tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post7397208744802076020..comments2023-10-07T09:31:12.335-07:00Comments on Loos Tales Network: Nothing humane about animal agricultureTrent Looshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17720960660243685353noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-91299350173789126262015-02-05T17:14:51.836-08:002015-02-05T17:14:51.836-08:00Awesome article, I am the wife of a farmer that go...Awesome article, I am the wife of a farmer that goes out in the below zero weather at ANY time of the day or night to make sure our animals are safe. those who think that pigs are in those crates all of their lives are apparently living in a box themselves! I think those who think that should spend a few months(or years) working on a farm following in the steps of our farmers and LEARN something Anita Loos (no relaton to author)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-74555607547945678612015-02-05T16:18:22.115-08:002015-02-05T16:18:22.115-08:00I raise pigs as well and couldn't imagine putt...I raise pigs as well and couldn't imagine putting a sow in the farrowing crate. What are your feeling Trent about gestation crates? I just couldn't imagine looking a sow in the eyes while they are in a farrowing crate and thinking that was the life the sow would choose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghq_LCIgdukNate Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-83836972187520536062015-02-05T14:59:31.155-08:002015-02-05T14:59:31.155-08:00You bleeding heart righteous...get a life! You act...You bleeding heart righteous...get a life! You act as if pigs/cow/sheep have souls...they are dumb animals that were created for 1 purpose-feeding those of us who have souls, appetites, and sometimes...clearly thinking brains which we use most of!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943763562915998601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-83983643555354533012015-02-05T11:50:19.136-08:002015-02-05T11:50:19.136-08:00Have you ever seen sows housed together? It's ...Have you ever seen sows housed together? It's like the world we live in. The bigger and stronger pick on the smaller and weak. If given an option sows choose the confinement over the open. There's a YouTube video on it. I worked as a farrowing manager for 4 years on multiple farms. All are given the best possible care and have better living arrangements and medical care than people. Kimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-55822833941289853852015-02-05T11:33:56.611-08:002015-02-05T11:33:56.611-08:00I think you have missed the point completely David...I think you have missed the point completely David. Look up the word Humane and see what the definition says.....Ted Ladnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-82379480971659252082015-02-05T10:20:08.713-08:002015-02-05T10:20:08.713-08:00Great article! Unless you have lived on a farm an...Great article! Unless you have lived on a farm and cared for animals throughout all sorts of weather, birth, illness, and death then you really have no idea what it is like. I guess that is what frustrates me the most, the masses of people being influenced by a news story here and there and then become experts on how animals are raised. Farmgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-58159072847959908312015-02-05T09:57:07.326-08:002015-02-05T09:57:07.326-08:00As a rancher that frequents health and nutrition w...As a rancher that frequents health and nutrition websites and boards, I'm pretty sure neither side understands the other. For instance, I find the way some chickens are raised repugnant (in crates stacked one on the other with so little room they can't stand up), but on the other hand I know that it's not possible for them to be frolicking out in green pastures with rainbows and TamikaMarianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-48065919818010693012015-02-05T09:00:12.034-08:002015-02-05T09:00:12.034-08:00I am surprised you only have one comment so far fr...I am surprised you only have one comment so far from a Vegan......Their minds will never be changed, so no need to waste time and energy trying to do so.The real righteousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-766045852973422652015-02-05T08:45:51.156-08:002015-02-05T08:45:51.156-08:00Yeah, very well said. I was raised on the farm. Lo...Yeah, very well said. I was raised on the farm. Loved that life. loved the animals. Yes there were times when temps were so cold, blizzard going on, school was called off. You still had to go outside to care for the animals. We learned so much as kids growing up. Sitting under a heat lamp helping a sow deliver. Making sure everything would be OK. Keep up the great work. cindy menningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-55693344660268083262015-02-05T08:22:07.206-08:002015-02-05T08:22:07.206-08:00well I find this story intriguing. I am not sure w...well I find this story intriguing. I am not sure what the take away is. Should we not strive to treat animals with some basic level of comfort. Most sows in the U.S. spend their reproductive lives confined to a gestation crate. These crates are barely bigger than the sow’s body and prohibit her from turning around. I am not okay with that. Are you Trent?Mylesofsmyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07956228007827773168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-14502869645026818572015-02-05T07:50:27.678-08:002015-02-05T07:50:27.678-08:00Who has lost their rights? The sow to live in a c...Who has lost their rights? The sow to live in a crate for a couple months while the piglets are nursing or the piglets the right to live by not having the mother kill them by laying on them.<br />TedTed nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16503867911782656814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-31506447985178834872015-02-05T07:06:18.893-08:002015-02-05T07:06:18.893-08:00I raise cattle.
