[restornu]

We had also on the local news of two cable people in New Jersey had tied a kitten on the back of a truck and after they could not tell if the Kitten was M/F.

The Cable co Supended them until future notice now I hear they won't be fired. Some how I think consumer should complain.

What I don't like about local news is that the reporter is suppose to like pets he tells the story in such a way to get listeners it makes me sick.

I truly cry when I see the down cows and how they are treated. I think like a a horse they should be shot put out of misery.

The greed is so great they have put them in the food chain which I can't understand.

I am always thankful for meat I eat but I would never ignore or cause pain.

[Darksheare]

Well, in NJ a couple years back a farmer beat that rabid rat to death with a broomstick and they were going to hang him out to dry over it.
(After all, it was cruelty to an animal.)

Well, the newsies initially played it up as if the heroic rabid rat was defending itself from the evil encroachment of the farmer. (But not in those words. It was more like "feel sorry for the poor rat.")

When the public outcry got loud enough, they changed their tune and attempted to spin their previous reports to fit their new position.
The farmer was let go, but told that they'd "be keeping an eye on him."

[Servant of the 9]

The greed is so great they have put them in the food chain which I can't understand.

It's not greed, it is practicality.
If you shoot it, what do you do with 1500 pounds of rotting carcass?
Trying to do anything with a cow that has died on the ranch is a logistical nightmare. Ranchers just don't have any equipmaent to deal with them. You generally have to get someone to come with a backhoe for a day to dig a hole that big.
You have to get them into a trailer while they can still try to help. Whether you take them to a slaughter house or a rendering plant, they will be treated the same. Since most downer cows have some physical injury rather than a disease there is no reason not to eat them.

So9