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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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"As often has Herman had witnessed
the slaughter of animals and fish,
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he always had the same thought:
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In their behavior toward creatures,
all men were Nazis.
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The smugness with which man could
do with other species as he pleased
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exemplify the most extreme racist theories
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the principle that might is right."
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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00:36:48,935 --> 00:36:51,904
Surely, if slaughterhouses
had glass walls,
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would not all of us be vegetarians?
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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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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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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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for the protection
of marine environments,
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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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00:39:23,923 --> 00:39:28,417
Today's commercial fishers intensify
this situation on massive scales.
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They use vast factory trawlers
the size of football fields
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and advanced electronic equipment
to track and catch fish.
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00:39:41,608 --> 00:39:44,042
Huge nets stretch
across the ocean,
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swallowing up everything
in their path.
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These factory trawlers, coupled with
our increased appetites for seafood,
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are emptying the oceans of sea life
at an alarming pace.
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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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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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Threatening sea life
and humans alike,
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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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Traces of Pfiesteria
have already been found
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from Long Island to the Florida Gulf,
at distances of up to 1,000 miles.
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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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It is a Level 3 Biohazard.
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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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With hog farms fattening
millions of pigs for slaughter,
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grain goes in and waste comes out.
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This waste finds its way into our
oceans and water-supply systems,
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contaminating the animals
that live in it,
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as well as those who eat from it.
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Finally, whaling.
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Though the International
Whaling Commission
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prohibited commercial whaling
in 1985,
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many countries continue to kill whales
for their so-called "exotic meat."
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They use harpoons...
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...firearms...
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...blunt hooks...
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...even explosives...
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...or drive them
into authorized whaling bays,
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where they are made to beach
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and can be killed with knives
in the shallows.
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[NARRATION MISSING FROM
10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION]
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Every winter, between the months
of October through March,
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thousands of dolphins
are confined and brutally killed
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00:43:19,259 --> 00:43:21,955
in small towns across Japan.
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00:43:27,634 --> 00:43:29,864
Sounding rods
beneath the water's surface
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00:43:29,969 --> 00:43:32,403
interfere with the dolphins' sonar.
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00:43:38,378 --> 00:43:43,543
Once disoriented and enclosed
within the nets, the dolphins panic.
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00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,588
Fisherman often injure
a few captive dolphins
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00:43:49,689 --> 00:43:52,089
with a spear thrust or knife slash,
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00:43:52,191 --> 00:43:55,490
since dolphins never abandon
wounded family members.
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00:43:59,299 --> 00:44:03,292
Mothers and babies call out
in distress as they are separated,
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hoisted up, and dragged off,
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00:44:05,438 --> 00:44:08,407
soon to be mercilessly
hacked to death.
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These are benign
and innocent beings.
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And they deserve better.
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00:45:02,595 --> 00:45:05,496
Yet here,
as they lay stricken and needful,
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writhing helplessly on cement floors,
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they are cut open with machetes...
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...and left to slowly suffocate...
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00:45:24,717 --> 00:45:28,118
...convulsing and contorting
in the throes of agony,
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while schoolchildren walk on by.
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Such images of slaughter
and bloody red water
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clearly show
the Japanese government
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has little respect for the state
of the world's oceans
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with their inhumane methods
of fishing,
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often in violation of international
treaties, laws, and conventions
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00:46:03,022 --> 00:46:06,856
designed to protect
over-exploiting the oceans
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00:46:06,959 --> 00:46:09,154
and the creatures that live in them.
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00:46:12,932 --> 00:46:15,867
Dolphin meat is later sold
in markets and restaurants,
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00:46:15,968 --> 00:46:18,493
though often mislabeled
as "whale meat."
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But as though cruelty toward animals
raised for food wasn't enough,
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we've also found ways of making use
of them for all our clothes:
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jackets, shoes, belts, gloves,
pants, wallets, purses, and so on.
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00:46:38,891 --> 00:46:42,657
The next question is obviously:
"where do our clothes come from?"
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00:46:57,877 --> 00:47:00,675
The demand for leather comes
primarily from the United States,
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00:47:00,780 --> 00:47:03,271
Germany, and the U.K.
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00:47:03,850 --> 00:47:07,183
Just about everybody wears it,
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00:47:07,286 --> 00:47:09,948
with little or no thought
of where it came from.
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00:47:10,990 --> 00:47:13,117
Thousands of India cows
are slaughtered each week
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00:47:13,226 --> 00:47:17,060
for their skins, purchased from
poor families in part of rural India
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00:47:17,163 --> 00:47:19,563
who sell them
only after the assurance
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00:47:19,665 --> 00:47:22,361
that the animals will live out
their lives on farms.
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00:47:33,112 --> 00:47:36,206
To relocate the animals to a state
where they can legally be killed,
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00:47:36,315 --> 00:47:40,809
since cattle slaughter is forbidden
in most of India,
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00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:43,354
the animals must be shoed and roped
together in preparation
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00:47:43,456 --> 00:47:47,483
for a harrowing "death march,"
which could last for several days.
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00:47:55,535 --> 00:47:59,335
Forced to walk through the heat
and dust without food or water,
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00:47:59,438 --> 00:48:03,499
coupled with the sheer stress of this
terrifying experience for them,
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00:48:03,609 --> 00:48:07,010
many of the animals collapse
and are unable to continue.
