[Posted October 3, 2009]

World Farm Animals Day - Why not every day?

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Humane slaughter an oxymoron

World Farm Animals Day Oct 2, 2009 -

Animal Slaughter

World Farm Animals Day is supported by people of conscience who are outraged by the abuses suffered by animals raised for food.

Regardless of the treatment animals face during their short lives, they will invariably face these slaughter conditions. Their lives will be cut short, and they will face a cruel death. Cows, who can live up to 25 years naturally, are killed after only six months when they are raised for beef, while broiler chickens are allowed a mere 5-7 weeks of life.

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Karma kills

Violence at the Table A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Exploitation of the lower species is very sinful, and someone who exploits will be thrown again into those lower species of life—"You took advantage: now again you will be thrown down, and you will be taken advantage of." Karma applies to everyone. ...Animal killing is vicious. It throws the living entity in the human body back into the lower strata of material existence, checking his progress so that he loses his opportunity for self-realization. more

Slaughter is betrayal

excerpt from A Second Chance, "Betrayed by Leaders"

Another symptom of Kali-yuga is the abominable practice of animal slaughter. In this age animals are kept nicely sheltered, completely confident that their masters will protect them, but unfortunately as soon as the animals are fat, they are immediately sent for slaughter. Such cruelty is condemned by Vaishnavas like the Vishnudutas. Indeed, hellish conditions of extreme suffering await the sinful men responsible for such cruelty. One who betrays the confidence of a living entity who takes shelter of him in good faith, whether that living entity be a human being or an animal, is extremely sinful. Because such betrayals now go unpunished by the government, all of human society is terribly contaminated. The people of this age are therefore described as mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya hy upadrutah [Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.10]. As a consequence of such sinfulness, men are condemned (mandah), their intelligence is unclear (sumanda-matayah), they are unfortunate (manda-bhagyah), and therefore they are always disturbed by many problems (upadrutah). This is their situation in this life, and after death they are punished in hellish conditions.

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