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Kelsey commented on the article |First, I was asking for your credentials to write about animal agriculture. I am informed and educated. I have a master's of science in agriculture and agriculture economics and am a professional in the agriculture industry. I believe that you should only write about what you are educated on, and if not, you should cite your source.
Next, female pigs reach sexual maturity very young, at about 250 days old, and from that point on, a breeding sow's life is a cycle of pregnancy, until she's reached the end of her reproductive usefulness at age four or five. This is called a breeding sow. A market hog is normally between 9 and 12 months old when it is ready for slaughter, depending on the breed of hog and how it was fed. Since you want to compare this to humans, if a human lives to be 100 and we call a hog's life to be 5 years, that would put market hogs processed at 12 months around 41 years old in human terms, which I would consider an adult.
In no way am I an "animal-hater". I grew up on a humane ranch, raising cattle very humanely and I still have show cows that are my friends that I keep in the cow-herd. I love animals. The livestock industry uses the word processing because it is turning the food-source from its natural form, through a *process* to provide food and other products such as artist's brushes, chalk, crayons, buttons, fabric dye and certain natural forms of medicine to help save humans. (http://www.pork.org/NewsAndInformation/DidYouKnow.aspx?c=Products)
As far as the poor little lad whose father made him kill his pet, I feel sorry for him, truly. But this can't be blamed on the livestock industry. That should be blamed on his father.
Lastly I want to mention that anyone's decision to eat meat or not is their own opinion and I don't judge against those that don't eat meat.
If anyone has questions about pork, beef, poultry or other animal facts, here are some great, credible resources.: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navid=ANIMAL_PRODUCTION&parentnav=AGRICULTURE&navtype=RT
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Kelsey commented on the article |
As a livestock enthusiast and supporter, I encourage you become informed about livestock and maybe talk to a livestock producer before writing such falsehoods. I would also be interested also to know what your education is with animal agriculture and what qualifies you to clearly "report" on such issues. There are laws and regulations on age when an animal is taken to be processed. This is for all species of meat animals. Even though hogs are generally under one year of age when they are processed, this is full, market ready age for them, as swine's life range is much shorter than a human. I don't know a 90-year old pig, do you? Therefore, when the hog is ready to be processed, this is their "full-prime" time in order to provide humans with the proteins that are necessary for a healthy diet and appropriate by-products.
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