18 February 2007

Year of the Pig

Happy (Chinese and Lunar) New Year for the Year of the Pig which commenced today.

Unfortunately our pigs will not be celebrating. Not because many are destined for our dinner plates through out the year, but the breeding of pigs for food is not without its issues.


not a very nice existence living in cages

Links
- report in Rolling Stone magazine of 14 December 2006
- SaveBabe.com campaign (Australia)

Ham was one of Keiser's favourite foods and I used to buy packaged ham slices especially for her. I can no longer buy and eat ham.

Free range pork does have a better quality to caged pork. If pigs are supposedly more intelligent than dogs, why are we not rearing them as animal companions?

We don't eat dolphins on account of their intelligence. Why do we eat pigs?

I last cooked pork in a dish of Hokkien noodles with teriyaki sauce. Hmmm...


moi is not food!

3 comments:

Steelius said...

I'm never eating any more parts of the pig, except for ham and bacon

Steelius said...

"Hieeeeeeeeeeeeeeya!"

ACT said...

Time to watch that movie 'Babe' again I think...