The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
The bang from the captive bolt gun startled me as the bull dropped to the ground with a thud. Maybe because I’ve worked with cows more that pigs, or it was a bigger animal but something moved inside me. I Continue reading The stunned cow…
My second time at a slaughter house here in Slovakia, I stood and watched pigs go from animals to meat for human consumption. Last time I was here 2 weeks ago it was with cattle; generally beef here in Slovakia Continue reading Slaughter….
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Supreme Pet Foods It’s amazing how much supermarkets insulate us from the reality of where the food comes from – so much so that some school children even believe that chickens come from Tesco Continue reading Visiting a poultry slaughter house (Day 523)
So I changed my topic at the last minute for tonight’s diary entry after coming across something that I consider to be extremely disturbing within animal welfare legislation. Animal Welfare on factory farming systems, though regulated relies on the inspection Continue reading Illegal to film animal cruelty undercover in Iowa