Wednesday, March 04, 2009

On pigs and ebola....

Last night I was watching news regarding the massive depopulation of pigs in Bulacan. Per statistics, 6,000 of them will be stungunned and then burned. Syempre where there are animals involved, the presence of animal rights groups particularly PAWS and PETA is expected to ensure that these creatures are humanely 'killed'... what they're asking for is a quick death so as not to stress the animals.

On one of the interviews, it was mentioned that owners of the pig farms refrained from feeding the pigs since last week tuesday... also, she was hearing a different kind of 'ugong' -- because the pigs were hungry. When the owners were requested to feed the pigs, parang lalo daw silang nagwala kasi alam na nilang papakainin sila. I myself have been to pig farms ... and true to her word, I've seen pigs really shout when they sense that they're going to be fed. Going back.... She also mentioned that witnessing this event is a horrifying one and she'll never forget it for as long as she lives... the sound of screaming pigs... the sight of seeing the live pigs sniffing their dead brothers and sisters... Nakakaawa, nakakalungkot...

*sigh*

Hindi ko pinangarap magkaroon ng farm na may manok, baboy at baka... pwede actually... aalagaan but not to be killed for meal purposes. Which makes me think, okay... chickens -- they could lay eggs... cows -- they give us milk.... but pigs? what about them?

*sigh*

Sorry for being sentimental at the moment. I just feel bad for the situation.

1 comment:

The Voyager said...

Natawa namana ako sa entry na to, ampotah concern sa mga baboy!!! hahahaha.

Apektado ka ba? Hahahah