Thread to document institutional animal abuse

[bcuster]

I am just noticing this thread. THANK YOU for creating it, Jeff Robinson .

This is an important topic . Animal abuse must be documented, discussed and by God's grace, hopefully, eliminated from the face of the Earth.

No species that abuses the most vulnerable can ever claim to be advanced or enlightened

 

[bcuster]

I also think individual abuse should be documented and discussed here. I see some posters have done just that.
So perhaps a thread title change is in order

 

[bcuster]

From Russia:

WATCH: Angry bear attacks trainer during performance in front of hundreds of terrified children, parents

Animal cruelty remains a hot topic in Russia, with two politicians in the governing Duma body proposing a bill that would ban the inclusion of animal performers in circuses.

www.foxnews.com

 

[bcuster]

A casualty of war?

Russian spy’ whale may have been shot dead, say animal rights groups​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/europe/norway-beluga-spy-whale-shot-hvaldimir-intl-latam/index.html

 

[bcuster]

What became of this poor creature? Most likely shot & left to the vultures..

This canine prisoner of war is still held by Taliban captors

In February, 2014, Taliban insurgents released a video with what they claimed was a U.S. prisoner of war that they had captured the previous year. They

www.wearethemighty.com

Sadly, it’s hard to know if Colonel was ever rescued. British special operations forces from the Who Dares Wins Regiment volunteered to go find the dog and rescue him, but the British Defence Ministry called the mission “unlikely.”

Colonel has since been nominated for the Dicking Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

 

[bcuster]

The USN, in which I proudly served, is also far from blameless in treating animals cruelly:

Navy Dolphins Used In Cruel Experiments

The Navy doesn't seem to care about the comfort or wellbeing of dolphins.

www.idausa.org

 

[bcuster]

Historically, military service has been a losing proposition for equines:

Say “Neigh” to Abuse: On the Treatment of Horses and Mules in the Civil War

By Annika Jensen ’18 The stuffed head of Old Baldy, General George Meade’s favorite horse, can be found mounted on the wall of the Grand Army of the Republic Museum in Philadelphia. General R…

gettysburgcompiler.org

 

[iona]

How is that inaccurate reporting? They used to be able to be labelled free range for up to 16 weeks during mandatory housing measures, now they can be labelled free range for an indefinate period.

That wasn't what you said in your previous post though.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

How is that inaccurate reporting? They used to be able to be labelled free range for up to 16 weeks during mandatory housing measures, now they can be labelled free range for an indefinate period.

It's inaccurate reporting because the term isn't meaningless once measures have been lifted. In the UK, the measures were lifted in April.

Prior to that, labels I saw on the shelves stated that the birds had been kept indoors due to the restrictions.

I'm also not condoning the practice but that's the current situation. It is still possible to know if birds have had outdoor access or not. Currently, an egg you buy labelled free range does come from a bird with outdoor access.

There are lots of issues around the term 'free range', which doesn't quite mean what many people assume it does, but that's a separate point. Eg beak trimming, which is still done to most f/r hens and is a practice I would like to see banned.

Better to have a discussion based around the full facts, no? The full facts are bad enough.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

It's inaccurate reporting because the term isn't meaningless once measures have been lifted. In the UK, the measures were lifted in April.

Prior to that, labels I saw on the shelves stated that the birds had been kept indoors due to the restrictions.

I'm also not condoning the practice but that's the current situation. It is still possible to know if birds have had outdoor access or not. Currently, an egg you buy labelled free range does come from a bird with outdoor access.

There are lots of issues around the term 'free range', which doesn't quite mean what many people assume it does, but that's a separate point. Eg beak trimming, which is still done to most f/r hens and is a practice I would like to see banned.

Better to have a discussion based around the full facts, no? The full facts are bad enough.

Fair enough, should have said the label is now less meaningful than before.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

A Scottish fish farm that was supplying salmon to M&S this summer has admitted “unacceptable lapses” after a video revealed fish suffocating in breach of animal welfare standards. The RSPCA has temporarily suspended the farm from its animal welfare certification scheme.

Former M&S salmon supplier admits lapses over suffocation of fish

Scottish Sea Farms which provided the fish to the supermarket until recently says welfare breaches were ‘unacceptable’

www.thetimes.com

 

[Griff]

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This clip was released this morning showing the delightful behaviour of those fucking inbred foxhunting cunts.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Yet another 'RSPCA-assured' farm. Anybody noticing a pattern yet?

Workers at dairy farms supplying yoghurt giant Muller and Marks & Spencer hit cows with poles, kicked them and yelled abuse at them, undercover footage has revealed...

