We'll I can understand where it is all comming from but let's face it, half of us eat meat. The facilities are not as bad as in farms in other European countries where most of the meat is comming from. If you look at label in tesco meat is from Poland, Holand. Facilities in farms in Poland are nowhere near English standards, but the cheapest price I've seen there is £3 a kg. Over there the price of 1kg pork in supermarket is 1.29 euro. It's sad how the animals are treated, but We are still going to eat it. If yo take religion for example. Muslims they pray and kill. I'll say that's cruelty. Think of it, you pray to kill someone and once you prayed the food is clean. Plus you are innocent.
Piglets do fight with each other quite often and they do kill. Farmers sometime don't just have time to clean the cage if the animal died. So I don't think it's that bad. As if it was, the pork would have been taken off the shelves and it was all over the TV.
I might be wrong but that is my opinion.
cburns
18 Nov 151#2
Shocking the way they treat animals now......We are going backwards in respect for live...all live :disappointed:
honeymonster86 to cburns
18 Nov 15#3
Yep, Live TV, Live Scores, Live Streaming, Live News, Live Bands, Live Chat, Live Debates, Live Horse Racing on Channel. There' so much good live stuff. :wink:
Yep, respect for life though. :smiley:
pupmaster
18 Nov 152#4
I might stick to lettuce and tomatoes after reading that .......oooooh BLT
229mel
19 Nov 15#6
lol no its not 1.29euro/kg... I live there and drive through those countries several times a year.
Its more like 4euros/kg for the cheapest meat..
229mel
19 Nov 15#7
remember that face next time you open a garlic sausage bought for 59p
solonely
19 Nov 15#8
I`m a total meat lover and even more pet lover ( 2 lovely spaniels ) but I can not see today why there is any reason at all to make any animal suffer in life or death, please remember pigs have a higher IQ than most family dogs, so we should put them peacefully to sleep before slaughter, just the same for sheep, cows and even chickens.
rostislavmalickis
19 Nov 151#9
You simply can't put them to sleep as the medicine will stay in their system and it will harm human. There is a way to kill animal so it can be eaten. You even can't eat the pig, sheep, etc if the animal died naturally.
Been to Poland last month there was pork on offer in tesco for €1.30 kg, chicken wings there are €0.90. Chicken legs €1.10. Talking about lamb it is a bit more expensive and tastes bad.
aym280
19 Nov 15#10
I must say looking at the chicken knuckles from Tesco chicken, I know that these poor creatures have been kneeling on their own excrement before they are killed. My heart sinks and I often wonder if I could keep my own chicken. At least, they are free to roam and no growth hormones will be used. Imagine what our children are eating day in day out. These animals are so intensely farmed, never see daylight and sit down their own excrement, pumped up in hormones...
yrreb88 to aym280
19 Nov 151#12
You may be pleased to hear that no growth hormones, steroids etc are used in the EU. :wink:
quasijock
19 Nov 15#11
This offer is brilliant. Last time it was on (2 months ago?) I bought loads. They freeze well and when cooked are delicious. Just cook them long and slow in a crockpot (after removing the skin and most of the fat) with your favourite veg, herbs, spices, marinades, cider etc. There's lots of free recipes on the internet if you search for them.
Their pork shanks were on offer as well last week at my local Morrisons store for £1 each. Again, slow-cooked to perfection and fed 2 adults each shank
djwilko
20 Nov 15#13
Will be getting some t
MR GUS
26 Nov 15#14
Good deal, & a lot of sense from rostislavmalickis.
It's the same with Horses when they are shot the hunt knacker van is called, however if its been an emergency vet call out & the horse has died having drugs pumped into it, it is not suitable for the hounds.
(& please, this is just life, past & present within the sport, no nasty comments please, the carcass is utilised as it should be if a clean death rather than wasted).
MR GUS
3 Dec 15#15
Just to update, this was INstore @ the Cardea store last night on the edge of Peterborough. (frozen, mid aisle freezer)
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Shocking footage reveals appalling conditions pigs are kept in at farm http://dailym.ai/1Lt4wyy
Piglets do fight with each other quite often and they do kill. Farmers sometime don't just have time to clean the cage if the animal died. So I don't think it's that bad. As if it was, the pork would have been taken off the shelves and it was all over the TV.
I might be wrong but that is my opinion.
Yep, respect for life though. :smiley:
Its more like 4euros/kg for the cheapest meat..
remember that face next time you open a garlic sausage bought for 59p
Been to Poland last month there was pork on offer in tesco for €1.30 kg, chicken wings there are €0.90. Chicken legs €1.10. Talking about lamb it is a bit more expensive and tastes bad.
Their pork shanks were on offer as well last week at my local Morrisons store for £1 each. Again, slow-cooked to perfection and fed 2 adults each shank
It's the same with Horses when they are shot the hunt knacker van is called, however if its been an emergency vet call out & the horse has died having drugs pumped into it, it is not suitable for the hounds.
(& please, this is just life, past & present within the sport, no nasty comments please, the carcass is utilised as it should be if a clean death rather than wasted).