Real Animal Lovers Don't Support Murder of Animals

by T H · 2009-09-16 06:36:00 UTC
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A site for online vet-tech schools Monday released a list of the "top 50 blogs for animal lovers."

As one might expect, the list featured two blogs from The Humane Society of the United States and one from the ASPCA.

Surprisingly, though, the compilation also consisted of animal-rights blogs, including this one -- Congratulations, Stephanie! -- and a category devoted to vegan blogs.

But curiously sites that support the murder of animals also made the list of "blogs for animal lovers." One is a blog devoted to agricultural law. The others are listed in the "Farm Animals" category.

"Farm Policy" keeps farmers, including those in animal agribusiness, apprised of happenings in Washington, D.C., and "Animal Welfare Approved" spreads the myth that animals can by humanely slaughtered. "Advocates for Agriculture" is written by a man who makes his living raising and killing cows. Troy Hadrick regularly criticizes animal-rights activists.

In a post Monday about a principal in Great Britain who wanted to kill Marcus, a sheep the students raised, Hadrick's response reveals how coldly he views animals.

Let's remember that the kids weren't going to have to witness the harvest of the animal, they just want to raffle off the meat to help fund their program. The success of life depends on death and when are [sic] kids are shielded from this law of nature, we do them a disservice.

I don't know the rationale for including these anti-animal sites in a list of blogs for animal lovers. Perhaps it's due to our society's split in how we treat dogs and cats versus how we treat cows, chickens and pigs.

Or maybe the choice of this vet-tech site is due to how the American Veterinary Medical Association, in particular, views animals. One would assume that the well-being of all animals would be the goal of the AVMA. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Indeed this group supports the confinement and slaughter of farmed animals.

Like the AVMA, the creators of the "top 50 blogs" list need to re-examine what it means to be an animal lover.

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Photo courtesy of animal lover Renee Dippel of Illinois. Here she hugs a sheep during a recent visit to Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, N.Y.

T H
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