MY PAPER WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2009
MY SAY
I REFER to “Buying a fur coat? Watch this video first” (my paper, Oct 19).
Sadly, the horrible treatment suffered by raccoon dogs on fur farms highlighted is also inflicted on animals raised for food.
We treat chickens, pigs and other animals as if they are mere objects, when, in fact, they are intelligent, feeling fellow beings, as revealed by researchers.
Imagine how we humans would feel if more intelligent beings from another planet took a liking to human flesh and treated us the way we treat chickens, fishes and pigs, for example.
This cruelty is graphically documented in videos such as “Meet Your Meat” at www.goveg.com/factoryFarming.asp
Mr George Jacobs
President,
Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
