By Dan Hanley
That changed today. I don't know why, but I clicked on a video from Mercy For Animals showing men torturing, beating and killing pigs. The men work for a pig factory that supplies Walmart.
On our blog and on all of our social media we do not post videos of animal cruelty. We do offer links to animal rights groups we support that have those videos on their sites.
I believe this type of cruelty happens everywhere animals are produced for food. It happens because there is little regard for the life of these animals and also, in a very simple way, because they can. They have the power to do terrible things to these animals and they do it.
I unequivocally support any group that does these undercover investigations. People need to see what happens to animals in order for them to become their dinner.
Or their Easter ham.
I cannot stop thinking about the video I watched earlier. These workers were hell bent on inflicting fear, terror and pain on these pigs. Nothing was going to stop them.
The only thing that can stop them is the consumer.
If you eat meat, in this case pork, you have the power to stop the cruelty. The video I watched is only the tip of the iceberg of what happens to pigs on a daily basis throughout the country.
Although I haven't looked into the purpose of the video, I am pretty sure it was part of Mercy For Animals campaign to get Walmart to stop using certain suppliers, including the one in the video.
We have the power to stop it. We can be a voice for these voiceless creatures who are treated in such a pathetically terrible way.
If you would like to see the video you can go to the Mercy For Animals website here: http://www.mercyforanimals.org/
The only way to not support animal cruelty like that shown in the video I saw is to go vegan. Don't support the inherent cruelty that is part of taking animals that are living and breathing and feeling to create your steak, pork chop or lamb chop.
This post originally appeared on Dan Hanley's website The Gay Vegans. Republished with permission.
