Some of you old timers may remember Arnold the pig on a TV show called Green Acres. Arnold liked to lie on the sofa and watch television. Well, Bruce Friedrich of Farm Sanctuary, an animal protection organization is coordinating a new project that would have us all put farm animals in the same light as dogs and cats, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The reason people eat chicken and not cats is because people think dogs and cats are more cognitively sophisticated that species that we eat, according to Friedrich. Lori Marino, the lead scientist for the project, said, "The point is not to rank these animals but to re-educate people about who they are - farm animals. They are very sophisticated animals."
The intent is to move people to not eating animals at all. I’m pretty sure that will not work out. Allow me to illustrate with an old story.
A city slicker reporter decided he would write about life on the farm. He arranged to meet with an old farmer to get a tour and fill him in on farm life. While there, he noticed a pig with three legs. One of his legs and hind quarters was missing and had been replaced with what looked like a training wheel from a bicycle so he could get around. The reporter asked if the pig had been born deformed. "Nope," the old farmer said. "We had a fire awhile back and that pig ran into the house and woke everybody up. Had it not been for that pig, we would have all died in the fire."
"Wow!" said the reporter. "I guess he was seriously injured in the fire?" The old farmer said, "Nope." The reporter continued, "I don’t understand." The farmer looked at the city reporter and said, "Son, you don’t eat a pig like that all at one time."
Cleaning up after a dog or cat is bad enough. Just imagine a cow in the house.
You're going to need a really big litter box.
PMO
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