Quote by Bluefish2009

This is why I very much enjoy meat which has been obtain through shooting, hunting, or part of a cull. We know it has had a wonderful happy life, eating naturally right up to the end of its life, which it does not know is coming. No stress of transport to the place of death and then more stress when it arrives.

blimey bluefish, if the animal could speak i am sure it would shake your hand and give you a big hug and say thank you for ending my life so quickly to end up on your dinner table.:shock:
i know you are not being serius so thought i would add a little light humour to the thred.:lickface:
what you are being seriuos? :notes:
Oh yes Starlght, deadly serious, Lets weigh up the two different lives. Let us start with the mother of the beef cattle, she is a 4 year old dairy cow, if given a natural life she could live up to 24, possibly more, but sadly she will be lucky to see her 5 birthday before she is physically exhausted, lame, infertile worn out and sent to the slaughter house.
She was artificially inseminated with Belgian Blue semen; the Belgian Blue carries a recessive gene for "double muscling", so-called because of the enormous muscles, particularly on the hindquarters. Belgian Blue stud bulls have to be born via Caesarean section because their sheer size makes natural delivery impossible.
The calves' fate is one of the industry's dirty secrets. Each year, nearly half a million unwanted calves are born in the UK. Many females replace their worn-out mothers in the dairy herd. But the males are often regarded as waste by-products. Some are transported long distances to continental veal farms; others are killed within a week or two for baby food, or for cheese and pie ingredients. Some are simply shot in the head shortly after birth.
The lucky one’s join the beef heard. At 4 to 6 weeks old it will need to have its horns debudded , a hot iron is applied to the horn-forming tissue to stop its growth. If left any latter than this it will need to be de-horned, Horns contain both blood circulation and nerve endings, and so local anaesthesia and cauterisation are necessary to stem bleeding. If horns have already developed, they are removed with saws, horn shears or cutting wire
He may need to be castrated, despite being slaughtered before he reaches sexual maturity. Methods commonly used include surgical castration, tight rubber rings that restrict blood flow, and appliances that crush the spermatic cord of each testis - the so-called "bloodless castrator".
Once he has reached the correct size he will need to go to the slaughter house, Current EU rules allow cattle to travel for 14 hours without a rest or water. They must have a rest period of at least one hour after a 14 hour journey, after which, they may be transported for a further 14 hours. If the destination can be reached within another 2 hours then they may go a full 16 hours. After the second 14 hour journey, if the destination has not been reached the cattle must be unloaded, given food and water and rested for 24 hours. The journey times can then be repeated and this pattern can be repeated infinitely.
Once the lucky animal has reached its destination it will be unloaded into an holding area, then into a queue to reach its final destination, he may be reluctant so could be pushed, jabbed or even small electric shocks from a cattle prod to keep it moving along to its final destination. Once in the confines of the last stop he gets a blt of electric before the bolt gun is placed and animal dispatched, this is not always quick and clean as described earlier in the thread.
And don't get me started on "Antiobotic Resistant Bacteria"
If I was to be eaten, I know which way I would prefer, and yes, I would shake his hand. The deer below has none of these worries. :thumbup:

Blue you don't half copy and paste some bollocks.

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