447
00:48:09,515 --> 00:48:12,143
Bear in mind that most of the cattle
are being placed in a truck
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00:48:12,251 --> 00:48:15,379
for the first time in their lives
and are likely to be frightened,
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00:48:15,488 --> 00:48:17,979
especially if they have been handled
hastily or roughly
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by the men loading the trucks.
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00:48:20,326 --> 00:48:23,762
The noise and motion of the truck
itself is also a new experience,
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one which makes them ill.
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00:48:26,699 --> 00:48:30,066
After one or two days inside the truck
without food or water,
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00:48:30,169 --> 00:48:32,467
they are desperately thirsty
and hungry,
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00:48:32,572 --> 00:48:34,506
especially since it is normal
for such cows
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to eat frequently throughout the day.
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00:48:45,184 --> 00:48:48,244
But when the cattle become weary
and grow faint,
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the bones in their tails are broken
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00:48:49,855 --> 00:48:52,722
in an effort to get them
back up on their feet.
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00:48:55,528 --> 00:48:59,464
This is done by repeatedly pinching
the tail in several areas.
461
00:49:09,408 --> 00:49:12,775
Handlers must constantly
keep the cattle moving,
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pulling them by nose ropes,
twisting their necks, horns, or tails.
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00:49:21,354 --> 00:49:24,255
They lead, or rather force,
the cattle down embankments
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00:49:24,357 --> 00:49:26,985
and in and out of trucks
without ramps,
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00:49:27,093 --> 00:49:31,757
causing injuries like broken pelvises,
legs, ribs, and horns.
466
00:49:43,075 --> 00:49:46,533
Chili pepper and tobacco are also
used to keep the animals walking.
467
00:49:48,014 --> 00:49:51,780
This practice is done by rubbing
the pepper directly into their eyes,
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00:49:51,884 --> 00:49:55,411
in order to stimulate the animal
back onto his or her feet.
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00:50:10,403 --> 00:50:12,530
And all this before the slaughter.
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As many as half of the animals
will already be dead
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by the time they arrive
at the slaughterhouse.
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But to make the experience
even more traumatic and terrifying,
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they are often killed
in full view of each other.
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And instead of the required
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"quick slice" across the throat
with a sharp knife,
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00:50:51,811 --> 00:50:55,941
they are generally killed through
hacking and sawing with a dull blade.
477
00:51:16,635 --> 00:51:18,933
Afterwards,
the skins from these animals
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are sent to tanneries
that use deadly substances
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like chromium and other toxins
to stop decomposition.
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00:51:27,413 --> 00:51:30,678
Remember, leather is dead flesh.
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00:51:31,417 --> 00:51:32,907
It is dead skin,
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00:51:33,018 --> 00:51:35,748
and, therefore, it's natural for it
to decompose and rot away
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unless treated
with such potent substances as these.
484
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:45,496
And for people, the health effects
of such chemicals in tanneries,
485
00:51:45,598 --> 00:51:48,032
in lieu of the continued demand
for leather goods,
486
00:51:48,134 --> 00:51:50,432
is yet another issue.
487
00:51:59,245 --> 00:52:00,940
Ultimately, leather from Indian cattle
488
00:52:01,046 --> 00:52:04,675
make their way to clothing stores
all around the world.
489
00:52:16,962 --> 00:52:20,193
Most major chains
sell Indian leather.
490
00:52:21,767 --> 00:52:25,328
Leather that comes from completely
different cows than those we eat.
491
00:52:31,277 --> 00:52:32,904
And what about fur?
492
00:52:33,012 --> 00:52:37,381
Over 100 million wild animals are
murdered for their pelts every year,
493
00:52:37,483 --> 00:52:41,146
25 million in the United States alone.
494
00:52:41,253 --> 00:52:43,949
These animals,
obtained by hunting and trapping,
495
00:52:44,056 --> 00:52:47,184
are kept on fur farms
in conditions like these.
496
00:52:51,497 --> 00:52:54,398
Naturally, these undomesticated,
wild animals
497
00:52:54,500 --> 00:52:57,025
are not accustomed to being caged.
498
00:52:58,704 --> 00:53:01,639
And cage madness develops when
frightened and frustrated animals
499
00:53:01,740 --> 00:53:05,141
are driven crazy
from the stress of confinement.
500
00:53:08,013 --> 00:53:11,176
These wild, free-roaming animals
and their offspring
501
00:53:11,283 --> 00:53:14,218
find themselves
unable to live a natural life,
502
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:18,586
can never take even a few steps
or feel the earth beneath their feet.
503
00:53:20,493 --> 00:53:22,427
Instead, they are reduced
to scratching,
504
00:53:22,528 --> 00:53:25,588
circling, and pacing endlessly.
505
00:53:26,632 --> 00:53:31,035
The physical injuries
these animals endure on fur farms
506
00:53:31,136 --> 00:53:34,230
involve broken and exposed bones...
507
00:53:38,410 --> 00:53:40,105
...blindness...
508
00:53:42,848 --> 00:53:44,577
...ear infections,
509
00:53:44,683 --> 00:53:46,708
dehydration and malnutrition,
510
00:53:46,819 --> 00:53:50,778
exposure to freezing temperatures,
511
00:53:50,890 --> 00:53:53,950
lack of veterinary care,
512
00:53:54,059 --> 00:53:56,687
and slow death.
