECRETARY, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FINAL LEGACY !

 

 

Dear Friend ,

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.

 

IN just a few days, Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman

will retire from the Clinton Administration.

 

Some times, the old administration performs some good

deeds right before they retreat.

 

We have categorized our concerns on the following two points.

Please write to Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman for the last

time to act on the Humane Slaughter Act and Factory Farms

which concerns us the most.

 

 

1: The Enforcement of the " Humane Slaughter Act " :

 

According to USDA Secretary Dan Glickman and numerous

animal welfare research organizations, the Humane Slaughter Act

is NOT ENFORCED in all accounts. There are TEN(10)

BILLIONS of " food " animals are slaughtered every year in U.S.

There is NO Humane Slaughtering on them. This is the BIGGEST

ATROCITY IN THE HUMAN HISTORY !(see Reference # 11).

 

Millions of sentient animals, cattle, pigs, lamb, sheep and

billions of chickens, each one of them could be our pet, have

their throats cut while fully alive, then cut both feet alive,

skinned alive, burned alive !

 

According to research, many of the USDA former training

officers, area supervisors, regional directors, agency

administrators, Washington staff officers moved directly into

meat industry jobs as high paid consultants! (see Reference # 2 )

 

This is the most important reason the Humane Slaughter Act

could NOT be enforced ! The USDA meat inspection system must

be OVERHAULED & REPLACED. The USDA must have new

regulations that PROHIBITS all Meat inspectors and related

supervisors, officers, directors, administrators to be employed and

contracted with any of the meat and dairy industries after they

leave USDA or it would be completely a " conflict of interest " .

That has stalled the enforcement of the " Humane Slaughter Act " for

all these years.

 

2: TEN (10) BILLION of so called " food " animals suffered

tremendously in all kinds of very cruel FACTORY FARMS.

Five chickens have the total size of a record album to live, to

eat, to drink, to defecate. They can not turn around or flip any

wing for life. The pigs especially the breeding sows are

confined to such extreme. The width of the crate varies from

18 to 24 inches, and the length extends just barely beyond the

sow's own body. The sow lives in a constant state of extreme

distress and repeatedly biting the metal bars. The sows must give

birth to piglets, nurse them, eat, sleep, defecate, drink, stand

and lie in the same cramped space and then slaughtered when

" production " decreased. (see Reference. # 5).

 

When the dairy cows produced male calves, the male babies are

dragged away by force from their mother within 24 hours of

birth, so humans can drink milk which was intended for calves.

Then male calves are sold to feed lots and put into tiny veal

crates and chained to endure 16 weeks of hell in the dark and

can not turn around and they sleep on their own excrement.

Then sold as " veal " , " hamburger " or pet food. (see Reference. # 6).

 

Approximately 50% of all antibiotics manufactured in the U.S.

are poured directly into animal feeds. The most commonly used

antibiotics are penicillin and tetracycline. The squandering of

these important drugs in livestock production is wreaking havoc

for physicians in the treatment of human illness. (see Ref. # 7 ).

 

The forty(40) Billion pounds of dead farm animals a year in the

U.S. plus six to seven million dogs and cats euthanized in animal

shelters every year are ground and steam-cooked together

(rendering industry), the lighter, fatty material floating to the

top is used for cosmetics, lubricants, soaps, candles, and waxes.

The heavier protein material including a quarter of which consists

of FECAL material is dried into powder. The powder is used as

an additive to almost ALL Pet food as well as to Livestock feed.

Well, this is the food of millions of American MEAT eaters food .

(see Ref. # 8). Pesticides, Growth Hormone , all kinds of

diseases, cancer causing agents,......you name it could all be

in the mix .

 

 

 

Please ask Secretary Glickman to use his power for the last time

to have the " Humane Slaughter Act " really enforced and eliminate the

cruel practices at Factory Farms across the country as much as he

possibly can.

 

PLEASE remember to praise Secretary signigicant improvements

on FOOD SAFETY.

 

Please do not forget to wish Secretary Dan Glickman success

in his future and Happy New Year to him.

 

Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman contact info:

 

Email : Daniel.Glickman or

agsec

 

Fax: (202) 720-2166

Phone: 202-720-3631

Address :

 

The Honorable Secretarary of Agriculture ,

Dan Glickman,

USDA

14th St. & Independence Ave. SW,

Washington DC 20250

 

 

 

 

sincerely Yours,

Citizens concerns

 

P.S.: References List :

 

1: see " Slaughterhouse " , Chapter 21, " In Bed with a Bird " .

Author Gail Eisnitz has been investigating American meat industry

for the last 20 years or so. Also click : http://www.hfa.org

 

2: see " Slaughterhouse " , chapter 16, " Veterinary Turncoats " ,

the testimony from Dr. Lester Friedlander , a former USDA

Veterinarian for 15 years or so.

 

3: see " Slaughterhouse " by Gail Eisnitz, Chap. 21,

" In Bed with a Bird " .

 

4: Please click the following for the article :

http://www.purefood.org/meat/meatEthics.htm

" The WorldWatch Institute position paper opposing meat consumption " .

 

5: see PETA document on Pigs Factory Farms and pigs abuse

in the factory farms : Please click :

http://www.goveg.com/pigcaseff.html (typical Pigs factory farms)

http://www.goveg.com/pigcasei.html (pig abuse in factory farms)

Also, please click following for the Environmental damage :

http://www.meatstinks.com

 

6: see Humane Farming Asso. documents on veal calves factory farm:

click: http://www.hfa.org/veal.html

 

7: see Humane Farming Asso. documents on Factory Farming:

click : http://www.hfa.org/factory.html

 

8: Please click : http://www.madcowboy.com/

 

9: Please click :

http://www.farmusa.org/wfad/feed_the_world.html

http://www.farmusa.org/

 

10: http://www.farmusa.org/wfad/feed_the_world.html

 

11: The following case is only an example to show you

some of the practice in the U.S. slaughterhouses : click:

http://www.king5.com/investigators/storydetail.html?StoryID=1386

http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/cows01m_20000601.html