PETA Calls for 'Compassionate' Thanksgiving

cnsnews.com ^ | November 21, 2001 | By Jason Pierce

[steve-b]

Are there farms that specialise in "nice" animal husbandry?

His educational career began, interestingly enough, in agricultural school, where he majored in animal husbandry, until they... caught him at it one day....
  --Tom Lehrer

[BobinIL]

My family Thanksgiving day tradition is Duck hunting in the morning, a big turkey dinner in the afternoon and football the rest of the day. I think PETA is not being very sensitive to my cultural backgound.

[cake_crumb]

This Tofurkey stuff and all this crapola from PETA reminds me of a short story I wrote, called The Corps. In it, the political left has taken over the world. Cars are illegal. Eating meat is illegal, and accidentally running over a woodchuck with your horse and wagon will, at best, get you a stiff fine. In the story, they did creative things with tofu, too. Scary.

IMHO, "Tofurkey" makes me think of the sound we make after eating too many bean products.

[Fresh Wind]

Some years ago, faced with the annual United Way "dash for cash" where I worked, I started noticing just what the money I gave went for. While they do support a great number of legitimate, worthwhile charities, they also support a number of organizations which have goals that are objectionable for one who opposes abortion, environmental whackoism, and the general moral decay of our society. For a while, I was directing my contribution to specific charities, but have learned recently that such designations are largely ignored. Once they started publishing the overhead percentages for all of their members, I opted not to contribute any further. Some had overhead as high as 70%. Fortunately, my employer was not one who made the contributions mandatory, as some apparently do. Your direct contribution will always be welcomed by a charity of which you approve, and less of it will wasted on administrative costs (perks for management).

[cake_crumb]

"They are forced to breathe toxic fumes in crowded sheds as their beaks and toes are cut off [ WHAT the heck?? ] to reduce damage from stress-induced aggression."

I wonder what planet this moron is from? The toes of turkeys are not "cut off". The SPURS are clipped, just like taking the dew claw off a dog. This keeps the toms from killing each other. Just like roosters, they have a pecking order and LOVE to fight.

The spurs are taken off barnyard roosters for exactly the same reason.

Another note about turkeys: they are very, very aggressive. That's another reason for removing the spurs, unless you LIKE the idea of hemorrhaging. Farm bred ones that run loose will attack you. Carry a big stick for protection.

Actually, after ducking a big tom long enough, the meat will taste 100 times better on Thanksgiving. Revenge is a great seasoning.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!

[Silly]

If God didn't want us to eat turkeys, why did He make them out of meat?

[cake_crumb]

"Can't vouch for turkeys, but that's true for guinea hens."

They sure ARE dumb. And so was my family. We moved here from the city, during the '70's Back-to-the-Land movement. We subscribed to Mother Earth News, read all the Foxfire books, 5 Acres and Independence...all that stuff. We'd read in one of those books that guinea hens make good "watchdogs" and are hard to breed. The only thing we knew from experience about them was that they're delicious when cooked right.

We brought a pair. Named them Luigi and Maria. Luigi and Maria apparently never heard that Guinea hens have a hard time reproducing. Over the first summer, they had 18 nests - at different times - that we knew of.

Of all those eggs, there were 43 chicks which survived foxes, coons, and other predators. We added an extra coop next to the chicken coop and penned them up.

There is no sound which can compare to the racket put up by 45 guinea hens, in "watch mode" every single time any of us went anywhere near that blasted pen.

[GnL]

Hey, I didn't work my way to the top of the food chain so that I could eat Tofurkey!

[Cold Heat]

As a Zocor eating meat lover, I say YUUUCCCKKKKK! AAAAACCCCCKKKKK PPPPEEETTTUUUIIIEEEEEEEE!

[Grit]

Who knew vegetarians were so ugly?

I did, for one. Something very 'unhealthy' looking about most. Although it could just be that most don't bathe either. You know, getting in touch with nature and all that. :o)

[wbill]

All over it already. I like the Salvation Army - they help when needed and don't ask questions. Toys for Tots....last I knew, 98% of donations went directly to charity, not some fatcat. And of course, local charities.

[SamAdams76]

[tubebender]

"Do not kill your turkey". We solved this little matter years ago. We buy them already dead!

[LaBradford22]

What? No barf alert? Any article with "PETA" in it is a super-duper-triple-duty-Hefty-bag barf alert for me...

[Grit]

You guys are all very insensitive! I for one, will be heeding Peta's call this season. I will not eat a turkey. We are having goose-liver pate and veal. (after we go pheasant hunting)

[MissAmericanPie]

ROFLOL

[kachina]

I just remembered we didn't buy a whole turkey this year, just the breast.

After their double mastectomy, will Medi-care pay for breast implants?

[Nineteen_Kilo]

P.E.T.A.

People Eating Tasty Animals

[calmseas]

I'll set an extra place at the table for the poor Turkey this Thanksgiving--right next to my dog.

[cake_crumb]

"After their double mastectomy, will Medi-care pay for breast implants?"

I think PETA members should donate their money to a fund for those, as well as prosthetic toes for all the toe-less, two-legged turkeys out there.