Animal Rights

I must say that some of the items in the videos were a bit disturbing. I agree that we, as people, need to eat meat. I don't agree with the conditions some of these anmials are raised in. There should be a standard in caring for farm animals, not treating them as though they have no feelings. Clearly with chickens being able to work through mazes and pigs being able to maniuplate controlers there is some kind of intelligence there. I read through a few articles on BBC website, one in particular about pets. I had to agree 100%. I have seen all too often a person get a dog or a cat for a pet then neglect the animal. They feed and water the dog, but don't play with the dog unless it is hunting season. They then strap a shock collar onto the dog and shock her when she doesn't mind. Animals as pets need to have love and affection, not just be kept around as a way to do work that you are too lazy to do, such as wading through a river to retrieve a downed duck.