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Since we all inhabit the Earth,
all of us are considered earthlings.
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There is no sexism, no racism,
or speciesism in the term "earthling."
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It encompasses
each and every one of us:
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warm- or cold-blooded,
mammal, vertebrate, or invertebrate,
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bird, reptile, amphibian, fish,
and human alike.
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Humans, therefore, being not
the only species on the planet,
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share this world with millions
of other living creatures,
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as we all evolve here together.
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However, it is the human earthling
who tends to dominate the Earth,
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oftentimes treating other
fellow earthlings and living beings
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as mere objects.
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This is what is meant
by "speciesism."
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By analogy with racism and sexism,
the term "speciesism"
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is a prejudice or attitude of bias
in favor of the interests of members
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of one's own species and against
those of members of other species.
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If a being suffers,
there can be no moral justification
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for refusing to take that suffering
into consideration.
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No matter what the nature
of the being,
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the principle of equality
requires that one's suffering
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can be counted equally with
the like suffering of any other being.
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Racists violate the principle
of equality by giving greater weight
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to the interests of members
of their own race
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when there's a clash
between their interests
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and the interests of those
of another race.
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Sexists violate
the principle of equality
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by favoring the interests
of their own sex.
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Similarly, speciesists allow
the interests of their own species
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to override the greater interests
of members of other species.
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In each case,
the pattern is identical.
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Though among the members
of the human family,
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we recognize the moral
imperative of respect,
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every human is a somebody,
not a something,
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morally disrespectful
treatment occurs
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when those who stand at
the power end of a power relationship
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treat the less powerful
as if they were mere objects.
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The rapist does this
to the victim of rape.
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The child molester
to the child molested.
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The master to the slave.
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In each and all such cases,
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humans who have power
exploit those who lack it.
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Might the same be true
of how humans treat other animals
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or other earthlings?
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Undoubtedly there are differences,
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since humans and animals
are not the same in all respects.
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But the question of sameness
wears another face.
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Granted, these animals do not have
all the desires we humans have.
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Granted, they do not comprehend
everything we humans comprehend.
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Nevertheless, we and they
do have some of the same desires
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and do comprehend
some of the same things.
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The desires for food and water,
shelter and companionship,
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freedom of movement
and avoidance of pain.
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These desires are shared by
nonhuman animals and human beings.
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As for comprehension, like humans,
many nonhuman animals
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understand the world
in which they live and move.
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Otherwise, they could not survive.
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So beneath the many differences,
there is sameness.
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Like us, these animals embody
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the mystery and wonder
of consciousness.
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Like us, they are not only
in the world, they are aware of it.
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Like us, they are
the psychological centers
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of a life that is uniquely their own.
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In these fundamental respects,
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humans stand "on all fours,"
so to speak,
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with hogs and cows,
chickens and turkeys.
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What these animals are due from us,
how we morally ought to treat them,
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are questions whose answer begins
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with the recognition of our
psychological kinship with them.
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So the following film demonstrates,
in five ways,
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just how animals
have come to serve mankind.
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Lest we forget.
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Nobel Prize winner
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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wrote in his best-selling novel,
Enemies, A Love Story,
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the following:
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The comparison here to the Holocaust
is both intentional and obvious.
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One group of living beings anguishes
beneath the hands of another.
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Though some will argue the suffering
of animals cannot possibly compare
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with that of former Jews or slaves,
there is, in fact, a parallel.
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And for the prisoners and victims
of this mass murder,
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their holocaust is far from over.
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In his book, The Outermost House,
author Henry Beston wrote:
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"We need another and a wiser
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and perhaps a more mystical
concept of animals.
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Remote from universal nature
and living by complicated artifice,
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man in civilization
surveys the creatures
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through the glass of his knowledge
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and sees thereby a feather magnified
and the whole image in distortion.
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We patronize them
for their incompleteness,
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for their tragic fate of having
taken form so far below ourselves.
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And therein we err and greatly err.
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For the animal
shall not be measured by man.
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In a world older
and more complete than ours,
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they move finished and complete...
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...gifted with extensions
of the senses
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we have lost or never attained...
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...living by voices
we shall never hear.
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They are not brethren.
They are not underlings.
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They are other nations...
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...caught with ourselves
in the net of life and time...
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...fellow prisoners of the splendor
and travail of the Earth."
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For most of us,
our relationship with animals
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involves the owning of a pet or two.
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So where do our pets come from?
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Of course, one of the most obvious
ways animals serve man
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is as companions.
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For these pets,
it starts with a breeder.
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Though not all breeders
are considered professional.
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In fact, in this profession,
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just about anyone and everyone
can be a breeder.
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For pet stores, most of their animals
are acquired from puppy mills,
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even if they may not know it.
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Puppy mills are low-budget
commercial enterprises
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that breed dogs for sale
to pet shops and other buyers.
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They are often backyard operations
that expose animals
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to filthy, overcrowded conditions
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with no veterinary care
or socialization.
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Dogs from puppy mills often exhibit
physical and psychological problems
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as they grow up.
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Strays, if they are lucky,
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will be picked up
and taken to a shelter or a pound,
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where they can only hope
to find a new home again.
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An estimated 25 million animals
become homeless every year.
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And as many as 27% of purebred dogs
are among the homeless.
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Of these 25 million
homeless animals,
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an average of 9 million
die on the streets from disease,
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starvation,
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exposure,
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injury,
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or some other hazard
of street life.
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Many others are strays,
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some of whom were presumably
dumped in the streets
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by their caretakers.
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The remaining 16 million
die in pounds or shelters
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that have no room for them
and are forced to kill them.
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Sadly, on top of all this, almost 50%
of the animals brought to shelters
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are turned in by their caretakers.
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Many people claim
they don't visit shelters
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because it's depressing for them.
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But the reason animals are crowded
into such dreary places as these
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is because of people's refusal
to spay or neuter their pets.
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Several pet owners feel,
particularly men for some reason,
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that neutering a pet emasculates
the owner somehow.
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Or they may just want their children
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to someday experience
the miracle of life, so to speak.
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In either case, pet owners like these
unknowingly take part
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in the euthanasia
of over 60,000 animals per day.
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Euthanasia, generally defined
as the act of killing painlessly
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for reasons of mercy,
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is usually administered
by an injection in the leg for dogs
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and sometimes in the stomach
for cats.
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It is a quick and painless procedure
for the animals
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and by far the most humane.
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But not always the most affordable.
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Due to the increase
of euthanasia in shelters
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and the growing, constant demand
for drugs like Euthasol,
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some shelters
with budget constraints
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are forced to use
gas chambers instead.
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In a gas chamber,
animals are packed very tightly
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and can take
as long as 20 minutes to die.
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It is, by far, less merciful,
more traumatic, and painful.
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But the procedure is less expensive.
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Perhaps some of the tough questions
we should ask ourselves
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about animals that we keep
as companions are:
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can we keep animals as companions
and still address their needs?
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Is our keeping companion animals
in their best interest,
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or are we exploiting them?
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The answers to these questions
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may lie in the attitudes
of the human caretakers
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and their abilities
to provide suitable environments
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for companion animals.
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Most human beings are speciesists.
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This film shows
that ordinary human beings,
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not a few exceptionally cruel
or heartless humans,
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but the overwhelming
majority of people,
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take an active part, acquiesce in,
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and allow their taxes to pay for
practices that require the sacrifice
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of the most important interests
of members of other species,
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in order to promote the most trivial
interests of our own species.
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The hope for the animals of tomorrow
is to be found in a human culture
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which learns to feel beyond itself.
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We must learn empathy.
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We must learn to see
into the eyes of an animal
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and feel that their life has value
because they are alive.
