http://www.certifiedhumane.com/USAtoday81203.html
If a slaughterhouse fails an audit, it automatically loses its biggest customers, such as McDonalds, and large grocery store chains. These
audits ensure not only that the animals are not in pain, but also that the animals are not scared or stressed out.
These initiatives were started by McDonalds: "In 1997,
McDonald's began a process that resulted in a requirement that all its meat producers undergo animal welfare audits using a system created by the legendary animal behaviorist Temple Grandin.
Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University who has done groundbreaking work on the behavioral principles of livestock handling to alleviate animal pain and suffering at the slaughterhouse."
"In 1999 McDonald's conducted 100 audits in the USA. In 2002 it did 500 worldwide.
Because the company is such a large purchaser, it pushed the entire industry to change because no one could afford a McDonald's boycott. "
These are the standards that have to be met:
"Perhaps most importantly, objective, measurable standards are being put in place in the slaughterhouse to ensure that cattle, swine and chickens meet their ends in a much more painless and calm manner than in the past.
In cattle, that means that no more than three out of 100 animals at the processing plant can be mooing, a sign of distress. At slaughter, 95 out of 100 must be stunned on the first try and every last one must be insensible when slaughtered. In swine, the electric stunner has to be correctly placed on 99 out of 100 of the animals on the first try and all must be insensible when slaughtered. In chickens, stunning must be effective in a minimum of 98 of 100 birds. "
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"But while we're a long way from the
European directive that in 2013 will require toys for pigs — the most intelligent of all farm animals — Michigan State's Armstrong says programs like the FMI/NCCR and Certified Humane still signal an important change. "
I am aware of these facts, because I read Dr. Temple Grandin books.
You must have been in a ruthless, Medieval frame of mind when you said that you "don't care about suffering, because this cruelty is common". But as you can see, when people Care, things eventually change, and there is less cruelty in the world.
Моё сообщение на английском, потому что мне легче и быстрее печатать на английском.