513
00:54:03,802 --> 00:54:08,034
No laws indicate
the killing of animals on fur farms.
514
00:54:08,140 --> 00:54:11,974
Therefore, the least expensive
methods are the most appealing.
515
00:54:12,845 --> 00:54:17,214
Carbon-monoxide poisoning,
strychnine, suffocation,
516
00:54:17,316 --> 00:54:20,012
breaking the neck,
and anal electrocution
517
00:54:20,119 --> 00:54:22,883
are some of the more common
methods used.
518
00:54:24,924 --> 00:54:28,325
Removed from his or her cage
with a heavy neck pole,
519
00:54:28,427 --> 00:54:32,295
the animal is walked past the rows
of bodies of slaughtered foxes,
520
00:54:32,398 --> 00:54:36,425
sables, raccoons, and wolves,
among others.
521
00:54:38,637 --> 00:54:41,231
Death by anal electrocution
is a crude process
522
00:54:41,340 --> 00:54:44,036
that requires a probe
to be inserted in the rectum
523
00:54:44,143 --> 00:54:47,306
while the animal bites down
on a metal conductor.
524
00:54:55,688 --> 00:54:58,248
Oftentimes this inept procedure
must be repeated
525
00:54:58,357 --> 00:55:00,587
to actually kill the animal.
526
00:55:14,306 --> 00:55:16,399
And the skinned carcasses seen here
527
00:55:16,508 --> 00:55:20,137
will later be ground up
and fed to the animals still caged.
528
00:57:00,546 --> 00:57:03,037
And so we move on to entertainment.
529
00:57:06,285 --> 00:57:08,583
Mark Twain once said:
530
00:57:08,687 --> 00:57:13,488
"Of all the creatures ever made,
he (man) is the most detestable.
531
00:57:14,493 --> 00:57:17,826
He's the only creature
that inflicts pain for sport,
532
00:57:17,930 --> 00:57:19,921
knowing it to be pain."
533
00:57:26,805 --> 00:57:30,707
In rodeos, bulls and broncos
don't buck because they're wild,
534
00:57:30,809 --> 00:57:32,709
but because they're in pain.
535
00:57:33,245 --> 00:57:36,078
A belt called a flank strap
or a bucking strap
536
00:57:36,181 --> 00:57:39,947
is secured around the animal's body,
over the genital area.
537
00:57:40,052 --> 00:57:43,180
As the animal leaves the chute,
a tight jerk on the belt
538
00:57:43,288 --> 00:57:46,689
is enough to start him
bucking in pain.
539
00:57:49,628 --> 00:57:53,064
Apart from other injuries
animals incur at rodeos...
540
00:57:54,233 --> 00:57:56,360
...such as broken legs...
541
00:57:58,570 --> 00:58:04,270
...they are also worked up
by being slapped, teased,
542
00:58:04,376 --> 00:58:08,813
given electric prods,
and otherwise tormented,
543
00:58:08,914 --> 00:58:11,781
to bolt out of the chute in a frenzy.
544
00:59:06,638 --> 00:59:09,869
Roping, as seen here,
involves throwing a rope
545
00:59:09,975 --> 00:59:11,806
around the neck
of a frightened animal
546
00:59:11,910 --> 00:59:13,138
running full speed,
547
00:59:13,245 --> 00:59:15,406
jerking the poor creature to a halt,
548
00:59:15,514 --> 00:59:17,744
and slamming him or her
to the ground.
549
00:59:32,531 --> 00:59:35,398
Like any other business,
dog racing and horse racing
550
00:59:35,500 --> 00:59:38,833
are industries motivated
by a common denominator:
551
00:59:38,937 --> 00:59:40,996
profit.
552
00:59:52,384 --> 00:59:57,720
At fair grounds across the country,
animals are used to race,
553
00:59:57,823 --> 01:00:01,054
bet with, and spectate over.
554
01:00:01,994 --> 01:00:03,757
Training for these events
is accomplished
555
01:00:03,862 --> 01:00:06,831
by withholding food
and sometimes water.
556
01:00:07,532 --> 01:00:11,024
These animals,
unfamiliar with their surroundings,
557
01:00:11,136 --> 01:00:14,003
the noise, the crowds,
558
01:00:14,106 --> 01:00:16,472
even what they're supposed
to be doing,
559
01:00:16,575 --> 01:00:19,043
are all too often
injured and discarded,
560
01:00:19,144 --> 01:00:23,672
in pointless, trivial,
outlandish contests
561
01:00:23,782 --> 01:00:26,751
designed to make profits
and entertain.
562
01:00:32,691 --> 01:00:34,386
Besides loss of habitat,
563
01:00:34,493 --> 01:00:38,395
hunting is the number-one threat
to wildlife today.
564
01:00:38,497 --> 01:00:42,729
Hunters kill over
200 million animals every year.
565
01:00:43,502 --> 01:00:48,098
Deer, rabbits, and squirrels
top the list of desirable targets.
566
01:00:50,575 --> 01:00:51,735
There is no denying it.
567
01:00:51,843 --> 01:00:55,973
If hunting is a sport,
it is a blood sport.
568
01:00:56,081 --> 01:01:01,610
The targets are living,
and they undergo violent deaths.
569
01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:19,794
Fishing is also a death sport,
wherein the nonhuman animal suffers.
570
01:01:22,774 --> 01:01:25,743
Researchers have distinguished
that fish show pain behavior
571
01:01:25,844 --> 01:01:28,005
the same way mammals do.