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Oh, I missed...
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I missed you, honey...
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But I'll get you again...
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I got you!
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What happens in slaughterhouses
is a variation on the theme
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of the exploitation of the weak
by the strong.
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I got you!
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That a boy...
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More than 10,000 times a minute,
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in excess of 6 billion times a year,
just in the United States,
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life is literally drained
from so-called "food animals."
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Having the greater power,
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humans decide
when these animals will die,
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where they will die,
and how they will die.
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The interests of these animals
themselves play no role whatsoever
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in the determination of their fate.
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Killing an animal is, in itself,
a troubling act.
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It has been said
that if we had to kill our own meat,
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we would all be vegetarians.
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Certainly very few people
ever visit a slaughterhouse,
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and films
of slaughterhouse operations
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are not popular on television.
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People might hope
that the meat that they buy
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came from an animal
who died without pain.
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But they don't really
want to know about it.
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Yet those who, by their purchases,
require animals to be killed,
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do not deserve
to be shielded from this
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or any other aspect of the production
of the meat they buy.
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So where does our food come from?
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For those of us living on a meat diet,
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the process these animals undergo
is as follows:
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For beef, the animals are all branded.
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In this instance, on the face.
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Dehorning usually follows.
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Never with anesthetic,
but rather a large pair of pliers.
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In transportation, animals
are packed so tightly into trucks,
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they are practically
on top of one another.
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Heat, freezing temperatures,
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fatigue, trauma,
and health conditions
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will kill some of these animals
en route to the slaughterhouses.
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Milking cows are kept chained
to their stalls all day long,
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receiving no exercise.
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Pesticides and antibiotics
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are also used to increase
their milk productivity.
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Eventually, milking cows, like
this one, collapse from exhaustion.
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Normally, cows can live
as long as 20 years.
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But milking cows
generally die within 4.
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At which point, their meat is used
for fast-food restaurants.
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At this slaughterhouse,
the branded and dehorned cattle
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are brought into a stall.
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The captive bolt gun,
which was designed
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to reduce animals unconscious
without causing pain...
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...fires a steel bolt that is powered
by compressed air,
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or a blank cartridge,
right into the animal's brain.
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Though various methods
of slaughter are used,
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in this Massachusetts facility,
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the cattle is hoisted up,
and his or her throat is slit.
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Along with the meat,
their blood will be used as well.
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Though the animal has received
a captive bolt to the head,
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which is supposed to have rendered
him or her senseless,
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as you can see,
the animal is still conscious.
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This is not uncommon.
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Sometimes they are still alive
even after they have been bled
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and are well on their way down
the assembly line to be butchered.
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This is the largest glatt kosher
meat plant in the United States.
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Glatt, the Yiddish word for "smooth,"
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means the highest standard
of cleanliness.
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And rules for kosher butchering
require minimal suffering.
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The use of electric prods
on immobilized animals is a violation.
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Inverting frightened animals
for the slaughterer's convenience
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is also a violation.
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The inversion process
causes cattle to aspirate blood,
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or breath it in, after incision.
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Ripping the trachea and esophagi
from their throats
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is another egregious violation,
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since kosher animals are not
to be touched until bleeding stops.
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And by dumping struggling and dying
steers through metal chutes
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onto blood soaked floors,
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with their breathing tubes
and gullets dangling out...
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...this "sacred task" is
neither clean or compassionate.
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Shackling and hoisting
is ruled yet another violation,
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nor does it correspond
to the kosher way of treating animals.
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If this was kosher,
death was neither quick nor merciful.
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Veal, taken from their mothers
within two days of birth,
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are tied at the neck
and kept restricted
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to keep muscles from developing.
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Fed an iron-deficient liquid diet,
denied bedding, water, and light,
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after four months of this miserable
existence, they are slaughtered.
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Sows in factory farms
are breeding machines,
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kept continually pregnant
by means of artificial insemination.
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Large pig market factories
will "manufacture,"
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as they like to call it,
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between 50,000 and 600,000 pigs
a year each.
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Tail docking is a practice
derived from the lack of space
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and stressful living conditions
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so as to keep pigs
from biting each other's tails off.
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This is done without anesthetic.
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Ear clipping is a similar procedure,
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also administered
without anesthetic.
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As well as teeth cutting.
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Castration is also done
without painkillers or anesthetic
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and will supposedly produce
a more fatty grade of meat.
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The electric prods are used
for obvious reasons: handling.
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Electrocution is another method
of slaughter, as seen here.
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Throat slitting, however,
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is still the least expensive way
to kill an animal.
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After knife sticking,
pigs are shackled,
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suspended on a bleed rail,
and immersed in scalding tanks
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to remove their bristle.
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Many are still struggling
as they are dunked upside down
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in tanks of steaming water,
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where they are submerged
and drowned.
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In regard to poultry,
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Americans currently consume
as much chicken in a single day
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as they did in an entire year in 1930.
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The largest broiler companies
in the world
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now slaughter more than
8.5 million birds in a single week.
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Debeaking prevents feather-pecking
and cannibalism
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00:32:54,986 --> 00:32:58,979
in frustrated chickens, caused
by overcrowding in single areas,
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where they are unable to establish
a social order.
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Today, done with infant chicks, the
procedure is carried out very quickly,
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about 15 birds a minute.
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00:33:17,742 --> 00:33:21,337
Such haste means the temperature
and sharpness of the blade varies,
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resulting in sloppy cutting
and serious injury to the bird.
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00:33:29,187 --> 00:33:33,146
As for their living conditions,
anywhere from 60,000 to 90,000 birds
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can be crowded together
in a single building.
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The suffering for these animals
is unrelenting.
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It is a way of life.
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Although their beaks are severed,
they attempt to peck each other.
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For hens,
they live in a laying warehouse,
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crammed inside so-called
"battery cages."
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Many lose their feathers
and develop sores
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from rubbing against the wire cage.
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Crowding prevents them
from spreading their wings,
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and the hens cannot even fulfill
minimal natural instincts.
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During transportation,
all animals suffer and many die.
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And they suffocate when
other animals pile on top of them
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in overcrowded,
poorly loaded cages.
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Chickens and turkeys
are slaughtered in numerous ways.
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Some may be clubbed to death
or have their heads cut off.
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00:35:55,166 --> 00:35:58,135
But most are brought through
the assembly lines of factory farms.
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Dangled upside down
on a conveyor belt,
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their throats are slit,
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and they are left
to bleed to death.
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00:36:21,192 --> 00:36:24,127
Others may be placed head-first
in tubes to restrict their movement
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while they slowly bleed to death.
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00:36:30,935 --> 00:36:33,904
Surely, if slaughterhouses
had glass walls,
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would not all of us be vegetarians?
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00:36:37,709 --> 00:36:40,610
But slaughterhouses
do not have glass walls.
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The architecture of slaughter
is opaque,
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designed in the interest of denial,
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to ensure that we will not see
even if we wanted to look.
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And who wants to look?
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Let's go, motherfucker!
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Don't fucking stop!
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Let's go, let's go!
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Come on, bitch!
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It was Emerson who observed,
more than 100 years ago:
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"You have dined,
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and however scrupulously
the slaughterhouse is concealed
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in the graceful distance of miles,
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there is complicity."
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Fuck on, bitch!
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Fuck on, bitch!
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And for those
who think eating seafood
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is healthier than land animals,
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00:38:29,921 --> 00:38:31,912
just remember
how much irretrievable waste
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and contaminated sediments
are dumped into our oceans.
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In the past,
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oil, nuclear, and chemical industries
have done little
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00:38:41,499 --> 00:38:44,798
for the protection
of marine environments,
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00:38:44,902 --> 00:38:47,462
and dumping on or under the seabed
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has always proved a convenient place
to dispose of inconvenient wastes.
