Ever wonder what life is like in a registered rabbitry? Or why a rabbitry might have enough rabbits to make you gasp and scream "Hoarder!!!"? Well, this should hopefully give you an idea of what kind of care and effort goes into maintaining a small rabbitry properly.
There are lots and lots of examples online(both in print and in screen shots) that show how vindictive and evil the animal rights activists can be. They spout off whatever comes to mind, and often don't think it through right. They claim things as fact when they clearly are not true, or they contradict themselves repeatedly. On today's issue of ARA's Behaving Badly, we're going to look at some of the ignorance that is shown by the Animal Rights Advocates.
This is actually quite a fitting post for today, as I am being berated on my FB page for this blog, for breeding meat rabbits. Now, at first, people usually are a little upset when they find out that I breed rabbits for meat, until I explain it to them. See, I don't particularly care for factory farming. I don't like not knowing what kind of conditions my meat was in when it was alive. So, I buy ethical meat. I buy beef, pork and poultry from a local farmer, who raises her animals hormone, antibiotic and steroid free. I know that the meat I purchase from this farmer is truly happy meat... However it doesn't make my wallet happy. So, as an alternative, I began to look into raising rabbits for meat, and eventually made the plunge. I know that rabbits born and raised here are healthy and happy. I know what goes into their body(organic greens, fresh forage, pellets, grains, organic hay), and what doesn't (steriods, hormones, antibiotics, chemicals). I know that they never know a day of hunger, or of thirst. I know that they never know a day of pain, or of fear, or undue stress. I know that the end of their life is calm and stress-free as possible, and that the death is as quick as possible. I know that as much of the rabbit as possible is used. I do not have the land, nor the facilities to go with a more conventional species of livestock, however rabbits ARE livestock, rabbits were domesticated for meat and fur production. They are part of the food chain, are a prey species, and are a great natural feed for humans as well as many animals. I'm not forcing you to eat rabbit, but I would very much like it if people would stop reacting as if eating rabbit is barbaric, or akin to eating a human baby. Seriously, they're livestock. Get over it. People seem to be taking my blog the wrong way. It's being called "articles", used against others, and basically creating disharmony. I want to make a few things perfectly clear. Please, if you're going to comment, read the entire blog post to the end before commenting.
I was going to post an edition of ARA's Behaving Badly today, however it was brought to my attention from a friend that there is a group on facebook who is attempting to publicly shame another group on facebook. This is not okay, I am absolutely disgusted by this. I'm not normally one for public shaming(let he who is without sin cast the first stone, and all that moral stuff), however this time I feel the need to.
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare - doesn't seem like a phrase that should be put out there, does it? However, there is a vast difference in Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, that many people don't seem to be aware of.
The first guest blog, hopefully of many! Thank you so much to Becky, who submitted this wonderfully written and informative article! If you spend some time on Craigslist, you’ll see some interesting listings. Free snow (in Chicago!), get-rich-quick systems, wire fraud postings. A few days ago, I even ran across one attempting to exchange a Chihuahua for “services rendered.”
Only makes sense to exchange a pet that way, though. The sale of non-livestock animals is forbidden on Craigslist. The intent is, of course, to ensure that the scourge of the Earth known as pet breeders do not use it as free advertising to make a profit from animals. However, it is perfectly acceptable to request a fee for the necessary veterinary costs associated with the animal you are rehoming. You’ll very often see ads like these. Well, what have our animal rights advocate friends been up to lately? Same thing as every time we check in - death threats, corporal punishment, threatening theft, and just general basic idiocy.
In Volume 2 of ARA's behaving badly, we will look at some screen shots gathered by myself and readers, and prove, once again, that the majority of ARA's are insane. |