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- RadInfinitum, on 11/26/2008, -6/+42Anyone else wanting to swallow down some truth with gravy and potatoes?
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -3/+27"Toms therefore have to be manually stimulated and "milked" for their semen, which is then inserted into a hen using a syringe." WHAT!
Now imagine someone on a farm just sitting there jacking off the turkeys! Just furiously jackin' away without abandon! Hahaha! - inactive, on 11/26/2008, -1/+24I'm going to two Thanksgiving this year, and I plan to do some damage at each. Supporting farmers is delicious.
- decker12, on 11/26/2008, -6/+25I am wildly indifferent to the plight of these delicious beasts.
- ostracize, on 11/26/2008, -3/+14Am I the only one who doesn't like the white meat?
- unknownsoldierX, on 11/26/2008, -3/+14Holocaust of deliciousness.
- raysaagar, on 11/26/2008, -2/+13and here i thought turkeys grew on trees. silly me.
- lovemorgul, on 11/26/2008, -5/+15We will get our turkey from a local farm.
- IphtashuFitz, on 11/26/2008, -6/+15If it wasn't for streamlined processes like this then starvation would be rampant throughout the world. Sorry, turkeys, chickens, cattle, etc. but that's the life you're destined to in order to help support the human population of the planet...
- Dumbledorito, on 11/26/2008, -0/+8I take no shame in admitting I'm a breast man.
- Rivetgeek, on 11/26/2008, -5/+13PETA called, they want their self-important mindless hippy-drone rant back.
- deadapostle, on 11/26/2008, -1/+9Once you go black, you never go back.
- deenoop, on 11/26/2008, -1/+8i should not have watched that video. :(
- JackpotCity, on 11/26/2008, -2/+946 million turkeys - that's a lot of Turkey poop!
- yohanserge, on 11/26/2008, -0/+7+1 for using the phrase 'without abandon' !
- kleptomaniac, on 11/26/2008, -4/+11Define "bio-engineered." Do you mean selective breeding? Because we've been doing that since we domesticated our first animal. There is no such thing as a bio-engineered turkey outside of this definition that I'm aware of.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/genetic-science/g ...
http://www.adoptaturkey.org/aat/issues/factory_far ... - wifirewire2, on 11/26/2008, -4/+11Meeeeeeeee!
- MrBogard, on 11/26/2008, -0/+6People eat a ***** of turkey year round. It's mostly in the form of deli meat for some reason though.
- sgr215, on 11/26/2008, -6/+12I'd love to cry over the plight of the turkey but honestly, all your post did was make me hungrier.
- Spartacusprime, on 11/26/2008, -0/+6Tell us how you really feel.
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -7/+13blahblahblah...
I don't care. - wifirewire2, on 11/26/2008, -0/+6FTA: "Bonus explainer: How do turkeys breed? With a little help from their human friends..."
LMAO - aherman, on 11/26/2008, -1/+6Watch the Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe where he milks semen from turkeys. 'Tis gross.
- str3ama, on 11/26/2008, -20/+25"once these birds reach the proper size and weight, they're slaughtered"
Ok well this Slate article totally glossed over the truth to this. I was expecting something a bit more truthful, but I guess they don't want to alienate readers. Heres' the real story, and yea call me whatever you want - but I subscribe to the notion that people should know how meat gets on to their plate, and not just the highly glossed over story that we tell to children so they would feel guilty after you take them to a farm or petting zoo.
Turkeys, much like cattle and chickens, don't spend their time fattening up out in fenced pastures as they would have you believe. The industrial farms bio-engineer these birds to grow quickly in weight, and have higher fat content and tissue, and less muscles. The results are a pathetic looking creature with few plummage and an inability to hold themselves up because of the lack of muscle. They're really prone to disease and all workers in the facilities are expected to wear full biosuits to prevent the spread of any airborne infection, even the smallest and weakest bacteria could cause these turkeys to die in large droves because they're devoid of the most basic anti-bodies that turkeys and other animals would normally have from living out in the wild or even in free-range. So the industrial farms have to be careful and they have to get sanitized before and after they leave or enter the facilities. Many do die during infancy.
The turkeys are fed optimized feed to build up quick fat, and there are some more unscrupulous factory farms that are turning to griding up deceased turkeys and mixing it in with the feed to cut costs. But again that's not normal practice, but who knows more farmers may do this if the economy continues to slump. The turkeys spend their lives packed together, and like chickens, some have the tips of their beak removed so that they can't peck at each other. They live pathetic gluttonous live, until the day they are killed by either having their head cut off or into the grinder (as you witnessed in the Palin video).That's accounts of the "10 to 18 weeks on a farm" and shipment to the processing plant where they're slaughtered.