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00:39:05,923 --> 00:39:10,417
Today's commercial fishers intensify
this situation on massive scales.
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00:39:11,663 --> 00:39:14,496
They use vast factory trawlers
the size of football fields
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00:39:14,599 --> 00:39:18,660
and advanced electronic equipment
to track and catch fish.
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00:39:23,608 --> 00:39:26,042
Huge nets stretch
across the ocean,
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swallowing up everything
in their path.
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00:39:30,415 --> 00:39:34,943
These factory trawlers, coupled with
our increased appetites for seafood,
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00:39:35,053 --> 00:39:39,854
are emptying the oceans of sea life
at an alarming pace.
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00:39:44,562 --> 00:39:47,292
Already, 13 of the 17
major global fisheries
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are depleted or in serious decline.
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The other four are overexploited
or fully exploited.
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00:40:03,748 --> 00:40:05,841
The recent outbreak of Pfiesteria,
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a microorganism 1,000 times
more potent than cyanide,
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spawned from millions of gallons
of raw hog feces and urine,
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poured into rivers, lakes,
and oceans,
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turning their ecosystems
into unflushed toilets,
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is proving the most alarming.
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00:40:23,835 --> 00:40:26,099
Threatening sea life
and humans alike,
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00:40:26,204 --> 00:40:29,537
Pfiesteria has killed
over one billion fish,
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the Southeast's largest fish kill
on record.
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And it's spreading.
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00:40:37,982 --> 00:40:40,109
Traces of Pfiesteria
have already been found
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00:40:40,218 --> 00:40:45,246
from Long Island to the Florida Gulf,
at distances of up to 1,000 miles.
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00:40:47,225 --> 00:40:50,251
In fact, this water-based
Pfiesteria invasion
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stands as one of the worst outbreaks
of a virulent microorganism
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in U.S. history.
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00:40:56,467 --> 00:40:58,958
It is a Level 3 Biohazard.
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00:40:59,070 --> 00:41:00,935
Ebola is a 4.
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AIDS is a 2.
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And this bug mutated
as a direct result
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of our mass consumption
of animals, particularly pork.
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00:41:12,583 --> 00:41:15,950
With hog farms fattening
millions of pigs for slaughter,
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grain goes in and waste comes out.
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00:41:22,794 --> 00:41:27,458
This waste finds its way into our
oceans and water-supply systems,
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00:41:27,565 --> 00:41:30,898
contaminating the animals
that live in it,
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as well as those who eat from it.
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00:41:41,646 --> 00:41:43,477
Finally, whaling.
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00:41:43,581 --> 00:41:45,742
Though the International
Whaling Commission
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00:41:45,850 --> 00:41:48,910
prohibited commercial whaling
in 1985,
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00:41:49,020 --> 00:41:53,821
many countries continue to kill whales
for their so-called "exotic meat."
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00:42:04,368 --> 00:42:06,461
They use harpoons...
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00:42:07,772 --> 00:42:09,740
...firearms...
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00:42:10,274 --> 00:42:12,139
...blunt hooks...
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00:42:12,577 --> 00:42:14,636
...even explosives...
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00:42:16,180 --> 00:42:18,239
...or drive them
into authorized whaling bays,
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00:42:18,349 --> 00:42:19,338
where they are made to beach
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00:42:19,450 --> 00:42:22,351
and can be killed with knives
in the shallows.
402
00:42:54,986 --> 00:42:58,353
Every winter, between the months
of October through March,
403
00:42:58,456 --> 00:43:01,152
thousands of dolphins
are confined and brutally killed
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00:43:01,259 --> 00:43:03,955
in small towns across Japan.
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00:43:09,634 --> 00:43:11,864
Sounding rods
beneath the water's surface
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00:43:11,969 --> 00:43:14,403
interfere with the dolphins' sonar.
407
00:43:20,378 --> 00:43:25,543
Once disoriented and enclosed
within the nets, the dolphins panic.
408
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,588
Fisherman often injure
a few captive dolphins
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00:43:31,689 --> 00:43:34,089
with a spear thrust or knife slash,
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00:43:34,191 --> 00:43:37,490
since dolphins never abandon
wounded family members.
411
00:43:41,299 --> 00:43:45,292
Mothers and babies call out
in distress as they are separated,
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00:43:45,403 --> 00:43:47,337
hoisted up, and dragged off,
413
00:43:47,438 --> 00:43:50,407
soon to be mercilessly
hacked to death.
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00:43:59,884 --> 00:44:03,047
These are benign
and innocent beings.
415
00:44:04,555 --> 00:44:06,580
And they deserve better.
416
00:44:44,595 --> 00:44:47,496
Yet here,
as they lay stricken and needful,
417
00:44:47,598 --> 00:44:49,964
writhing helplessly on cement floors,
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00:44:50,067 --> 00:44:52,535
they are cut open with machetes...
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00:44:53,571 --> 00:44:56,096
...and left to slowly suffocate...
420
00:45:06,717 --> 00:45:10,118
...convulsing and contorting
in the throes of agony,
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00:45:10,221 --> 00:45:13,054
while schoolchildren walk on by.
422
00:45:30,174 --> 00:45:33,439
Such images of slaughter
and bloody red water
423
00:45:33,544 --> 00:45:35,307
clearly show
the Japanese government
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00:45:35,413 --> 00:45:38,007
has little respect for the state
of the world's oceans
425
00:45:38,115 --> 00:45:40,913
with their inhumane methods
of fishing,
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00:45:41,018 --> 00:45:44,920
often in violation of international
treaties, laws, and conventions
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00:45:45,022 --> 00:45:48,856
designed to protect
over-exploiting the oceans
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00:45:48,959 --> 00:45:51,154
and the creatures that live in them.
429
00:45:54,932 --> 00:45:57,867
Dolphin meat is later sold
in markets and restaurants,
430
00:45:57,968 --> 00:46:00,493
though often mislabeled
as "whale meat."
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00:46:04,842 --> 00:46:09,939
But as though cruelty toward animals
raised for food wasn't enough,
432
00:46:10,047 --> 00:46:13,278
we've also found ways of making use
of them for all our clothes:
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00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:20,785
jackets, shoes, belts, gloves,
pants, wallets, purses, and so on.
434
00:46:20,891 --> 00:46:24,657
The next question is obviously:
"where do our clothes come from?"
435
00:46:39,877 --> 00:46:42,675
The demand for leather comes
primarily from the United States,
436
00:46:42,780 --> 00:46:45,271
Germany, and the U.K.
437
00:46:45,850 --> 00:46:49,183
Just about everybody wears it,
438
00:46:49,286 --> 00:46:51,948
with little or no thought
of where it came from.
439
00:46:52,990 --> 00:46:55,117
Thousands of India cows
are slaughtered each week
440
00:46:55,226 --> 00:46:59,060
for their skins, purchased from
poor families in part of rural India
441
00:46:59,163 --> 00:47:01,563
who sell them
only after the assurance
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00:47:01,665 --> 00:47:04,361
that the animals will live out
their lives on farms.
443
00:47:15,112 --> 00:47:18,206
To relocate the animals to a state
where they can legally be killed,
444
00:47:18,315 --> 00:47:22,809
since cattle slaughter is forbidden
in most of India,
445
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,354
the animals must be shoed and roped
together in preparation
446
00:47:25,456 --> 00:47:29,483
for a harrowing "death march,"
which could last for several days.