One employee – at an M&S poster farm for animal welfare standards – ran at a cow, angrily shouting “You’re f***ing r*****ed,” then appeared to jab her with a sharp object...

The floor of the large shed appears covered in excrement, and when one animal slips a worker calls out, “You f***ing b***h” and runs towards it, making the cow run to try to escape....

A worker repeats, “You f***ing b***h” as he kicks, slaps and knees a cow to make her stand.

Cows on M&S and Muller farms kicked, hit with chains and sworn at in violent scenes

Exclusive: Angry workers yell expletives at frightened animals and bash them with poles, secret filming shows

www.independent.co.uk

 

[bcuster]

Not quite institutional abuse, but barbaric nonetheless

Montana rancher gets 6 months in prison for creating hybrid sheep for captive hunting​

Captive hunting facilities, or shooting preserves, allow "allow trophy hunters to shoot animals who are fenced in," according to the Humane Society of the United States. "The animals are often semi-tame − some have even been hand raised or bottle fed by humans."

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2024/10/01/mo

 

[bcuster]

Horrible, but a happy ending (USA)

 

[manji]

I’m feel I have to express myself. I feel angry and disgusted, horrified at the enormity at the cruelty. From individual abuse to the industrial abuse.
I feel despair but also a feeling of helplessness. I’m a disabled pensioner living on basic money . What the fuck can I do ? For me part of the problem is I’ve really only become aware of the scale of the horror in the last couple of years before I was bogged down with work.
What can I do ? I live with a rescue cat . There’s a wooded area right near I live Badgers, foxes, numerous birds. I have great neighbours with similar views, we protect the area. We are aware developers would love to build on it.
We hassle the councillors to make them aware any attempt to build on there would meet with resistance
But really does that help ? I want to destroy the salmon farms, release the farm animals I know that’s irrational .
Totally overwhelmed by the cruelty, the carnage.
I am grateful there are people that put so much energy and effort in monitoring the abuse.

 

[scifisam]

Thanks for the thread, especially about the salmon - I didn't know it was as bad as that.

What became of this poor creature? Most likely shot & left to the vultures..

This canine prisoner of war is still held by Taliban captors

In February, 2014, Taliban insurgents released a video with what they claimed was a U.S. prisoner of war that they had captured the previous year. They

www.wearethemighty.com

Sadly, it’s hard to know if Colonel was ever rescued. British special operations forces from the Who Dares Wins Regiment volunteered to go find the dog and rescue him, but the British Defence Ministry called the mission “unlikely.”

Colonel has since been nominated for the Dicking Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

*Dickin, no g. Quite a significant typo there!

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I’m feel I have to express myself. I feel angry and disgusted, horrified at the enormity at the cruelty. From individual abuse to the industrial abuse.
I feel despair but also a feeling of helplessness. I’m a disabled pensioner living on basic money . What the fuck can I do ? For me part of the problem is I’ve really only become aware of the scale of the horror in the last couple of years before I was bogged down with work.
What can I do ? I live with a rescue cat . There’s a wooded area right near I live Badgers, foxes, numerous birds. I have great neighbours with similar views, we protect the area. We are aware developers would love to build on it.
We hassle the councillors to make them aware any attempt to build on there would meet with resistance
But really does that help ? I want to destroy the salmon farms, release the farm animals I know that’s irrational .
Totally overwhelmed by the cruelty, the carnage.
I am grateful there are people that put so much energy and effort in monitoring the abuse.

Hi Manji, I empathise, I feel overwhelmed by the scale of the horror as well, and the indifference/wilful ignorance of the general populace. I think it’s always better to do something rather than nothing. It could be anything as small as signing/sharing petitions or writing to your MP. If there are animal rights groups active in your area, consider manning a stall or handing out leaflets. If you’re on social media, share information. Speak to friends and family. You don’t need money or mobility, just a willingness to speak up!

 

[bcuster]

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This clip was released this morning showing the delightful behaviour of those fucking inbred foxhunting cunts.

barbarism. the ancient vandals were far less brutal

 

[frogwoman]

I’m feel I have to express myself. I feel angry and disgusted, horrified at the enormity at the cruelty. From individual abuse to the industrial abuse.
I feel despair but also a feeling of helplessness. I’m a disabled pensioner living on basic money . What the fuck can I do ? For me part of the problem is I’ve really only become aware of the scale of the horror in the last couple of years before I was bogged down with work.
What can I do ? I live with a rescue cat . There’s a wooded area right near I live Badgers, foxes, numerous birds. I have great neighbours with similar views, we protect the area. We are aware developers would love to build on it.
We hassle the councillors to make them aware any attempt to build on there would meet with resistance
But really does that help ? I want to destroy the salmon farms, release the farm animals I know that’s irrational .
Totally overwhelmed by the cruelty, the carnage.
I am grateful there are people that put so much energy and effort in monitoring the abuse.

