Animals should not be harmed, caged or force fed for the sake of cheap food. It makes people feel very worthy to say 'I buy free range organic you know. Happy food from happy animals. It costs a bit more but it is important and I like to do my bit.' There is nothing fundamentally wrong with this view. It seems to have become the done thing to be 'right on' with animal rights but does anyone bother to think about the human cost?
News articles this week exposed the modern day enslavement of exploited Eastern Europeans kept in battery accommodation and paid virtually nothing via un-cashable cheques. Appalling and degrading treatment of fellow humans all for the sake of happy chickens. Also, in a hypocritical twist, the willingness to pay more for some foods has to be offset by a desire for the cheapest possible price on milk. The impact of this? Farmers who can no longer afford basics for their own table because the supermarket dictated sale of their product only delivers a loss never mind a meagre profit. Rant over but maybe we should all start pushing for labelling on food that covers ethical production for humans and not just animals.
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