447
00:47:37,535 --> 00:47:41,335
Forced to walk through the heat
and dust without food or water,
448
00:47:41,438 --> 00:47:45,499
coupled with the sheer stress of this
terrifying experience for them,
449
00:47:45,609 --> 00:47:49,010
many of the animals collapse
and are unable to continue.
450
00:47:51,515 --> 00:47:54,143
Bear in mind that most of the cattle
are being placed in a truck
451
00:47:54,251 --> 00:47:57,379
for the first time in their lives
and are likely to be frightened,
452
00:47:57,488 --> 00:47:59,979
especially if they have been handled
hastily or roughly
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00:48:00,090 --> 00:48:02,217
by the men loading the trucks.
454
00:48:02,326 --> 00:48:05,762
The noise and motion of the truck
itself is also a new experience,
455
00:48:05,863 --> 00:48:07,763
one which makes them ill.
456
00:48:08,699 --> 00:48:12,066
After one or two days inside the truck
without food or water,
457
00:48:12,169 --> 00:48:14,467
they are desperately thirsty
and hungry,
458
00:48:14,572 --> 00:48:16,506
especially since it is normal
for such cows
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00:48:16,607 --> 00:48:19,235
to eat frequently throughout the day.
460
00:48:27,184 --> 00:48:30,244
But when the cattle become weary
and grow faint,
461
00:48:30,354 --> 00:48:31,753
the bones in their tails are broken
462
00:48:31,855 --> 00:48:34,722
in an effort to get them
back up on their feet.
463
00:48:37,528 --> 00:48:41,464
This is done by repeatedly pinching
the tail in several areas.
464
00:48:51,408 --> 00:48:54,775
Handlers must constantly
keep the cattle moving,
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00:48:54,878 --> 00:49:01,215
pulling them by nose ropes,
twisting their necks, horns, or tails.
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00:49:03,354 --> 00:49:06,255
They lead, or rather force,
the cattle down embankments
467
00:49:06,357 --> 00:49:08,985
and in and out of trucks
without ramps,
468
00:49:09,093 --> 00:49:13,757
causing injuries like broken pelvises,
legs, ribs, and horns.
469
00:49:25,075 --> 00:49:28,533
Chili pepper and tobacco are also
used to keep the animals walking.
470
00:49:30,014 --> 00:49:33,780
This practice is done by rubbing
the pepper directly into their eyes,
471
00:49:33,884 --> 00:49:37,411
in order to stimulate the animal
back onto his or her feet.
472
00:49:52,403 --> 00:49:54,530
And all this before the slaughter.
473
00:49:57,107 --> 00:49:59,575
As many as half of the animals
will already be dead
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00:49:59,677 --> 00:50:02,578
by the time they arrive
at the slaughterhouse.
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00:50:21,031 --> 00:50:25,195
But to make the experience
even more traumatic and terrifying,
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00:50:25,302 --> 00:50:28,169
they are often killed
in full view of each other.
477
00:50:29,340 --> 00:50:30,534
And instead of the required
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00:50:30,641 --> 00:50:33,701
"quick slice" across the throat
with a sharp knife,
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00:50:33,811 --> 00:50:37,941
they are generally killed through
hacking and sawing with a dull blade.
480
00:50:58,635 --> 00:51:00,933
Afterwards,
the skins from these animals
481
00:51:01,038 --> 00:51:03,563
are sent to tanneries
that use deadly substances
482
00:51:03,674 --> 00:51:07,405
like chromium and other toxins
to stop decomposition.
483
00:51:09,413 --> 00:51:12,678
Remember, leather is dead flesh.
484
00:51:13,417 --> 00:51:14,907
It is dead skin,
485
00:51:15,018 --> 00:51:17,748
and, therefore, it's natural for it
to decompose and rot away
486
00:51:17,855 --> 00:51:21,814
unless treated
with such potent substances as these.
487
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:27,496
And for people, the health effects
of such chemicals in tanneries,
488
00:51:27,598 --> 00:51:30,032
in lieu of the continued demand
for leather goods,
489
00:51:30,134 --> 00:51:32,432
is yet another issue.
490
00:51:41,245 --> 00:51:42,940
Ultimately, leather from Indian cattle
491
00:51:43,046 --> 00:51:46,675
make their way to clothing stores
all around the world.
492
00:51:58,962 --> 00:52:02,193
Most major chains
sell Indian leather.
493
00:52:03,767 --> 00:52:07,328
Leather that comes from completely
different cows than those we eat.
494
00:52:13,277 --> 00:52:14,904
And what about fur?
495
00:52:15,012 --> 00:52:19,381
Over 100 million wild animals are
murdered for their pelts every year,
496
00:52:19,483 --> 00:52:23,146
25 million in the United States alone.
497
00:52:23,253 --> 00:52:25,949
These animals,
obtained by hunting and trapping,
498
00:52:26,056 --> 00:52:29,184
are kept on fur farms
in conditions like these.
499
00:52:33,497 --> 00:52:36,398
Naturally, these undomesticated,
wild animals
500
00:52:36,500 --> 00:52:39,025
are not accustomed to being caged.
501
00:52:40,704 --> 00:52:43,639
And cage madness develops when
frightened and frustrated animals
502
00:52:43,740 --> 00:52:47,141
are driven crazy
from the stress of confinement.
503
00:52:50,013 --> 00:52:53,176
These wild, free-roaming animals
and their offspring
504
00:52:53,283 --> 00:52:56,218
find themselves
unable to live a natural life,
505
00:52:56,320 --> 00:53:00,586
can never take even a few steps
or feel the earth beneath their feet.
506
00:53:02,493 --> 00:53:04,427
Instead, they are reduced
to scratching,
507
00:53:04,528 --> 00:53:07,588
circling, and pacing endlessly.
508
00:53:08,632 --> 00:53:13,035
The physical injuries
these animals endure on fur farms
509
00:53:13,136 --> 00:53:16,230
involve broken and exposed bones...
510
00:53:20,410 --> 00:53:22,105
...blindness...
511
00:53:24,848 --> 00:53:26,577
...ear infections,
512
00:53:26,683 --> 00:53:28,708
dehydration and malnutrition,
513
00:53:28,819 --> 00:53:32,778
exposure to freezing temperatures,
514
00:53:32,890 --> 00:53:35,950
lack of veterinary care,
515
00:53:36,059 --> 00:53:38,687
and slow death.
516
00:53:45,802 --> 00:53:50,034
No laws indicate
the killing of animals on fur farms.
517
00:53:50,140 --> 00:53:53,974
Therefore, the least expensive
methods are the most appealing.
518
00:53:54,845 --> 00:53:59,214
Carbon-monoxide poisoning,
strychnine, suffocation,
519
00:53:59,316 --> 00:54:02,012
breaking the neck,
and anal electrocution
520
00:54:02,119 --> 00:54:04,883
are some of the more common
methods used.
521
00:54:06,924 --> 00:54:10,325
Removed from his or her cage
with a heavy neck pole,
522
00:54:10,427 --> 00:54:14,295
the animal is walked past the rows
of bodies of slaughtered foxes,
523
00:54:14,398 --> 00:54:18,425
sables, raccoons, and wolves,
among others.
524
00:54:20,637 --> 00:54:23,231
Death by anal electrocution
is a crude process
525
00:54:23,340 --> 00:54:26,036
that requires a probe
to be inserted in the rectum
526
00:54:26,143 --> 00:54:29,306
while the animal bites down
on a metal conductor.
527
00:54:37,688 --> 00:54:40,248
Oftentimes this inept procedure
must be repeated
528
00:54:40,357 --> 00:54:42,587
to actually kill the animal.
529
00:54:56,306 --> 00:54:58,399
And the skinned carcasses seen here
530
00:54:58,508 --> 00:55:02,137
will later be ground up
and fed to the animals still caged.
