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Eating the Young + Killing to Conserve =Two Speciesist Ads

2/8/2013

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Two ads caught my attention with their very speciesist content.

The first one is a tocino (pork) ad with the tagline: young ang masarap (young is the tasty one). Most animals used for their flesh are young when they are sent to slaughter for economic reasons. It is not profitable for these businesses to keep animals for a long time. The younger they are killed, the less their expense per "product" and the more profit. So when this ad specifically uses the age of the pig as a selling point, I suppose they are saying their pigs are mere babies, even younger than usual, when they are killed.
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Does anyone not see what is wrong with that? That they are proud they are killing innocent baby piglets? Not that killing older pigs is okay. It's just that it's a reflection of how much animals are commoditized, seen as property or things to discard rather than the beautiful sentient beings that they are. No animal commits suicide so they can be cooked and served as food. They feel fear once they know they are about to be killed. And they know, just like we would know if we were standing in a killing line listening to the screams of others.
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The other ad is not only speciesist, but is a tie-up with one of the organizations I stand against: WWF. Cute panda logo aside, the organization is not pro-animals. The organization is founded by hunters, and they selectively choose the species they would like to protect. Ultimately, their campaigns ensure their existence. It is a cycle that keeps them there. Case in point: they are asking people to eat tuna. But by-catch is actually the biggest culprit that contributes to the oceans being wiped out. The by-catch issue is this put simply: Seafood companies capture sea animals by the hoard. Only about 10% of their catch are sold as food. The remaining 90% are neither sold as food nor returned to the sea. They are just discarded like trash. If WWF were truly concerned with sea conservation, they would ask people to stop eating fish and other sea animals.
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WWF's own web articles confirm that they support hunting for conservation reasons. Was this not Hitler's logic as well, to save a group of one kind by killing a group of another kind? Think about it.

Make the connection. Go vegan. There is a lot of fear and suffering in the world, and YOU can do something about it.

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4/14/2017 11:24:49 pm

It's funny that WWF took down the page you linked. It's a pretty dumb move, WWF.

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