If ever there was such callous disregard for the laws of nature and beings, it would be the farming and bio-engineering industry. It's acceptable to eat meat, so long as you can swallow down the truth and know what your decision entails and leads to. - techguru2006, on 11/26/2008, -1/+6All turkeys go to heaven.
- ihatediggcom, on 11/26/2008, -0/+5i don't get it, how come there is a digg counter at the bottom of the story and it only has 7 diggs?
- SirFragsMore, on 11/26/2008, -0/+5FTA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhGGvcotHCk NSFW
- EmailAddress, on 11/26/2008, -1/+6choking the chicken... choking the turkey's chicken.....
- Rivetgeek, on 11/26/2008, -0/+5you seriously need to look up genocide in the dictionary.
- Gr1nch, on 11/27/2008, -0/+4the F key on your keyboard must be so dirty.
- doublefelix, on 11/26/2008, -0/+4It's linking to a different submission of the same article that wasn't sanctioned by the digg gods. Much like a turkey losing out on its pardon.
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -7/+11You are clearly an idiot.
"The industrial farms bio-engineer these birds to grow quickly in weight, and have higher fat content and tissue, and less muscles. The results are a pathetic looking creature with few plummage and an inability to hold themselves up because of the lack of muscle. They're really prone to disease and all workers in the facilities are expected to wear full biosuits to prevent the spread of any airborne infection, even the smallest and weakest bacteria could cause these turkeys to die in large droves because they're devoid of the most basic anti-bodies that turkeys and other animals would normally have from living out in the wild or even in free-range."
Firstly, why would they selectively breed (yes, that is the only type of genetic engineering that has ever gone on in the farming industry) turkeys for decreased muscle mass. You know, 'cause muscle is the part of the turkey you eat and all. Raising less muscular turkey's negatively effects a farmers profit, so you're definitely lieing there. Not to mention turkey meat is ridiculously lean.
Furthermore, not only are turkeys in captivity immunized more than their wild brethren, they're innoculated while still in their eggs.
So, ya. You're an idiot. - stonebear, on 11/26/2008, -1/+5Bestiality by any other name ...
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -0/+4White meat sucks when it's overcooked. I thought I didn't care for white meat until I cooked a turkey one Thanksgiving with Alton Brown's brining method and the white meat came out perfect -- the juiciest I've ever had. Totally changed my mind.
- skin, on 11/26/2008, -3/+7The part of the turkey you eat is the muscle so why the heck would they want the turkeys to have not enough muscle to stand up? Now I know they aren't treated very humanely at all, but if you want to give us the truth, you should probably understand it before teaching it.
- Namco, on 11/26/2008, -6/+10It's the food chain man. We're high up on it. It's good to be the king.
Slaughter is necessary, what is sickening is the lengths some companies will go to to save a buck at the expense of the public health. - drgreenberg, on 11/26/2008, -0/+4Not totally accurate, but close. Here's a more carefully-written story from the head of a non-radical, respected food organization:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0 ...
Of course, not all turkeys are industrial-farm turkeys. As we are beginning to rediscover local but sustainable means of food production, heritage turkeys are making a comeback and some restaurants are featuring these if they're open for Thanksgiving. These are just breeds that predate the breeding for the huge white-meat breast and which are raised in a more humane fashion. I ate one last year and it was more flavorful than the traditional supermarket turkey, but the meat was less white and you can't feed as many off an individual bird. - eryximachus, on 11/26/2008, -6/+10You are clearly a radical vegetarian. If you had ever eaten turkey, you know the birds have very little fat. They are a preferred source of meat for people who choice to avoid fat in their diet.
Cows and pigs today have far less fat than they did a generation ago. It's a real problem for those of us who eat pork, as the fat content has gotten so low the meat requires precise cooking times otherwise it gets dried out and disgusting. - lolwutpear, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3*whoosh*
- BlueYetti13, on 11/26/2008, -1/+4You're easily amused aren't you? In that case, that actually sounds just like the job for you :)
- Deveak, on 11/27/2008, -0/+3ass
- Hanzolot, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3I also have to meet large single day demands for my bird.
- shizer, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3turkeycide.
- vault, on 11/27/2008, -1/+3...which isn't going to happen, 2of8.
- INDOAZZ, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2Put em in a cage and let em get busy wit it...
- Sniper, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2That's nothing, I had 5 turkey dinners in a week.
- secrity, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2I prefer thighs and legs. Turkey breasts have no taste.
- Dumbledorito, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2Weird? Or AWESOME?
- CrushThemTorg, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2I think we've learned a valuable lesson: No matter how awful your job might seem, there is someone who gets paid to milk turkey semen.
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