Nine billion animals are
slaughtered each year in the U.S. alone so that those who
consumer them can go to an early grave; these animals are kept
in miserable conditions of confinement and then dismembered
while they are still conscious and alive. our culture is on
the cusp of change regarding factory farming and
slaughterhouse cruelties, so we urge you to become aware of
your food choices and become a part of this new history.
- Professor Steven Best The Glass Wall LINKS Jan 3, 2002 - So
You're an Environmentalist; Why Are You Still Eating Meat?
Peta Undercover Investigation - Cows
Are Cool In the News - Animal
Rights page
by WantNoMeat@aol.com
If slaughterhouses had a glass wall
and you had to see your dinner fall
Would you still eat with no concern
or from it would you learn?
Whose flesh should be in your bun?
Could you point and choose which one?
They are trapped in line to die for you
a life resting on what you do
Terrified they watch as another dies
what if through glass you locked eyes?
Now it's your dinner's turn, what do you say
as he struggles for life to get away?
You can hear his agonizing bellow
and his head takes the final blow
He's lifted on a single chain
just for taste ~ sound insane?
His throat is cut and he's bled
dismemberment is straight ahead
Your food's true cost becoming clear
as dinnertime is drawing near
You sit in front of your plate
after witnessing this brutal fate
A blood stained and shocking sight
would it ruin your appetite?