531
00:56:42,546 --> 00:56:45,037
And so we move on to entertainment.
532
00:56:48,285 --> 00:56:50,583
Mark Twain once said:
533
00:56:50,687 --> 00:56:55,488
"Of all the creatures ever made,
he (man) is the most detestable.
534
00:56:56,493 --> 00:56:59,826
He's the only creature
that inflicts pain for sport,
535
00:56:59,930 --> 00:57:01,921
knowing it to be pain."
536
00:57:08,805 --> 00:57:12,707
In rodeos, bulls and broncos
don't buck because they're wild,
537
00:57:12,809 --> 00:57:14,709
but because they're in pain.
538
00:57:15,245 --> 00:57:18,078
A belt called a flank strap
or a bucking strap
539
00:57:18,181 --> 00:57:21,947
is secured around the animal's body,
over the genital area.
540
00:57:22,052 --> 00:57:25,180
As the animal leaves the chute,
a tight jerk on the belt
541
00:57:25,288 --> 00:57:28,689
is enough to start him
bucking in pain.
542
00:57:31,628 --> 00:57:35,064
Apart from other injuries
animals incur at rodeos...
543
00:57:36,233 --> 00:57:38,360
...such as broken legs...
544
00:57:40,570 --> 00:57:46,270
...they are also worked up
by being slapped, teased,
545
00:57:46,376 --> 00:57:50,813
given electric prods,
and otherwise tormented,
546
00:57:50,914 --> 00:57:53,781
to bolt out of the chute in a frenzy.
547
00:58:48,638 --> 00:58:51,869
Roping, as seen here,
involves throwing a rope
548
00:58:51,975 --> 00:58:53,806
around the neck
of a frightened animal
549
00:58:53,910 --> 00:58:55,138
running full speed,
550
00:58:55,245 --> 00:58:57,406
jerking the poor creature to a halt,
551
00:58:57,514 --> 00:58:59,744
and slamming him or her
to the ground.
552
00:59:14,531 --> 00:59:17,398
Like any other business,
dog racing and horse racing
553
00:59:17,500 --> 00:59:20,833
are industries motivated
by a common denominator:
554
00:59:20,937 --> 00:59:22,996
profit.
555
00:59:34,384 --> 00:59:39,720
At fair grounds across the country,
animals are used to race,
556
00:59:39,823 --> 00:59:43,054
bet with, and spectate over.
557
00:59:43,994 --> 00:59:45,757
Training for these events
is accomplished
558
00:59:45,862 --> 00:59:48,831
by withholding food
and sometimes water.
559
00:59:49,532 --> 00:59:53,024
These animals,
unfamiliar with their surroundings,
560
00:59:53,136 --> 00:59:56,003
the noise, the crowds,
561
00:59:56,106 --> 00:59:58,472
even what they're supposed
to be doing,
562
00:59:58,575 --> 01:00:01,043
are all too often
injured and discarded,
563
01:00:01,144 --> 01:00:05,672
in pointless, trivial,
outlandish contests
564
01:00:05,782 --> 01:00:08,751
designed to make profits
and entertain.
565
01:00:14,691 --> 01:00:16,386
Besides loss of habitat,
566
01:00:16,493 --> 01:00:20,395
hunting is the number-one threat
to wildlife today.
567
01:00:20,497 --> 01:00:24,729
Hunters kill over
200 million animals every year.
568
01:00:25,502 --> 01:00:30,098
Deer, rabbits, and squirrels
top the list of desirable targets.
569
01:00:32,575 --> 01:00:33,735
There is no denying it.
570
01:00:33,843 --> 01:00:37,973
If hunting is a sport,
it is a blood sport.
571
01:00:38,081 --> 01:00:43,610
The targets are living,
and they undergo violent deaths.
572
01:00:57,300 --> 01:01:01,794
Fishing is also a death sport,
wherein the nonhuman animal suffers.
573
01:01:04,774 --> 01:01:07,743
Researchers have distinguished
that fish show pain behavior
574
01:01:07,844 --> 01:01:10,005
the same way mammals do.
575
01:01:12,115 --> 01:01:15,414
Anatomically, physiologically,
and biologically,
576
01:01:15,518 --> 01:01:19,648
the pain system in fish is virtually
the same as in birds and mammals.
577
01:01:20,490 --> 01:01:24,290
In other words,
fish are sentient organisms,
578
01:01:24,394 --> 01:01:26,760
so of course they feel pain.
579
01:01:36,006 --> 01:01:38,907
For those who think
fish die "gentler" deaths,
580
01:01:39,009 --> 01:01:42,843
consider that their sensory organs
are highly developed,
581
01:01:42,946 --> 01:01:45,642
their nervous systems complex,
582
01:01:45,749 --> 01:01:48,343
their nerve cells
very similar to our own...
583
01:01:49,285 --> 01:01:53,483
...and their responses to certain
stimuli immediate and vigorous.
584
01:02:01,765 --> 01:02:04,233
When going to the circus,
585
01:02:04,334 --> 01:02:07,826
rarely do we stop for a moment
and consider:
586
01:02:07,937 --> 01:02:11,304
What incites an animal to do
something unnatural, even dangerous,
587
01:02:11,474 --> 01:02:14,705
such as jumping through flames,
balancing on one foot,
588
01:02:14,878 --> 01:02:19,508
or diving into water
from shaky platforms high in the air?
589
01:02:30,894 --> 01:02:32,953
Animal trainers would like
for the public to believe
590
01:02:33,063 --> 01:02:37,591
that animals are coaxed into such
behaviors with the promise of rewards.
591
01:02:42,672 --> 01:02:47,905
But the truth is that animals perform
because they fear punishment.
592
01:02:49,045 --> 01:02:53,846
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
593
01:02:53,983 --> 01:02:58,545
All right, let's go.
Let's get going.
594
01:03:00,290 --> 01:03:03,726
In essence, circuses condemn
animals who are wild by nature
595
01:03:03,827 --> 01:03:09,265
to live out their days
isolated in tiny, barren cages,
596
01:03:09,365 --> 01:03:13,096
denied normal exercise
and socialization...
597
01:03:17,006 --> 01:03:21,102
...shuttled around
from place to place...
598
01:03:28,384 --> 01:03:32,150
...and shackled in chains
for up to 95% of their lives.
599
01:03:39,896 --> 01:03:43,354
Elephants are taught to perform
with positive reinforcement
600
01:03:43,466 --> 01:03:44,899
and never hit.
601
01:03:45,068 --> 01:03:46,433
Never hit.
602
01:03:46,536 --> 01:03:52,941
Never, never, never will you see
anyone use the ankus
603
01:03:53,042 --> 01:03:56,910
as anything other
than a guide or a tool.
604
01:04:02,285 --> 01:04:03,183
No!
605
01:04:13,163 --> 01:04:15,688
Dominance, subservience, and pain
606
01:04:15,798 --> 01:04:19,063
are integral parts
of the training process.
607
01:06:59,228 --> 01:07:01,890
We know animals feel.
608
01:07:05,501 --> 01:07:10,131
They feel fear, loneliness, and pain,
just like humans do.
609
01:07:11,874 --> 01:07:15,833
What animal would choose to spend
their entire life in captivity
610
01:07:15,945 --> 01:07:18,607
if they had a choice?
611
01:08:51,841 --> 01:08:54,105
Fucking assholes!
612
01:09:15,031 --> 01:09:20,731
Are zoos valuable educational
and conservation institutions?
613
01:09:20,837 --> 01:09:24,000
Sure, zoos are interesting,
but they are only educational
614
01:09:24,106 --> 01:09:26,131
in the sense
that they teach a disregard
615
01:09:26,242 --> 01:09:29,575
for the natures
of other living beings.