I find it overwhelming too especially relating to cruelty to wildlife and total indifference by people in day to day life. I haven't managed to cut dairy out of my diet but I'm thinking about it due to health reasons (or at least substantially cutting down) I know I could do more and hope to at some point.

unless cats and dogs are involved (not saying that's not important mind) but if they're not involved in an incident of animal cruelty few people seem to care at times.

 

[8ball]

unless cats and dogs are involved (not saying that's not important mind) but if they're not involved in an incident of animal cruelty few people seem to care at times.

Cats are involved in multiple instances of animal cruelty every day.
They sometimes even bring the evidence to their humans as trophies.

Perhaps herbivorous companion animals should be encouraged.

 

[bcuster]

Chickens needlessly slaughtered

Iowa kills 1.3M chickens after sudden closure of processor Pure Prairie Poultry

The state had for weeks struggled to find a market for the birds, with prospective buyer Tyson Foods backing out at the last minute.

www.agriculturedive.com

Nearly 1M chickens will be killed on a Minnesota farm because of bird flu

Nearly 1 million chickens on a Minnesota egg farm will be slaughtered to help limit the spread of the highly contagious bird flu. The U.S.

apnews.com

In addition to the Minnesota case, the USDA said some 26,800 turkeys will be killed on a farm in McPherson County in South Dakota and nearly 17,000 birds will be slaughtered on two farms in Iowa’s Clay County.

 

[bcuster]

Now we're inflicting cross species diseases

Bird flu has been found in a pig for the first time in the U.S.​

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/30/nx-s1-5172615/bird-flu-pig-oregon-first-infection-h5n1

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Barbaric:

Monkeys flown into the UK for laboratory testing were so badly injured that their crates were smeared with blood, photographs suggest.

The long-tailed macaques endured journeys of up to 25 hours from Mauritius and Vietnam, transported in cramped wooden crates too small for them to stand upright.

Monkeys seen ‘injured and terrified’ in blood-soaked plane crates heading to UK labs

Exclusive: New photos reveal how primates are shipped as cargo confined in small crates

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Undercover footage has revealed “systemic” violence being inflicted on boars at a Norfolk farm linked to those supplying pork and ham to UK supermarkets – including some boasting high-welfare labels.

In harrowing scenes, workers repeatedly hit the animals with pitchforks and pipes, the investigation found.

Over 781 hours of secret filming by Animal Justice Project (AJP) showed the boars enduring relentless mistreatment, including being kicked and beaten when they resisted mounting stools used for semen collection.

Pigs beaten with pitchforks at farm linked to supermarket suppliers, footage shows

Exclusive: First investigation of its kind at farm supplying semen to pigs reveals ‘violence for violence’s sake’ against animals

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Three slaughterhouses suspended from RSPCA assurance scheme after an investigation by animal rising showed animals being excessively roughly handled and incorrectly stunned:

Cameras film ‘horrendous practices’ at RSPCA-approved abattoirs (paywalled)

From the Animal Rising Press statement:

As part of a dedicated team of investigators, we worked round the clock installing hidden cameras in four slaughterhouses, and watched hundreds of hours of horrific footage. What we uncovered is nothing short of systemic animal cruelty:

• In one slaughterhouse, 85% of pigs were stunned incorrectly, potentially leaving them conscious during slaughter. Terrified animals watched others being killed or stunned before them.
• In another, 96% of cows were prodded with electric sticks, a practice banned by the RSPCA, while 46% showed clear signs of panic or tried to escape.
• Perhaps most disturbing of all was the frequent verbal and physical abuse from workers.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

New data on the (lack of) enforcement of UK animal 'protection' law. For the period 2022-23, the Animal Law Foundation find:

• 2.5% of farms were inspected.
• Approximately 22% of inspections on farms identified non-compliance
• fewer than 1% of cases of non-compliance were prosecuted

Reports — Animal Law Foundation

animallawfoundation.org

 

[Jeff Robinson]

A rare piece of good news, the court of appeal effectively ruled yesterday that it’s illegal for farmers to keep breeds of chickens that will suffer health and welfare detriments by virtue of their breed.

In effect this means that virtually all chicken farmers are acting illegally because fast growth genotype and phenotype breeds are industry standard. And the science is clear: such breeds inevitably suffer terribly. Farmers who keep such breeds will now be liable to prosecution.

https://thehumaneleague.org.uk/article/judge-rules-on-historic-frankenchicken-case