(08-20-2018, 07:41 PM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote:

Quote:North Carolina is one of the biggest hog-farming states in the US, with about 9 million pigs being raised on some 2,300 farms. That equals a lot of manure—about 10 billion pounds of wet animal waste are produced in the state a year, according to the Waterkeeper Alliance. Farms store the pigs’ feces in uncovered, earthen lagoons, some the size of football fields. And now they’re at risk of becoming a public health hazard when Hurricane Florence touches down.

The storm is set to sweep through North Carolina on Thursday or Friday, and the manure lagoons are squarely in its path. A farming journal urged hog farmers to prepare for the storm.

We’ve seen this before: 2016’s Hurricane Matthew inundated 14 hog manure lagoons. In the days leading up to the hurricane’s landfall, some farmers pumped waste out of their lagoons and hauled it away in an effort to limit the damage. Hurricane Floyd in 1999 did much worse, flooding “dozens” of hog lagoons and causing half a dozen lagoons’ containing walls to fail. The liquid waste that escaped eventually wound up in estuaries, and was blamed for algae blooms and fish kills.

Floodwaters that come in contact with hog feces make for a toxic soup, and raises fears about the potential for bacteria from the pig feces to contaminate North Carolina’s groundwater.

Quote:Stone said that relocating animals in the storm zone was not an option for many farmers. "Nobody would have the capacity to handle your animals," Stone said. "That's not really an option."

Quote:Ropes and fishing gear wrapped around a humpback whale discovered in the Bay of Fundy "very likely" played a role in the animal's death, says the director of the Marine Animal Response Society.

Tonya Wimmer was part of a team on a Canadian Coast Guard boat that located the whale Saturday evening, floating in an area between Long Island and Brier Island, N.S. 

"There was a trap on the animal as well, there may be more or an anchor perhaps. The animal was quite weighted down," she said.  "It's a pretty horrific way for this animal to die."

Called Peajack, the whale was a breeding female and a familiar sight in the area for years.

(09-19-2018, 01:47 PM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote: Pigs rank as one of the smartest and most sentient animals on this planet.

Pigs can learn how to navigate a maze, use a lever or pulley to access food, and also can play computer games.

Pig mothers sing to their babies while they suckle.

Pigs can learn their names within a week of being born.

The average pig is much, much smarter than the average dog.

This is a picture of individual, sentient, intelligent beings, who are on their way to be slaughtered after a life of confinement and torture.

(09-19-2018, 01:55 PM)blossom Wrote:

(09-19-2018, 01:47 PM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote: Pigs rank as one of the smartest and most sentient animals on this planet.

Pigs can learn how to navigate a maze, use a lever or pulley to access food, and also can play computer games.

Pig mothers sing to their babies while they suckle.

Pigs can learn their names within a week of being born.

The average pig is much, much smarter than the average dog.

This is a picture of individual, sentient, intelligent beings, who are on their way to be slaughtered after a life of confinement and torture.

Their eyes show so much pain and fear.  

This move marks the first time a state has taken action against animal testing on such a large scale, and supporters believe it will deliver a global message."

(09-24-2018, 12:55 PM)xise Wrote: Warning Semi-Graphic 2 Minute Video (They use blurring).



https://www.facebook.com/virtueforanimals/videos/844728555731204/

I'm posting this because I think it's important for people to see what actually goes on in the dairy industry and how they deal with male calves.

(09-24-2018, 12:55 PM)xise Wrote: Warning Semi-Graphic 2 Minute Video (They use blurring).



https://www.facebook.com/virtueforanimals/videos/844728555731204/

I'm posting this because I think it's important for people to see what actually goes on in the dairy industry and how they deal with male calves.

(09-24-2018, 12:55 PM)xise Wrote: Warning Semi-Graphic 2 Minute Video (They use blurring).

https://www.facebook.com/virtueforanimals/videos/844728555731204/

I'm posting this because I think it's important for people to see what actually goes on in the dairy industry and how they deal with male calves.

(09-25-2018, 04:15 PM)Patrick Wrote:

(09-24-2018, 12:55 PM)xise Wrote: Warning Semi-Graphic 2 Minute Video (They use blurring).

https://www.facebook.com/virtueforanimals/videos/844728555731204/

I'm posting this because I think it's important for people to see what actually goes on in the dairy industry and how they deal with male calves.

When they say at the end that "they go to waste".  Is this literal?  Like not even using their meat for food ?
 

(09-25-2018, 05:43 PM)xise Wrote:

(09-25-2018, 04:15 PM)Patrick Wrote:

(09-24-2018, 12:55 PM)xise Wrote: Warning Semi-Graphic 2 Minute Video (They use blurring).

https://www.facebook.com/virtueforanimals/videos/844728555731204/

I'm posting this because I think it's important for people to see what actually goes on in the dairy industry and how they deal with male calves.

When they say at the end that "they go to waste".  Is this literal?  Like not even using their meat for food ?
 

Exactly.

Not sure if eating one-day old babies would be that much better though?

(09-25-2018, 09:14 PM)Patrick Wrote:

(09-25-2018, 05:43 PM)xise Wrote:

(09-25-2018, 04:15 PM)Patrick Wrote:

(09-24-2018, 12:55 PM)xise Wrote: Warning Semi-Graphic 2 Minute Video (They use blurring).

https://www.facebook.com/virtueforanimals/videos/844728555731204/

I'm posting this because I think it's important for people to see what actually goes on in the dairy industry and how they deal with male calves.

When they say at the end that "they go to waste".  Is this literal?  Like not even using their meat for food ?
 

Exactly.

Not sure if eating one-day old babies would be that much better though?

From my current perspective, it makes a world of difference.  I guess one could say that it was not for nothing, that it was so that others could be fed from the mother's milk.  At my house we converted to lacto-ovo.  I am aware that babies are getting killed as collateral to produce the milk, but at least I thought their meat would be used by those still eating it.  But this is just ridiculous.  My household is still in transition and stupid stuff like this makes me want to speed up things.  Ah well !  Just another thing to add to the quasi infinite pile of stuff to learn to accept...  I must remind myself again that I am not here to fix it.
 

(10-05-2018, 11:56 PM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote: The first step to changing our behavior is acknowledging that we want to change our behavior. So, hey, good luck on whatever path you choose to take.

(10-08-2018, 03:50 PM)Nía Wrote: Just because I just had those tabs open.

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(10-08-2014, 02:36 AM)Bring4th_Plenum Wrote: Ever since I got back from Homecoming 2014 at the start of September (about 5 weeks now) I've initiated a series of changes to my life.  This is not unusual; other members and other attendees have also reported a similiar change of tact.  It's like something gets re-awakened or re-connected by being in such a positive space.  So many people, and so much clear heart radiation.

We talk about love.  We even experience with friends and significant others.  But the Law of Squares being what it is, when there is a grouped collection of aligned individuals such as at Homecoming, the effects can only be described as being Transcendent.