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| This is how chickens should be treated. |
Think of how small and vulnerable chickens are. They don't have a chance against humans. What people do to them is absolutely horrible. I've mentioned before how I'm always being offended by people's callus attitude toward many animals: especially "food" animals. I was watching a TV show, when a couple of characters started talking about chicken. One of them called chicken the "queen of meats," and the other laughed. This was obviously supposed to be funny. I didn't even smile. I was offended. When I think of chickens, I think of animals who need to be liberated incredibly badly; I don't think of them as meat. To make a joke about chickens being nothing more than meat is disgusting. To laugh at their suffering is unbelievably shitty.
That was yesterday. Today, I stopped watching a movie, because a scene began in which a guy chased a terrified chicken around, as other people helped contain the chicken to a certain area. Again, I'm pretty sure this was supposed to be funny. Once again, I didn't think it was remotely funny; I was offended. Seeing a chicken who is running scared, trying to get away from people, is just a sad reminder of the way things are. People terrorize chickens, on a massive scale, everyday.
It's so sad that chickens, and those who want to liberate them, face such an uphill battle.