572
01:01:30,115 --> 01:01:33,414
Anatomically, physiologically,
and biologically,
573
01:01:33,518 --> 01:01:37,648
the pain system in fish is virtually
the same as in birds and mammals.
574
01:01:38,490 --> 01:01:42,290
In other words,
fish are sentient organisms,
575
01:01:42,394 --> 01:01:44,760
so of course they feel pain.
576
01:01:54,006 --> 01:01:56,907
For those who think
fish die "gentler" deaths,
577
01:01:57,009 --> 01:02:00,843
consider that their sensory organs
are highly developed,
578
01:02:00,946 --> 01:02:03,642
their nervous systems complex,
579
01:02:03,749 --> 01:02:06,343
their nerve cells
very similar to our own...
580
01:02:07,285 --> 01:02:11,483
...and their responses to certain
stimuli immediate and vigorous.
581
01:02:19,765 --> 01:02:22,233
When going to the circus,
582
01:02:22,334 --> 01:02:25,826
rarely do we stop for a moment
and consider:
583
01:02:25,937 --> 01:02:29,304
What incites an animal to do
something unnatural, even dangerous,
584
01:02:29,474 --> 01:02:32,705
such as jumping through flames,
balancing on one foot,
585
01:02:32,878 --> 01:02:37,508
or diving into water
from shaky platforms high in the air?
586
01:02:48,894 --> 01:02:50,953
Animal trainers would like
for the public to believe
587
01:02:51,063 --> 01:02:55,591
that animals are coaxed into such
behaviors with the promise of rewards.
588
01:03:00,672 --> 01:03:05,905
But the truth is that animals perform
because they fear punishment.
589
01:03:07,045 --> 01:03:11,846
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
590
01:03:11,983 --> 01:03:16,545
All right, let's go.
Let's get going.
591
01:03:18,290 --> 01:03:21,726
In essence, circuses condemn
animals who are wild by nature
592
01:03:21,827 --> 01:03:27,265
to live out their days
isolated in tiny, barren cages,
593
01:03:27,365 --> 01:03:31,096
denied normal exercise
and socialization...
594
01:03:35,006 --> 01:03:39,102
...shuttled around
from place to place...
595
01:03:46,384 --> 01:03:50,150
...and shackled in chains
for up to 95% of their lives.
596
01:03:57,896 --> 01:04:01,354
Elephants are taught to perform
with positive reinforcement
597
01:04:01,466 --> 01:04:02,899
and never hit.
598
01:04:03,068 --> 01:04:04,433
Never hit.
599
01:04:04,536 --> 01:04:10,941
Never, never, never will you see
anyone use the ankus
600
01:04:11,042 --> 01:04:14,910
as anything other
than a guide or a tool.
601
01:04:20,285 --> 01:04:21,183
No!
602
01:04:31,163 --> 01:04:33,688
Dominance, subservience, and pain
603
01:04:33,798 --> 01:04:37,063
are integral parts
of the training process.
604
01:07:17,228 --> 01:07:19,890
We know animals feel.
605
01:07:23,501 --> 01:07:28,131
They feel fear, loneliness, and pain,
just like humans do.
606
01:07:29,874 --> 01:07:33,833
What animal would choose to spend
their entire life in captivity
607
01:07:33,945 --> 01:07:36,607
if they had a choice?
608
01:09:33,031 --> 01:09:38,731
Are zoos valuable educational
and conservation institutions?
609
01:09:38,837 --> 01:09:42,000
Sure, zoos are interesting,
but they are only educational
610
01:09:42,106 --> 01:09:44,131
in the sense
that they teach a disregard
611
01:09:44,242 --> 01:09:47,575
for the natures
of other living beings.
612
01:09:49,481 --> 01:09:53,076
Besides, what can we learn
about wild animals
613
01:09:53,184 --> 01:09:55,880
by viewing them in captivity?
614
01:09:58,122 --> 01:10:01,888
Zoos exist because we are intrigued
by exotic things.
615
01:10:03,428 --> 01:10:07,387
And to zoo-goers,
zoo animals are just that:
616
01:10:07,499 --> 01:10:08,898
things.
617
01:10:11,035 --> 01:10:15,096
In both cases, at circuses or zoos,
618
01:10:15,206 --> 01:10:17,970
wild and exotic animals are captured,
619
01:10:18,076 --> 01:10:23,571
caged, transported, and trained
to do what humans want them to do.
620
01:10:30,722 --> 01:10:33,623
At best, the term "bullfighting"
is a misnomer...
621
01:10:35,026 --> 01:10:36,857
...as there is little competition
622
01:10:36,961 --> 01:10:38,792
between the sword
of a nimble matador,
623
01:10:38,897 --> 01:10:41,388
which is Spanish for "killer,"
624
01:10:41,499 --> 01:10:44,525
and a confused, maimed,
psychologically tormented,
625
01:10:44,636 --> 01:10:47,662
and physically debilitated bull.
626
01:10:50,542 --> 01:10:52,669
Many prominent former bullfighters
627
01:10:52,777 --> 01:10:55,245
report that bulls
are intentionally debilitated
628
01:10:55,346 --> 01:10:59,544
with tranquilizers and laxatives,
beatings to the kidneys,
629
01:10:59,651 --> 01:11:04,281
and heavy weights hung around
their necks for weeks before a fight.