616
01:09:31,481 --> 01:09:35,076
Besides, what can we learn
about wild animals
617
01:09:35,184 --> 01:09:37,880
by viewing them in captivity?
618
01:09:40,122 --> 01:09:43,888
Zoos exist because we are intrigued
by exotic things.
619
01:09:45,428 --> 01:09:49,387
And to zoo-goers,
zoo animals are just that:
620
01:09:49,499 --> 01:09:50,898
things.
621
01:09:53,035 --> 01:09:57,096
In both cases, at circuses or zoos,
622
01:09:57,206 --> 01:09:59,970
wild and exotic animals are captured,
623
01:10:00,076 --> 01:10:05,571
caged, transported, and trained
to do what humans want them to do.
624
01:10:12,722 --> 01:10:15,623
At best, the term "bullfighting"
is a misnomer...
625
01:10:17,026 --> 01:10:18,857
...as there is little competition
626
01:10:18,961 --> 01:10:20,792
between the sword
of a nimble matador,
627
01:10:20,897 --> 01:10:23,388
which is Spanish for "killer,"
628
01:10:23,499 --> 01:10:26,525
and a confused, maimed,
psychologically tormented,
629
01:10:26,636 --> 01:10:29,662
and physically debilitated bull.
630
01:10:32,542 --> 01:10:34,669
Many prominent former bullfighters
631
01:10:34,777 --> 01:10:37,245
report that bulls
are intentionally debilitated
632
01:10:37,346 --> 01:10:41,544
with tranquilizers and laxatives,
beatings to the kidneys,
633
01:10:41,651 --> 01:10:46,281
and heavy weights hung around
their necks for weeks before a fight.
634
01:10:49,559 --> 01:10:52,494
Some of the animals are placed
in darkness for 48 hours
635
01:10:52,662 --> 01:10:56,063
before the confrontation,
636
01:10:56,165 --> 01:10:59,657
then are released,
blinded, into the bright arena.
637
01:11:02,004 --> 01:11:04,905
In a typical event, the bull enters
638
01:11:05,007 --> 01:11:07,942
and is approached by men
who exhaust and frustrate him
639
01:11:08,044 --> 01:11:12,504
by running him in circles
and tricking him into collisions.
640
01:11:13,916 --> 01:11:16,783
When the bull is tired
and out of breath,
641
01:11:16,886 --> 01:11:18,717
he is approached by picadors,
642
01:11:18,821 --> 01:11:22,780
who drive lances
into its back and neck muscles,
643
01:11:22,892 --> 01:11:26,692
twisting and gouging to ensure
a significant amount of blood loss
644
01:11:26,796 --> 01:11:30,459
and impairing the bull's ability
to lift his head.
645
01:11:32,068 --> 01:11:35,401
Then come the banderilleros
who distract and dart around the bull,
646
01:11:35,504 --> 01:11:38,439
while plunging more lances into him.
647
01:11:41,444 --> 01:11:44,277
Weakened from blood loss,
they run the bull in more circles
648
01:11:44,380 --> 01:11:47,372
until he is dizzy and stops chasing.
649
01:11:49,819 --> 01:11:53,949
Finally, the matador,
this "killer," appears
650
01:11:54,056 --> 01:11:57,548
and, after provoking a few exhausted
charges from the dying animal,
651
01:11:57,660 --> 01:11:59,992
tries to kill the bull with his sword.
652
01:12:03,299 --> 01:12:08,066
And this bloody form of amusement
is bullfighting.
653
01:12:10,139 --> 01:12:13,836
The pleasure derived from
all of these activities and sports...
654
01:12:14,577 --> 01:12:17,375
...a communion with nature,
some would say,
655
01:12:17,480 --> 01:12:21,439
can be secured
without harming or killing animals.
656
01:12:22,585 --> 01:12:24,815
The commercial exploitation
of wildlife
657
01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:27,787
erroneously assumes
that the value of wild animals
658
01:12:27,890 --> 01:12:31,553
is reducible to their utility
relative to human interests,
659
01:12:31,661 --> 01:12:34,824
especially economic interests.
660
01:12:36,265 --> 01:12:39,359
But wild animals
are not a renewable resource,
661
01:12:39,468 --> 01:12:44,201
having value only relative
to human interests.
662
01:12:46,409 --> 01:12:50,368
That perception
can only be that of a speciesist.
663
01:12:55,384 --> 01:12:58,353
Nevertheless, these practices exist
664
01:12:58,454 --> 01:13:03,619
only because we do not take seriously
the interests of other animals.
665
01:13:09,298 --> 01:13:14,998
In this light, are humans not
the most callous speciesists of all?
666
01:13:26,916 --> 01:13:29,009
The term "vivisection"
is used to apply
667
01:13:29,118 --> 01:13:31,712
to all types of experiments
on living animals
668
01:13:31,821 --> 01:13:34,881
and is said to be a form
of medical science.
669
01:13:37,426 --> 01:13:39,656
The reason for experimentation
of this type
670
01:13:39,762 --> 01:13:44,665
is to allegedly discover cures
for human ailments and illnesses.
671
01:13:47,703 --> 01:13:50,137
But those who hope
to find remedies for human ills
672
01:13:50,239 --> 01:13:52,673
by inflicting deliberate sufferings
on animals
673
01:13:52,775 --> 01:13:56,040
commit two fundamental errors
in understanding.
674
01:13:57,046 --> 01:14:00,345
The first is the assumption
that results obtained on animals
675
01:14:00,449 --> 01:14:02,940
are applicable to mankind.
676
01:14:03,586 --> 01:14:07,784
The second concerns the inevitable
fallacy of experimental science
677
01:14:07,890 --> 01:14:10,256
in respect to the field
of organic life.
678
01:14:11,260 --> 01:14:14,491
Since animals react differently
from human beings,
679
01:14:14,597 --> 01:14:17,430
every new product or method
tried out on animals
680
01:14:17,533 --> 01:14:21,333
must be tried out again on man
through careful clinical tests,
681
01:14:21,437 --> 01:14:24,167
before it can be considered safe.
682
01:14:26,342 --> 01:14:28,833
This rule knows no exceptions.
683
01:14:29,745 --> 01:14:31,838
Tests on animals
are not only dangerous
684
01:14:31,947 --> 01:14:34,745
because they lead
to wrong conclusions,
685
01:14:34,850 --> 01:14:39,082
but, furthermore,
they retard clinical investigation,
686
01:14:39,188 --> 01:14:42,589
which is the only valid kind.
687
01:14:43,058 --> 01:14:46,186
Just remember the fact that
any disease deliberately provoked
688
01:14:46,295 --> 01:14:50,061
is unlike any disease
that arises spontaneously.
689
01:14:55,004 --> 01:14:58,098
Unfortunately,
such methods still sail today
690
01:14:58,207 --> 01:14:59,697
under the flag of science,
691
01:14:59,809 --> 01:15:04,473
which is an insult to true science,
as well as human intelligence.
692
01:15:18,060 --> 01:15:22,759
And so, vivisection applies
to medical experiments,
693
01:15:23,866 --> 01:15:28,132
done with the administration
of noxious substances...
694
01:15:32,842 --> 01:15:36,175
...electric or traumatic shocks...
695
01:15:46,522 --> 01:15:49,389
...unanesthetized operations...
696
01:15:59,335 --> 01:16:01,462
...burns...
697
01:16:32,067 --> 01:16:35,867
...drawn-out deprivations
of food and drink...
698
01:16:38,540 --> 01:16:41,236
...physical and psychological tortures
699
01:16:41,343 --> 01:16:45,746
that lead to mental imbalance,
infections, and so on.
