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Originally posted by braunstoneagle

why cant we make people who are furloughed to this work?

From furlough to furlong, you might say.

 


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View sitdownstandup's Profile sitdownstandup Flag 09 May 20 5.28am Send a Private Message to sitdownstandup Add sitdownstandup as a friend

New BBC report on meat industry problems:

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From the report:
Although chicken and cattle farmers are facing a similarly paradoxical situation, as are milk and egg producers, because of the tight time frame between when a pig is born to when it is ready for slaughter, some of the most drastic actions are occurring on these farms first. According to the Minnesota Pork Producers Association, an estimated 10,000 pigs are being euthanised every day in the state.

The first major sign of trouble came at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, pork processing plant called Smithfield - one of the largest in the nation, responsible for about 5% of the nation's pork products. Coronavirus ripped through the 3,700 workers, who have to stand extremely close together on production lines as they debone carcases and carve up huge cuts of meat.

By mid-April, when the plant finally shut down under pressure from local politicians, it had become the number one Covid-19 hotspot in the country, with 644 cases tied to the factory.

Around the US, 170 meat and poultry processing facilities reported coronavirus cases. According to the CDC, nearly 5,000 workers have fallen ill. At least 45 have died.

"There are actual human faces tied to all the goods that [you] buy at the store," says Sara Telahun Birhe, the daughter of a Smithfield worker in Sioux Falls. "Those people are being exploited."

Edited by sitdownstandup (09 May 2020 5.29am)

 


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Millions of US farm animals to be culled by suffocation, drowning and shooting:

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From the report:
The pork industry has warned that more than 10 million pigs could be culled by September for the same reason. The techniques used to cull pigs include gassing, shooting, anaesthetic overdose, or “blunt force trauma”.

This is the definition of 'blunt force trauma'(from the humane slaughter association website
- [Link]

Warning - NSFW

Infant lambs, kids and piglets can be humanely killed by delivering a heavy blow to the head. This must only be used if no other method is immediately available.

There are two variations of this method:

Hold the animal by the back legs and deliver a firm blow to the back of the head with a blunt instrument, e.g. an iron bar or hammer.
Hold the animal by the back legs and swing it through an arc to hit the back of its head with considerable force against a solid object, e.g. a brick wall or metal stanchion.
With both methods it is essential that the blow is delivered swiftly, firmly and with absolute determination. If there is any doubt that the animal has not been killed effectively, the blow should be immediately repeated.


Edited by sitdownstandup (18 Jun 2020 9.27am)

 


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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 19 May 20 9.25pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by sitdownstandup

Millions of US farm animals to be culled by suffocation, drowning and shooting:

[Link]

From the report:
The pork industry has warned that more than 10 million pigs could be culled by September for the same reason. The techniques used to cull pigs include gassing, shooting, anaesthetic overdose, or “blunt force trauma”.

This is the definition of 'blunt force trauma' (from the humane slaughter association website - [Link]

Warning - NSFW

Infant lambs, kids and piglets can be humanely killed by delivering a heavy blow to the head. This must only be used if no other method is immediately available.

There are two variations of this method:

Hold the animal by the back legs and deliver a firm blow to the back of the head with a blunt instrument, e.g. an iron bar or hammer.
Hold the animal by the back legs and swing it through an arc to hit the back of its head with considerable force against a solid object, e.g. a brick wall or metal stanchion.
With both methods it is essential that the blow is delivered swiftly, firmly and with absolute determination. If there is any doubt that the animal has not been killed effectively, the blow should be immediately repeated.


Edited by sitdownstandup (19 May 2020 8.21pm)

Are you an animal activist.

 

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View sitdownstandup's Profile sitdownstandup Flag 19 May 20 11.07pm Send a Private Message to sitdownstandup Add sitdownstandup as a friend

I care about animals enough to know they shouldn't be treated like this. I'm also a Crystal Palace fan too.

 


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View sitdownstandup's Profile sitdownstandup Flag 18 Jun 20 4.47am Send a Private Message to sitdownstandup Add sitdownstandup as a friend

It's happened again, this time in Germany.

Hundreds of workers test positive:

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View kennybrowns leftfoot's Profile kennybrowns leftfoot Flag Reigate 18 Jun 20 4.50am Send a Private Message to kennybrowns leftfoot Add kennybrowns leftfoot as a friend

Originally posted by sitdownstandup

It's happened again, this time in Germany.

Hundreds of workers test positive:

[Link]

More than 650 out of just over a thousand... That's mad!!

 


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Originally posted by kennybrowns leftfoot

More than 650 out of just over a thousand... That's mad!!

Can't go the pub, can't eat meat, can't go to the football, I'm seeing a pattern here. At least the hairdressers were closed too, for a bit of balance. They'll be taking my fags next.

 


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View Cucking Funt's Profile Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 18 Jun 20 12.54pm Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

Are you an animal activist.

Jeez, anyone with a soul should be horrified by that.

 


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BlueJay Flag UK 18 Jun 20 2.22pm

Originally posted by kennybrowns leftfoot

More than 650 out of just over a thousand... That's mad!!

Crazy. That's what happened when there's no natural immunity to something. With increasing amounts of data available though, the government should put it front and centre in helping people to make decisions about their health.

Young people generally speaking don't have much to worry about, and can help the economy tick over. All the University lectures over webcam stuff sounds pointless to me. I know the government is scared of offending their voter base, but they ought to routinely differentiate how people should behave at this time based on age and health.

 

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Originally posted by sitdownstandup

I care about animals enough to know they shouldn't be treated like this. I'm also a Crystal Palace fan too.

While I am about as far as possible from left wing politics in terms of its overdosing on empathy....I do agree, that end of life methodologies for animals should be something that is strictly controlled by first world countries....not shot through with loopholes.

The sooner that technology perfects meat reproduction and actually distributes it without a farming and meat industry the better. I'm quite sure that in the future our treatment of animals will be looked back as too primitive for too long.

That said the jobs this would destroy isn't a minor matter and any action would have to involve a proper re-direction that compensated those workers proportionally..


Edited by Stirlingsays (18 Jun 2020 2.36pm)

 


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In the Uk too now - nearly 100 workers test positive at 2 places:

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