killing baby animals LIVE on tv

bbc3 now

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/programmes/kill_it/

whats peoples thoughts on this?

Geez no... I couldn`t watch anything like that. Ok I put my hand up an admit I eat meat but am still against animal cruelty.

We all know it happens, thats how meat gets in the shops, some gory sceens but thats what happens.

I'll still be eating meat, if we wern't meant to eat meat it would not taste so good.

My better half will not watch it at all as she doesn't want to see it.

Originally Posted by DoubleD

if we wern't meant to eat meat it would not taste so good.

i agree......

i dont see the point of slowing a calf getting its throat slit live on tv

nevermind ........ family guy is on now

baby lambs next time

Animals should be stunned before their throat is slit.

Sick and cruel

[squirrel_hunter]

I had a conversation about this very subject yesterday in work. I've not seen the program but understand from the trailers what is going on.

What it comes down to is the disassociation from what is bought in the supermarket and what runs around on a farm. I personally have no problems with any animal being slaughtered for food provided it is not subjected to excessive suffering. And I would have no problem what so ever in doing the job myself.

Having not seen the program can someone explain the aim of it, is it to stop people eating meat? Is it to do with animal welfare? Or is it just to educate the masses as to what happens in the real world?

Every time you eat meat, something has to die.

Originally Posted by Razor

Every time you eat meat, something has to die.

I believe an animal should be allowed some quality of life before being killed, and that this should be done with respect for the animal.

The program takes you through the whole animals life with emphasis on the slaughter. Inside a slaughterhouse they put a screen all the way down the middle so the public could walk along and see each stage in to process. After showing the animal and whereabouts it has come from; they walk it in and show you the kill, the draining of the blood, disembowelment, the skin being peeled off and the cutting in to specific cuts. After this there's a butcher who prepares the meat and a chef who cooks it for the public who just watched that animal be killed. The idea is that we have disassociated meat with an actual animal; and that we should understand the orgins of the meat and respect it. It's a rebellion against the common gorging (myself included) of expecting to eat meat every day.

It's a really good program; well worth a watch. Especially if it makes you squeamish as that's who it's aimed at educating!