630
01:11:07,559 --> 01:11:10,494
Some of the animals are placed
in darkness for 48 hours
631
01:11:10,662 --> 01:11:14,063
before the confrontation,
632
01:11:14,165 --> 01:11:17,657
then are released,
blinded, into the bright arena.
633
01:11:20,004 --> 01:11:22,905
In a typical event, the bull enters
634
01:11:23,007 --> 01:11:25,942
and is approached by men
who exhaust and frustrate him
635
01:11:26,044 --> 01:11:30,504
by running him in circles
and tricking him into collisions.
636
01:11:31,916 --> 01:11:34,783
When the bull is tired
and out of breath,
637
01:11:34,886 --> 01:11:36,717
he is approached by picadors,
638
01:11:36,821 --> 01:11:40,780
who drive lances
into its back and neck muscles,
639
01:11:40,892 --> 01:11:44,692
twisting and gouging to ensure
a significant amount of blood loss
640
01:11:44,796 --> 01:11:48,459
and impairing the bull's ability
to lift his head.
641
01:11:50,068 --> 01:11:53,401
Then come the banderilleros
who distract and dart around the bull,
642
01:11:53,504 --> 01:11:56,439
while plunging more lances into him.
643
01:11:59,444 --> 01:12:02,277
Weakened from blood loss,
they run the bull in more circles
644
01:12:02,380 --> 01:12:05,372
until he is dizzy and stops chasing.
645
01:12:07,819 --> 01:12:11,949
Finally, the matador,
this "killer," appears
646
01:12:12,056 --> 01:12:15,548
and, after provoking a few exhausted
charges from the dying animal,
647
01:12:15,660 --> 01:12:17,992
tries to kill the bull with his sword.
648
01:12:21,299 --> 01:12:26,066
And this bloody form of amusement
is bullfighting.
649
01:12:28,139 --> 01:12:31,836
The pleasure derived from
all of these activities and sports...
650
01:12:32,577 --> 01:12:35,375
...a communion with nature,
some would say,
651
01:12:35,480 --> 01:12:39,439
can be secured
without harming or killing animals.
652
01:12:40,585 --> 01:12:42,815
The commercial exploitation
of wildlife
653
01:12:42,920 --> 01:12:45,787
erroneously assumes
that the value of wild animals
654
01:12:45,890 --> 01:12:49,553
is reducible to their utility
relative to human interests,
655
01:12:49,661 --> 01:12:52,824
especially economic interests.
656
01:12:54,265 --> 01:12:57,359
But wild animals
are not a renewable resource,
657
01:12:57,468 --> 01:13:02,201
having value only relative
to human interests.
658
01:13:04,409 --> 01:13:08,368
That perception
can only be that of a speciesist.
659
01:13:13,384 --> 01:13:16,353
Nevertheless, these practices exist
660
01:13:16,454 --> 01:13:21,619
only because we do not take seriously
the interests of other animals.
661
01:13:27,298 --> 01:13:32,998
In this light, are humans not
the most callous speciesists of all?
662
01:13:44,916 --> 01:13:47,009
The term "vivisection"
is used to apply
663
01:13:47,118 --> 01:13:49,712
to all types of experiments
on living animals
664
01:13:49,821 --> 01:13:52,881
and is said to be a form
of medical science.
665
01:13:55,426 --> 01:13:57,656
The reason for experimentation
of this type
666
01:13:57,762 --> 01:14:02,665
is to allegedly discover cures
for human ailments and illnesses.
667
01:14:05,703 --> 01:14:08,137
But those who hope
to find remedies for human ills
668
01:14:08,239 --> 01:14:10,673
by inflicting deliberate sufferings
on animals
669
01:14:10,775 --> 01:14:14,040
commit two fundamental errors
in understanding.
670
01:14:15,046 --> 01:14:18,345
The first is the assumption
that results obtained on animals
671
01:14:18,449 --> 01:14:20,940
are applicable to mankind.
672
01:14:21,586 --> 01:14:25,784
The second concerns the inevitable
fallacy of experimental science
673
01:14:25,890 --> 01:14:28,256
in respect to the field
of organic life.
674
01:14:29,260 --> 01:14:32,491
Since animals react differently
from human beings,
675
01:14:32,597 --> 01:14:35,430
every new product or method
tried out on animals
676
01:14:35,533 --> 01:14:39,333
must be tried out again on man
through careful clinical tests,
677
01:14:39,437 --> 01:14:42,167
before it can be considered safe.
678
01:14:44,342 --> 01:14:46,833
This rule knows no exceptions.
679
01:14:47,745 --> 01:14:49,838
Tests on animals
are not only dangerous
680
01:14:49,947 --> 01:14:52,745
because they lead
to wrong conclusions,
681
01:14:52,850 --> 01:14:57,082
but, furthermore,
they retard clinical investigation,
682
01:14:57,188 --> 01:15:00,589
which is the only valid kind.
683
01:15:01,058 --> 01:15:04,186
Just remember the fact that
any disease deliberately provoked
684
01:15:04,295 --> 01:15:08,061
is unlike any disease
that arises spontaneously.
685
01:15:13,004 --> 01:15:16,098
Unfortunately,
such methods still sail today
686
01:15:16,207 --> 01:15:17,697
under the flag of science,
687
01:15:17,809 --> 01:15:22,473
which is an insult to true science,
as well as human intelligence.
