Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I just took action online asking the USDA to clean up cruel slaughterhouses by banning " downers, " or animals who can't walk, from the food supply. The current lax enforcement and loophole-ridden government policy allow hideous abuses to occur, causing excessive suffering and endangering our food supply. Please join me in asking the USDA to crack down on downers. It will only take a minute. Here is the link: https://community.hsus.org/campaign/CA_2008_investigation?rk=v7zeEQnqQcklW ****************************** This email is Powered by Convio, Inc. http://www.convio.com ****************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 From my experience in the livestock and meat industries, there will be little you can do here that hasn't been tried before. I can say for certain that as long as an animal is passed by a licensed vet to be sold at an auction, then there is little we can do to prevent it from being sold for human consumption. I have watched as many were sold at the Gallipolis, OH stockyard and they were to be sold for "DOG FOOD ONLY" but the guys who were buying were not buying for dog food companies, they were the same meat buyers who bought for a variety of soup labels and slaughterhouses across the country. You need to start this at a lower level than where you did. Get people to start protesting the sales of these "Downer Animals" at the stock yards across America and then protest the companies who allow them to be bought and used. Yes, you can find out this info if you dig hard enough or poke around the right places. It isn't the USDA who should be targetted first, it should be those passing these animals for sale and allowing them to be sold at auctions. If you start at the source, you will accomplish more. Joanie Lou G <Louis_Gambogi wrote: I just took action online asking the USDA to clean up cruelslaughterhouses by banning "downers," or animals who can't walk,from the food supply.The current lax enforcement and loophole-ridden governmentpolicy allow hideous abuses to occur, causing excessivesuffering and endangering our food supply. Please join me inasking the USDA to crack down on downers.It will only take a minute. Here is the link:https://community.hsus.org/campaign/CA_2008_investigation?rk=v7zeEQnqQcklW******************************This email is Powered by Convio, Inc.http://www.convio.com****************************** Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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