700
01:16:48,651 --> 01:16:53,247
Head-injury research involves
partially or fully conscious baboons
701
01:16:53,355 --> 01:16:55,380
strapped down with restraints
702
01:16:55,491 --> 01:16:58,187
and their heads cemented
into a metal helmet,
703
01:16:58,294 --> 01:17:00,353
which will be thrust
at a 60 degree angle
704
01:17:00,462 --> 01:17:03,295
at a force of up to 1,000 gs.
705
01:17:31,860 --> 01:17:36,695
The purpose of this experiment
is to simulate auto crashes,
706
01:17:36,799 --> 01:17:41,793
football, boxing,
and other head-related injuries.
707
01:17:41,904 --> 01:17:46,932
And this process is often repeated
again and again on the same animals.
708
01:17:49,812 --> 01:17:52,303
And finally, military research.
709
01:17:53,716 --> 01:17:56,879
This one speaks for itself.
710
01:17:58,153 --> 01:18:01,179
From sending monkeys
into outer space...
711
01:18:01,890 --> 01:18:06,054
...and testing atomic blasts
on helpless dogs,
712
01:18:06,161 --> 01:18:10,257
to exposing primates
to nuclear radiation.
713
01:18:12,301 --> 01:18:15,532
20 years ago, the number of animals
dying of tortures
714
01:18:15,637 --> 01:18:19,038
through the practice of vivisection
was astronomical,
715
01:18:19,141 --> 01:18:22,907
estimated at 400,000
per day worldwide
716
01:18:23,078 --> 01:18:27,913
and growing
at an annual rate of 5%.
717
01:18:28,017 --> 01:18:30,508
Today that number
is almost beyond comprehension.
718
01:18:30,619 --> 01:18:32,587
19,000 per minute.
719
01:18:32,688 --> 01:18:34,918
10 billion per year.
720
01:18:43,032 --> 01:18:45,796
Some uneducated persons
pretend to know
721
01:18:45,901 --> 01:18:50,167
that less-intelligent animals
don't feel pain the same way we do.
722
01:18:51,974 --> 01:18:57,970
In truth, we know very little about
how specific animals may "feel,"
723
01:18:58,080 --> 01:19:01,538
except that they must also submit
to the universal law
724
01:19:01,650 --> 01:19:05,051
that causes every organism
dying by unnatural means
725
01:19:05,154 --> 01:19:08,453
to suffer greatly
before that final release.
726
01:19:12,227 --> 01:19:15,355
But it's nonsense to say
that animals do not suffer
727
01:19:15,464 --> 01:19:19,161
because they have
a lower order of intelligence.
728
01:19:24,339 --> 01:19:28,969
Pain is pain,
conveyed by nerves to the brain.
729
01:19:29,611 --> 01:19:33,775
And there are other nerves
than those of intelligence,
730
01:19:33,882 --> 01:19:39,115
nerves such as sight,
smell, touch, and hearing.
731
01:19:40,055 --> 01:19:42,853
And in some animals, these nerves
are much more highly developed
732
01:19:42,958 --> 01:19:44,255
than in man.
733
01:19:49,865 --> 01:19:52,163
We know that there
has never been an epoch
734
01:19:52,267 --> 01:19:55,361
in which we could learn something
about the physiology of man
735
01:19:55,471 --> 01:19:57,496
by torturing animals.
736
01:19:59,174 --> 01:20:02,337
We only learned something
about animals.
737
01:20:02,444 --> 01:20:06,107
And if there is something we can learn
from them on the psychological level,
738
01:20:06,215 --> 01:20:09,742
it is not by means
of steel or electricity,
739
01:20:09,852 --> 01:20:13,219
much less so
through psychic violences.
740
01:20:13,322 --> 01:20:16,052
The systematic torture
of sentient beings,
741
01:20:16,158 --> 01:20:19,218
whatever the pretext
and in whatever form,
742
01:20:19,328 --> 01:20:23,059
cannot achieve anything
more than it already has:
743
01:20:23,165 --> 01:20:29,070
to show us what is the lowest point
of debasement man can reach...
744
01:20:35,744 --> 01:20:38,008
...if that's what we want to know.
745
01:21:06,041 --> 01:21:10,410
Ignorance is the speciesist's
first line of defense.
746
01:21:10,512 --> 01:21:13,970
Yet it is easily breached by anyone
with the time and determination
747
01:21:14,082 --> 01:21:16,448
to find out the truth.
748
01:21:17,619 --> 01:21:20,019
Ignorance has prevailed so long
749
01:21:20,122 --> 01:21:24,058
only because people
do not want to find out the truth.
750
01:21:26,195 --> 01:21:28,891
"Don't tell me.
You'll spoil my dinner,"
751
01:21:28,997 --> 01:21:31,227
is the usual reply
to any attempt to tell someone
752
01:21:31,400 --> 01:21:34,130
just how that dinner was produced.
753
01:21:35,037 --> 01:21:38,803
Even people who are aware
that the traditional family farm
754
01:21:38,907 --> 01:21:42,502
has been taken over
by big-business interests,
755
01:21:42,611 --> 01:21:45,375
that their clothes
come from slaughtered cows,
756
01:21:45,480 --> 01:21:48,108
that their entertainment
means the suffering and death
757
01:21:48,217 --> 01:21:49,548
of millions of animals,
758
01:21:49,651 --> 01:21:54,145
and that some questionable
experiments go on in laboratories,
759
01:21:54,256 --> 01:21:58,920
still cling to a vague belief
that conditions cannot be too bad,
760
01:21:59,027 --> 01:22:01,996
or else the government
or the animal welfare societies
761
01:22:02,097 --> 01:22:04,861
would have done something about it.
762
01:22:07,469 --> 01:22:11,200
But it is not the inability
to find out what is going on
763
01:22:11,306 --> 01:22:13,831
as much as a desire
not to know about facts
764
01:22:13,942 --> 01:22:16,172
that may lie heavy
on one's conscience,
765
01:22:16,278 --> 01:22:19,679
that is responsible
for this lack of awareness.
766
01:22:21,817 --> 01:22:25,412
After all, the victims
of whatever it is that goes on
767
01:22:25,520 --> 01:22:27,715
in all these awful places
768
01:22:27,823 --> 01:22:30,792
are not members
of one's own group.
769
01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:40,764
It all comes down
to pain and suffering.
770
01:22:40,869 --> 01:22:46,865
Not intelligence, not strength,
not social class or civil right.
771
01:22:47,409 --> 01:22:49,536
Pain and suffering
are, in themselves, bad
772
01:22:49,645 --> 01:22:51,977
and should be prevented
or minimized,
773
01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:57,074
irrespective of the race, sex,
or species of the being that suffers.
774
01:22:59,855 --> 01:23:02,517
We are all animals of this planet.
775
01:23:02,624 --> 01:23:05,252
We are all creatures.
776
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:10,195
And nonhuman animals experience
sensations just like we do.
777
01:23:10,299 --> 01:23:16,636
They, too, are strong, intelligent,
industrious, mobile, and evolutional.
778
01:23:16,738 --> 01:23:19,935
They, too, are capable
of growth and adaptation.
779
01:23:20,042 --> 01:23:24,172
Like us, first and foremost,
they are earthlings.
780
01:23:24,279 --> 01:23:27,544
And like us, they are surviving.
781
01:23:29,384 --> 01:23:34,048
Like us, they also seek their own
comfort rather than discomfort.
782
01:23:34,156 --> 01:23:38,820
And like us,
they express degrees of emotion.
783
01:23:40,062 --> 01:23:44,192
In short, like us, they are alive,
784
01:23:44,299 --> 01:23:49,794
most of them being, in fact,
vertebrate, just like us.
