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When a hunter goes hunting for turkey or deer, what do they look for?
Turkey hunters look for large big lead turkeys that have the largest body on them. They are usually older. Not necessarily OLD but older.
Deer hunters go for the biggest prize, the largest head of antlers. The more points, the older it is. :]
That is what I meant by it being older. Fish is something completely different.

As for animals being treated like they are already dead, many factory farms do not treat an animal like a living thing. They beat them, step on them, kick them, and do all types of nasty things.
Now theres one thing I want to get straight.
I HATE PETA.
Well.. strongly despise and dislike. Hate is a strong word..
They're intentions have gone way beyond just animal cruelty after what they have done to animals themselves. They want zero contact with humans and animals. No blind eye dogs, no canine unit, no PETS, no educational zoos, nothing.
They also only look at the negative aspects and the problem, when people do this it bothers me. Fighting negative with negative rarely wins.
Why I told you I hate PETA is because I found out from them about chicken farms. I found out about the worst of the farms. They feed chickens with added steroids to make them bigger faster. The chickens grow too fast for their own body an their legs break as a result. Chickens who can't walk through the pens are beaten and left to die.


Now, that is the worst of the scenarios and it may have only happened once. And what PETA doesn't seem to point out, is that there are places that are not like that. They only look at the bad.

But that is what I mean by them being treated as if they were dead.



Thats the thing. Some dairies are nice. Some are horrible. Same with factory farms.
Either way, it's too hard to pick and choose, and even some of the organics farms are bad.. so really we can't always know.

Thanks for clearing what you meant by older for me!

While there are bad packing plants, feedlots, chicken houses, hog barns there are WAY more good ones. Its just like anything, the bad is more visible than the good. I speak from personal experience that those bad lots/houses/plants DON'T last long.

Very few chicken farmers inject GH into there chickens anymore. The standard broiler cross chicken will grow HUGE and weight around 8+ pounds in 6 weeks. And they will still be able to walk. But I am glad you see that there is more than just the bad that is shown. I really wish I could type forever on this subject as I am an agfreak, and my parents have worked and managed feedlots, hog barns, and at packing plants.


I am to used to seeing people that jump all over places like that because of what they see on TV, when they or the media have NO idea what they are talking about! But I am very glad you are an exception!