
Here we have a mocking parody of the truism that to declare some animals family and others food is an act not of reason, but of caprice. How blind we were! We have no doubt now that the airwaves and annals are replete with similar examples of suicidal pet food. If only we could have opened our eyes earlier and seen! Whole vistas of fresh horrors waited only for a glance!
And now that we have—at last—seen, we cannot look away. It is as if we have only now been told the story of War, of Pain, of Betrayal. We hunger for it, for the truth it tells of Man’s dark heart.
In this chapter, Free Range Dog Chews and Chicken Breast Wraps. Such a sense of equality this grinning, thumbs-upping chicken has. It makes no difference to him whether he winds up in a human or canine stomach! As long as he gets to die, he’s satisfied! If only we could all be so willing to see the commonalities shared by all life! And it’s not just chickens who possess this Alpha of wisdom, this first thought, this very Basis for Action. Cod also, and shrimp, and crabs feel it and know.
However, for all their adherence to the Movement's dogma, Free Range Dog Chews will not—can not!—be confined by its conventions. No! For even while they show us the delighted chicken and his merry marine martyrs, they commit the sin of Pride. Like heroes daring the very gods, they glow with hubris. Witness these of their products. They don't hide the ugliness of their enterprise beneath the now-familiar whitewash.











2 comments:
I recognized the "lamb pizzles" for a really random reason: I knit a scarf in a spiral pattern, and my boyfriend, who grew up on a farm, dubbed it the "pig's willy scarf".
These products are truly disturbing. I have a dog who is living a very happy life without any animal tracheas or pizzles or anything to snack on. Ugh. *shudder* (I really did just shudder, by the way.)
Takes a large amount of anthropomorphizing to make 'humiliation' an issue for animals. Furthermore, it's good they're using the whole animal, your squeamishness notwithstanding. I mean, if we really want to be responsible we should be eating bugs, right?
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