688
01:15:36,060 --> 01:15:40,759
And so, vivisection applies
to medical experiments,
689
01:15:41,866 --> 01:15:46,132
done with the administration
of noxious substances...
690
01:15:50,842 --> 01:15:54,175
...electric or traumatic shocks...
691
01:16:04,522 --> 01:16:07,389
...unanesthetized operations...
692
01:16:17,335 --> 01:16:19,462
...burns...
693
01:16:50,067 --> 01:16:53,867
...drawn-out deprivations
of food and drink...
694
01:16:56,540 --> 01:16:59,236
...physical and psychological tortures
695
01:16:59,343 --> 01:17:03,746
that lead to mental imbalance,
infections, and so on.
696
01:17:06,651 --> 01:17:11,247
Head-injury research involves
partially or fully conscious baboons
697
01:17:11,355 --> 01:17:13,380
strapped down with restraints
698
01:17:13,491 --> 01:17:16,187
and their heads cemented
into a metal helmet,
699
01:17:16,294 --> 01:17:18,353
which will be thrust
at a 60 degree angle
700
01:17:18,462 --> 01:17:21,295
at a force of up to 1,000 gs.
701
01:17:49,860 --> 01:17:54,695
The purpose of this experiment
is to simulate auto crashes,
702
01:17:54,799 --> 01:17:59,793
football, boxing,
and other head-related injuries.
703
01:17:59,904 --> 01:18:04,932
And this process is often repeated
again and again on the same animals.
704
01:18:07,812 --> 01:18:10,303
And finally, military research.
705
01:18:11,716 --> 01:18:14,879
This one speaks for itself.
706
01:18:16,153 --> 01:18:19,179
From sending monkeys
into outer space...
707
01:18:19,890 --> 01:18:24,054
...and testing atomic blasts
on helpless dogs,
708
01:18:24,161 --> 01:18:28,257
to exposing primates
to nuclear radiation.
709
01:18:30,301 --> 01:18:33,532
20 years ago, the number of animals
dying of tortures
710
01:18:33,637 --> 01:18:37,038
through the practice of vivisection
was astronomical,
711
01:18:37,141 --> 01:18:40,907
estimated at 400,000
per day worldwide
712
01:18:41,078 --> 01:18:45,913
and growing
at an annual rate of 5%.
713
01:18:46,017 --> 01:18:48,508
Today that number
is almost beyond comprehension.
714
01:18:48,619 --> 01:18:50,587
19,000 per minute.
715
01:18:50,688 --> 01:18:52,918
10 billion per year.
716
01:19:01,032 --> 01:19:03,796
Some uneducated persons
pretend to know
717
01:19:03,901 --> 01:19:08,167
that less-intelligent animals
don't feel pain the same way we do.
718
01:19:09,974 --> 01:19:15,970
In truth, we know very little about
how specific animals may "feel,"
719
01:19:16,080 --> 01:19:19,538
except that they must also submit
to the universal law
720
01:19:19,650 --> 01:19:23,051
that causes every organism
dying by unnatural means
721
01:19:23,154 --> 01:19:26,453
to suffer greatly
before that final release.
722
01:19:30,227 --> 01:19:33,355
But it's nonsense to say
that animals do not suffer
723
01:19:33,464 --> 01:19:37,161
because they have
a lower order of intelligence.
724
01:19:42,339 --> 01:19:46,969
Pain is pain,
conveyed by nerves to the brain.
725
01:19:47,611 --> 01:19:51,775
And there are other nerves
than those of intelligence,
726
01:19:51,882 --> 01:19:57,115
nerves such as sight,
smell, touch, and hearing.
727
01:19:58,055 --> 01:20:00,853
And in some animals, these nerves
are much more highly developed
728
01:20:00,958 --> 01:20:02,255
than in man.
729
01:20:07,865 --> 01:20:10,163
We know that there
has never been an epoch
730
01:20:10,267 --> 01:20:13,361
in which we could learn something
about the physiology of man
731
01:20:13,471 --> 01:20:15,496
by torturing animals.
732
01:20:17,174 --> 01:20:20,337
We only learned something
about animals.
733
01:20:20,444 --> 01:20:24,107
And if there is something we can learn
from them on the psychological level,
734
01:20:24,215 --> 01:20:27,742
it is not by means
of steel or electricity,
735
01:20:27,852 --> 01:20:31,219
much less so
through psychic violences.
736
01:20:31,322 --> 01:20:34,052
The systematic torture
of sentient beings,
737
01:20:34,158 --> 01:20:37,218
whatever the pretext
and in whatever form,
738
01:20:37,328 --> 01:20:41,059
cannot achieve anything
more than it already has:
739
01:20:41,165 --> 01:20:47,070
to show us what is the lowest point
of debasement man can reach...
740
01:20:53,744 --> 01:20:56,008
...if that's what we want to know.
741
01:21:24,041 --> 01:21:28,410
Ignorance is the speciesist's
first line of defense.
742
01:21:28,512 --> 01:21:31,970
Yet it is easily breached by anyone
with the time and determination
743
01:21:32,082 --> 01:21:34,448
to find out the truth.
744
01:21:35,619 --> 01:21:38,019
Ignorance has prevailed so long
745
01:21:38,122 --> 01:21:42,058
only because people
do not want to find out the truth.
746
01:21:44,195 --> 01:21:46,891
"Don't tell me.
