Dharma 0 Report post Posted October 5, 2002 According to ancient tradition, karmically, to kill or eat a pig is similar to killing or eating a human being as the pig is very close in consciousness and dna to humans. In rural India there is a village where the people eat pork. They are very cruel to the pigs. There is not a household that is alright there-such hatred for each other, divorce, poverty etc as eating pork affects the anahata chakra making spiritual progress very difficult. Florida need help in banning a very cruel practice. Following is info: Please vote YES on Amendment 10 on November 5!!! Welcome to the YES! on 10/Floridians for Humane Farms Web Site. Floridians for Humane Farms is a coalition of conservation and animal welfare organizations, and concerned citizens who are dedicated to the passage of Florida’s Amendment 10. The YES! on 10 campaign has placed a groundbreaking ballot measure on the November 2002 ballot to outlaw the cruel confinement of breeding pigs on industrialized factory farms. The amendment seeks a ban on ‘gestation crates' - barren metal enclosures where breeding pigs are kept, pregnant, for the vast majority of their lives. These crates are just two feet wide and so small that the pigs cannot even turn around. Shortly before giving birth, the sow is moved to a farrowing crate in which she and eventually her piglets are housed until the piglets are weaned. Then, the mother pig is impregnated again and returned to the miserable life in a gestation crate. These female pigs are forced to live in the crates for years, enduring as many as ten pregnancies. Amendment 10 provides an exemption for farrowing crates because there is some evidence that they provide protection for the piglets from the movements of the mother. Thousands of pigs may be crowded on factory farms - creating misery for the pigs while putrefying the air, contaminating groundwater and threatening human health. Concerned Floridians have taken an unparalleled step to outlaw this acute factory farm abuse and to keep additional corporate pig factories out of Florida by gathering nearly 700,000 signatures to place a measure to limit the intense confinement of pigs on the Florida ballot for the 2002 election. Your help is urgently needed with this vital effort. Thank you for visiting our website and for your concern about the humane treatment of Florida’s animals. Please click the topics at left to read more about Florida Animal Cruelty Act and to find out how you can help. Together we can make Florida a more humane state. Please contact us at: Floridians for Humane Farms 1859 South Dixie Highway Pompano Beach, FL 33060 954.946.1691 info@bancruelfarms.org from a link at www.farmsanctuary.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
