Oh dear, here we go again....You are so right about businesses only taking things seriously when their profits are hit. If compassion had taken priority and the poor creatures had not been crammed into tiny cages together, this terrible infection would not have taken such a hold. The poor birds have low resistance to disease because of the way they are intensively farmed. Also, being so crammed together helps the infection to spread rapidly. Industrial scale exports also spread the problem to other countries. Finally, previous reliance by the intensive poultry farms on antibiotics to keep infections at bay has resulted in antibiotic resistance on a large scale, making the risk greater year by year.
All one can do is hope that the intensive farmers will realise the errors of their ways. Petitions on the issue help, too. Ideally the intensive farms should come to realise that having happy, healthy birds in a non-intensive environment will limit infections. But if having their profits take a big plunge causes them to change their ways, any reduction in the cruelty would be for the better.
All one can do is hope that the intensive farmers will realise the errors of their ways. Petitions on the issue help, too. Ideally the intensive farms should come to realise that having happy, healthy birds in a non-intensive environment will limit infections. But if having their profits take a big plunge causes them to change their ways, any reduction in the cruelty would be for the better.
(12-10-2014, 02:41 AM)Tobi Wrote: Humans are supposed to be 'the most intelligent species' on Earth......Yes, Tobi, I heartily agree - with the stress on "supposed to be"! I often wonder if we are really as clever as some of us think we are. Some of our actions are actually incredibly ignorant of how nature works.