You'll spoil my dinner,"
747
01:21:46,997 --> 01:21:49,227
is the usual reply
to any attempt to tell someone
748
01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:52,130
just how that dinner was produced.
749
01:21:53,037 --> 01:21:56,803
Even people who are aware
that the traditional family farm
750
01:21:56,907 --> 01:22:00,502
has been taken over
by big-business interests,
751
01:22:00,611 --> 01:22:03,375
that their clothes
come from slaughtered cows,
752
01:22:03,480 --> 01:22:06,108
that their entertainment
means the suffering and death
753
01:22:06,217 --> 01:22:07,548
of millions of animals,
754
01:22:07,651 --> 01:22:12,145
and that some questionable
experiments go on in laboratories,
755
01:22:12,256 --> 01:22:16,920
still cling to a vague belief
that conditions cannot be too bad,
756
01:22:17,027 --> 01:22:19,996
or else the government
or the animal welfare societies
757
01:22:20,097 --> 01:22:22,861
would have done something about it.
758
01:22:25,469 --> 01:22:29,200
But it is not the inability
to find out what is going on
759
01:22:29,306 --> 01:22:31,831
as much as a desire
not to know about facts
760
01:22:31,942 --> 01:22:34,172
that may lie heavy
on one's conscience,
761
01:22:34,278 --> 01:22:37,679
that is responsible
for this lack of awareness.
762
01:22:39,817 --> 01:22:43,412
After all, the victims
of whatever it is that goes on
763
01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:45,715
in all these awful places
764
01:22:45,823 --> 01:22:48,792
are not members
of one's own group.
765
01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:58,764
It all comes down
to pain and suffering.
766
01:22:58,869 --> 01:23:04,865
Not intelligence, not strength,
not social class or civil right.
767
01:23:05,409 --> 01:23:07,536
Pain and suffering
are, in themselves, bad
768
01:23:07,645 --> 01:23:09,977
and should be prevented
or minimized,
769
01:23:10,080 --> 01:23:15,074
irrespective of the race, sex,
or species of the being that suffers.
770
01:23:17,855 --> 01:23:20,517
We are all animals of this planet.
771
01:23:20,624 --> 01:23:23,252
We are all creatures.
772
01:23:23,360 --> 01:23:28,195
And nonhuman animals experience
sensations just like we do.
773
01:23:28,299 --> 01:23:34,636
They, too, are strong, intelligent,
industrious, mobile, and evolutional.
774
01:23:34,738 --> 01:23:37,935
They, too, are capable
of growth and adaptation.
775
01:23:38,042 --> 01:23:42,172
Like us, first and foremost,
they are earthlings.
776
01:23:42,279 --> 01:23:45,544
And like us, they are surviving.
777
01:23:47,384 --> 01:23:52,048
Like us, they also seek their own
comfort rather than discomfort.
778
01:23:52,156 --> 01:23:56,820
And like us,
they express degrees of emotion.
779
01:23:58,062 --> 01:24:02,192
In short, like us, they are alive,
780
01:24:02,299 --> 01:24:07,794
most of them being, in fact,
vertebrate, just like us.
781
01:24:26,490 --> 01:24:30,790
As we look back on how essential
animals are to human survival,
782
01:24:30,894 --> 01:24:33,089
our absolute dependence on them,
783
01:24:33,197 --> 01:24:35,392
for companionship,
784
01:24:35,499 --> 01:24:37,160
food,
785
01:24:37,267 --> 01:24:38,928
clothing,
786
01:24:39,036 --> 01:24:41,368
sport and entertainment,
787
01:24:41,538 --> 01:24:44,735
as well as medical
and scientific research...
788
01:24:45,509 --> 01:24:49,570
...ironically, we only see mankind's
complete disrespect
789
01:24:49,680 --> 01:24:53,639
for these nonhuman providers.
790
01:24:53,751 --> 01:24:57,448
Without a doubt,
this must be what it is:
791
01:24:57,554 --> 01:25:01,012
to "bite the hand that feeds us."
792
01:25:02,926 --> 01:25:07,625
In fact, we have actually stomped
and spit on it.
793
01:25:10,667 --> 01:25:14,194
Now we are faced
with the inevitable aftermath.
794
01:25:14,304 --> 01:25:15,999
This is evident in health reports
795
01:25:16,106 --> 01:25:19,439
due to our over-excessive
consumption of animals:
796
01:25:19,543 --> 01:25:25,072
Cancer, heart disease,
osteoporosis, strokes,
797
01:25:25,182 --> 01:25:31,178
kidney stones, anemia,
diabetes, and more.
798
01:25:33,824 --> 01:25:38,852
Even our food has now been affected,
and at its very source.
799
01:25:40,063 --> 01:25:42,463
With antibiotics
used to promote weight gain
800
01:25:42,566 --> 01:25:44,534
in animals who can't gain weight
801
01:25:44,635 --> 01:25:49,231
under the stressful, overcrowded
living conditions in factory farms,
802
01:25:49,339 --> 01:25:53,708
with the overuse
of pesticides and insecticides
803
01:25:53,811 --> 01:25:55,540
or artificial hormones
804
01:25:55,646 --> 01:26:00,982
designed to increase milk production,
litter size, and frequency,
805
01:26:01,084 --> 01:26:06,818
with artificial colors, herbicides,
larvicides, synthetic fertilizers,
806
01:26:06,924 --> 01:26:11,327
tranquilizers,
growth and appetite stimulants,
807
01:26:11,428 --> 01:26:17,833
it's no wonder that Mad Cow Disease,
Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Pfiesteria,
808
01:26:17,935 --> 01:26:21,200
and a host of other
animal-related abnormalities
809
01:26:21,305 --> 01:26:24,502
have been unleashed
on the human public.