785
01:24:08,490 --> 01:24:12,790
As we look back on how essential
animals are to human survival,
786
01:24:12,894 --> 01:24:15,089
our absolute dependence on them,
787
01:24:15,197 --> 01:24:17,392
for companionship,
788
01:24:17,499 --> 01:24:19,160
food,
789
01:24:19,267 --> 01:24:20,928
clothing,
790
01:24:21,036 --> 01:24:23,368
sport and entertainment,
791
01:24:23,538 --> 01:24:26,735
as well as medical
and scientific research...
792
01:24:27,509 --> 01:24:31,570
...ironically, we only see mankind's
complete disrespect
793
01:24:31,680 --> 01:24:35,639
for these nonhuman providers.
794
01:24:35,751 --> 01:24:39,448
Without a doubt,
this must be what it is:
795
01:24:39,554 --> 01:24:43,012
to "bite the hand that feeds us."
796
01:24:44,926 --> 01:24:49,625
In fact, we have actually stomped
and spit on it.
797
01:24:52,667 --> 01:24:56,194
Now we are faced
with the inevitable aftermath.
798
01:24:56,304 --> 01:24:57,999
This is evident in health reports
799
01:24:58,106 --> 01:25:01,439
due to our over-excessive
consumption of animals:
800
01:25:01,543 --> 01:25:07,072
Cancer, heart disease,
osteoporosis, strokes,
801
01:25:07,182 --> 01:25:13,178
kidney stones, anemia,
diabetes, and more.
802
01:25:15,824 --> 01:25:20,852
Even our food has now been affected,
and at its very source.
803
01:25:22,063 --> 01:25:24,463
With antibiotics
used to promote weight gain
804
01:25:24,566 --> 01:25:26,534
in animals who can't gain weight
805
01:25:26,635 --> 01:25:31,231
under the stressful, overcrowded
living conditions in factory farms,
806
01:25:31,339 --> 01:25:35,708
with the overuse
of pesticides and insecticides
807
01:25:35,811 --> 01:25:37,540
or artificial hormones
808
01:25:37,646 --> 01:25:42,982
designed to increase milk production,
litter size, and frequency,
809
01:25:43,084 --> 01:25:48,818
with artificial colors, herbicides,
larvicides, synthetic fertilizers,
810
01:25:48,924 --> 01:25:53,327
tranquilizers,
growth and appetite stimulants,
811
01:25:53,428 --> 01:25:59,833
it's no wonder that Mad Cow Disease,
Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Pfiesteria,
812
01:25:59,935 --> 01:26:03,200
and a host of other
animal-related abnormalities
813
01:26:03,305 --> 01:26:06,502
have been unleashed
on the human public.
814
01:26:08,076 --> 01:26:12,274
Nature is not responsible
for these actions.
815
01:26:12,380 --> 01:26:14,871
We are.
816
01:26:19,921 --> 01:26:22,446
So a change is inevitable.
817
01:26:22,557 --> 01:26:25,117
Either we make it ourselves,
818
01:26:25,227 --> 01:26:29,391
or we will be forced to make it
by nature itself.
819
01:26:29,498 --> 01:26:33,264
The time has come for each of us
to reconsider our eating habits,
820
01:26:33,368 --> 01:26:37,327
our traditions,
our styles and fashions,
821
01:26:37,506 --> 01:26:40,498
and, above all, our thinking.
822
01:26:48,683 --> 01:26:51,550
So, if there is any truth
to the age-old saying:
823
01:26:51,653 --> 01:26:53,746
"What goes around,
comes around,"
824
01:26:53,855 --> 01:26:56,517
then what do they get for their pain?
825
01:26:57,726 --> 01:27:01,719
Do we even give it a second thought?
826
01:27:02,130 --> 01:27:07,864
If what goes around comes around,
what do they get for their pain?
827
01:27:11,406 --> 01:27:14,000
They are earthlings.
828
01:27:14,776 --> 01:27:18,872
They have the right to be here
just as much as humans do.
829
01:27:21,249 --> 01:27:25,015
Perhaps the answer is found
in another age-old saying...
830
01:27:26,121 --> 01:27:27,713
...and one equally true:
831
01:27:39,701 --> 01:27:45,697
So of course animals feel,
and of course they experience pain.
832
01:27:47,242 --> 01:27:50,541
After all, has nature endowed
these wonderful animals
833
01:27:50,645 --> 01:27:55,673
with wellsprings of sentiment
so that they should not feel?
834
01:27:56,585 --> 01:28:00,419
Or do animals have nerves
in order to be insensitive?
835
01:28:04,559 --> 01:28:06,857
Reason demands a better answer.
836
01:28:10,465 --> 01:28:13,491
But one thing is absolutely certain.
837
01:28:14,169 --> 01:28:15,727
Animals used for food,
838
01:28:15,837 --> 01:28:19,204
used for clothing,
used for entertainment,
839
01:28:19,307 --> 01:28:22,037
and in scientific experiments,
840
01:28:22,143 --> 01:28:25,977
and all the oppression
that is done to them under the sun,
841
01:28:26,081 --> 01:28:28,447
they all die from pain.
842
01:28:29,751 --> 01:28:31,218
Each and every one.
843
01:28:35,056 --> 01:28:37,650
Isn't it enough
that animals the world over
844
01:28:37,759 --> 01:28:42,822
live in permanent retreat
from human progress and expansion?
845
01:28:42,931 --> 01:28:47,197
And for many species,
there is simply nowhere else to go.
846
01:28:50,005 --> 01:28:54,806
It seems the fate of many animals
is either to be unwanted by man
847
01:28:54,909 --> 01:28:57,173
or wanted too much.
848
01:28:58,847 --> 01:29:00,781
We enter as lords of the Earth,
849
01:29:00,882 --> 01:29:05,251
bearing strange powers
of terror and mercy alike.
850
01:29:05,353 --> 01:29:07,218
But human beings
should love animals
851
01:29:07,322 --> 01:29:12,089
as the knowing love the innocent
and the strong love the vulnerable.
852
01:29:13,995 --> 01:29:16,327
When we wince
at the suffering of animals,
853
01:29:16,431 --> 01:29:21,391
that feeling speaks well of us,
even if we ignore it.
854
01:29:22,370 --> 01:29:24,930
And those who dismiss love
for our fellow creatures
855
01:29:25,040 --> 01:29:27,531
as mere sentimentality
856
01:29:27,642 --> 01:29:31,305
overlook a good and important part
of our humanity.
857
01:29:32,847 --> 01:29:37,546
But it takes nothing away from
a human to be kind to an animal.
858
01:29:38,787 --> 01:29:42,883
And it is actually within us
to grant them a happy life
859
01:29:42,991 --> 01:29:45,118
and a long one.
860
01:29:49,364 --> 01:29:52,629
On the heath,
King Lear asked Gloucester,
861
01:29:52,734 --> 01:29:55,328
"How do you see the world?"
862
01:29:55,437 --> 01:29:58,929
And Gloucester,
who is blind, answered,
863
01:30:00,041 --> 01:30:02,703
"I see it feelingly."
864
01:30:04,813 --> 01:30:07,714
"I see it feelingly."
865
01:30:09,751 --> 01:30:13,551
Three primary life forces
exist on this planet.
866
01:30:14,422 --> 01:30:16,390
Nature.
867
01:30:17,192 --> 01:30:18,819
Animals.
868
01:30:20,295 --> 01:30:22,388
And humankind.
869
01:30:26,501 --> 01:30:28,969
We are the earthlings.
870
01:30:32,173 --> 01:30:34,505
Make the connection.