Nothing humane? They are grazers....I raise cattle. <br />Nothing humane? They are grazers. I plant grasses, legumes, clovers, provide the best water and natural water. Maintain natural shelters, ponds, streams. Feed them all they can eat in the winter along w/grain. <br /><br />I guess I should be more like you once were if you think this is in-humane (?)<br /><br />Your blog is troubling and one sided.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578054391756661653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-18077303906944605512015-02-05T07:03:52.392-08:002015-02-05T07:03:52.392-08:00So you consider yourself 'The Righteous'. ...So you consider yourself 'The Righteous'. I consider you to be 'The Ignorant with a Keyboard'. It is evident you nothing of livestock farming. Sows are in a farrowing crate for maybe 3 or 4 weeks at a time. That's all. Easy to tell that you're an uninformed city slicker.Livestock Farmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-8485319404204523392015-02-05T06:58:35.638-08:002015-02-05T06:58:35.638-08:00The righteous, farmers like myself bust our asses...The righteous, farmers like myself bust our asses so people like you have food in front of you. We put in more hours in a day than you ever will. We care for our livestock, food animals, in the best way possible so you can eat, and in an affordable way. You have no clue. ..don't tall with your mouth full. ..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229762220375316863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-59401077574519594152015-02-05T06:41:03.540-08:002015-02-05T06:41:03.540-08:00Excellent. People that think otherwise need to spe...Excellent. People that think otherwise need to spend a couple of weeks tagging along with you to find out what it is really like. Todd in KSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-21962470248869758252015-02-05T05:50:05.277-08:002015-02-05T05:50:05.277-08:00i think the push for pasture raised meat has more ...i think the push for pasture raised meat has more to do with the nutrition of that meat once it reaches the plate as than the humane treatment of the creatures. The good stuff they get from consuming grasses and seeing sunshine (vitamin D please!) instead of corn or processed feed transfers into thier meat, mmmm bacon! Not to mention decreased needs for drugs when they aren't packed in a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592354602126596865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-36950346382480466192015-02-05T05:04:14.126-08:002015-02-05T05:04:14.126-08:00Thankfully the truth is finally being brought to l... Thankfully the truth is finally being brought to light. The farming industry, as so well put by this blogger, is only interested in "bacon makers", not the comfort and welfare of a thinking feeling being. It's all about profit and people are now demanding better for food animals. The people involved in this industry have to try to justify their cruel practices in order to be able Erinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-14204570432870361012015-02-05T04:24:19.138-08:002015-02-05T04:24:19.138-08:00You need to do some research on how pigs are raise...You need to do some research on how pigs are raised. Knowledge is power.D Fitswellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-10999340496495067112015-02-05T03:03:53.644-08:002015-02-05T03:03:53.644-08:00The pig isn't inside a crate it's entire l...The pig isn't inside a crate it's entire life, it is housed to give birth and rear that litter. Animals are not sentient, they are instinctual "self-righteous" and are bred for a purpose, which farmers and ranchers understand means that a well fed, content animal results in more profit and a better eating experience for the consumer, insuring they remain consumers. But ignorancerobert groomhttp://www.tullyfergus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-85227318348874595252015-02-04T20:53:18.271-08:002015-02-04T20:53:18.271-08:00Trent, I really enjoyed reading this blog. My Dad ...Trent, I really enjoyed reading this blog. My Dad liked to tell me a story about spending a very cold night in the farrowing shed on his family's farm helping with the birth of pigs. He went back to his house where my Grandma had made some breakfast for him, then went back to the barn where he'd found that the sow had rolled over and smothered all of the pigs. Needless to say, he wasn'Crystal Perrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-64969315695065701762015-02-04T20:20:08.427-08:002015-02-04T20:20:08.427-08:00This article is awful. How about I stick you insid...This article is awful. How about I stick you inside a crate for your entire life and see how you like it ? That little time outside is the only time the sow gets to enjoy life before it is slaughtered... So let's say the same for you. You are born, raised for a few years in a small crate and then slaughtered. Some life huh? These are real sentient animals.... Think about that. The righteousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-38947980931886149212015-02-04T20:14:48.835-08:002015-02-04T20:14:48.835-08:00Very well stated. I just returned from the barn, a...Very well stated. I just returned from the barn, assisting new ewes with 1st time lambs. Cold and snow and I have been at it since 7 AM, it is now 11PM. Will begin tomorrow all over again.Warren Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-81837639506009526752015-02-04T19:22:20.861-08:002015-02-04T19:22:20.861-08:00It was warm at your place.
I came out of the fin...It was warm at your place. <br /><br />I came out of the finisher unit the other morning, the temp was -5. Inside it was a nice warm 67 degrees. <br /><br />Thanks for writing this. You are spot on. farmer Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-59206460900886766602015-02-04T18:50:33.739-08:002015-02-04T18:50:33.739-08:00Thank you. The sour taste I've experienced ha...Thank you. The sour taste I've experienced has been the use of the same and similar as selling points to people looking toward becoming involved in raising their own animals. It makes my skin crawl. It sows disappointment like a seed that sprouts and grows, when things don't go as 'pretty' as they were told. And animals get caught in the shuffle, because they don't have Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121820035844661657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138607.post-29193818855334184182015-02-04T17:41:38.275-08:002015-02-04T17:41:38.275-08:00Thank you Trent for telling the real story of why ...Thank you Trent for telling the real story of why we have modern pork production and the reason why we will be able to feed the people in this world in the future! Just as no one wants to saddle up their horse to go to work, modern pork production has tripled the amount of pigs we raise because they are more comfortable and provide the consumer a safer product. Just as every father wants to know Jim Cnoreply@blogger.com