810
01:26:26,076 --> 01:26:30,274
Nature is not responsible
for these actions.
811
01:26:30,380 --> 01:26:32,871
We are.
812
01:26:37,921 --> 01:26:40,446
So a change is inevitable.
813
01:26:40,557 --> 01:26:43,117
Either we make it ourselves,
814
01:26:43,227 --> 01:26:47,391
or we will be forced to make it
by nature itself.
815
01:26:47,498 --> 01:26:51,264
The time has come for each of us
to reconsider our eating habits,
816
01:26:51,368 --> 01:26:55,327
our traditions,
our styles and fashions,
817
01:26:55,506 --> 01:26:58,498
and, above all, our thinking.
818
01:27:06,683 --> 01:27:09,550
So, if there is any truth
to the age-old saying:
819
01:27:09,653 --> 01:27:11,746
"What goes around,
comes around,"
820
01:27:11,855 --> 01:27:14,517
then what do they get for their pain?
821
01:27:15,726 --> 01:27:19,719
Do we even give it a second thought?
822
01:27:20,130 --> 01:27:25,864
If what goes around comes around,
what do they get for their pain?
823
01:27:29,406 --> 01:27:32,000
They are earthlings.
824
01:27:32,776 --> 01:27:36,872
They have the right to be here
just as much as humans do.
825
01:27:39,249 --> 01:27:43,015
Perhaps the answer is found
in another age-old saying...
826
01:27:44,121 --> 01:27:45,713
...and one equally true:
827
01:27:59,301 --> 01:28:05,297
So of course animals feel,
and of course they experience pain.
828
01:28:06,842 --> 01:28:10,141
After all, has nature endowed
these wonderful animals
829
01:28:10,245 --> 01:28:15,273
with wellsprings of sentiment
so that they should not feel?
830
01:28:16,185 --> 01:28:20,019
Or do animals have nerves
in order to be insensitive?
831
01:28:24,159 --> 01:28:26,457
Reason demands a better answer.
832
01:28:30,065 --> 01:28:33,091
But one thing is absolutely certain.
833
01:28:33,769 --> 01:28:35,327
Animals used for food,
834
01:28:35,437 --> 01:28:38,804
used for clothing,
used for entertainment,
835
01:28:38,907 --> 01:28:41,637
and in scientific experiments,
836
01:28:41,743 --> 01:28:45,577
and all the oppression
that is done to them under the sun,
837
01:28:45,681 --> 01:28:48,047
they all die from pain.
838
01:28:49,351 --> 01:28:50,818
Each and every one.
839
01:28:54,656 --> 01:28:57,250
Isn't it enough
that animals the world over
840
01:28:57,359 --> 01:29:02,422
live in permanent retreat
from human progress and expansion?
841
01:29:02,531 --> 01:29:06,797
And for many species,
there is simply nowhere else to go.
842
01:29:09,605 --> 01:29:14,406
It seems the fate of many animals
is either to be unwanted by man
843
01:29:14,509 --> 01:29:16,773
or wanted too much.
844
01:29:18,447 --> 01:29:20,381
We enter as lords of the Earth,
845
01:29:20,482 --> 01:29:24,851
bearing strange powers
of terror and mercy alike.
846
01:29:24,953 --> 01:29:26,818
But human beings
should love animals
847
01:29:26,922 --> 01:29:31,689
as the knowing love the innocent
and the strong love the vulnerable.
848
01:29:33,595 --> 01:29:35,927
When we wince
at the suffering of animals,
849
01:29:36,031 --> 01:29:40,991
that feeling speaks well of us,
even if we ignore it.
850
01:29:41,970 --> 01:29:44,530
And those who dismiss love
for our fellow creatures
851
01:29:44,640 --> 01:29:47,131
as mere sentimentality
852
01:29:47,242 --> 01:29:50,905
overlook a good and important part
of our humanity.
853
01:29:52,447 --> 01:29:57,146
But it takes nothing away from
a human to be kind to an animal.
854
01:29:58,387 --> 01:30:02,483
And it is actually within us
to grant them a happy life
855
01:30:02,591 --> 01:30:04,718
and a long one.
856
01:30:07,864 --> 01:30:11,129
On the heath,
King Lear asked Gloucester,
857
01:30:11,234 --> 01:30:13,828
"How do you see the world?"
858
01:30:13,937 --> 01:30:17,429
And Gloucester,
who is blind, answered,
859
01:30:18,541 --> 01:30:21,203
"I see it feelingly."
860
01:30:23,313 --> 01:30:26,214
"I see it feelingly."
861
01:30:28,651 --> 01:30:32,451
Three primary life forces
exist on this planet.
862
01:30:33,322 --> 01:30:35,290
Nature.
863
01:30:36,092 --> 01:30:37,719
Animals.
864
01:30:39,195 --> 01:30:41,288
And humankind.
865
01:30:46,901 --> 01:30:49,369
We are the earthlings.
866
01:30:53,173 --> 01:30:55,505
Make the connection.