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DarkSkyKnight t1_j02dyqc wrote

Reply to comment by Omnibeneviolent in I too made a factory gif recently by Owolfs

This is one of the most ethical ways of killing male chicks as the grinders are fast enough they would only be conscious of their deaths for a very short time.

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Omnibeneviolent t1_j02nsuz wrote

An extremely painful "very short time." They often are bounced around on the blades for a second as well, getting all cut up more and more with every bounce.

Would you be ok with this or something similar being done to you, a dog, cat, etc.. as long as it was quick?

This might be slightly less un-ethical than other methods, but it's still far from ethical.

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Schadek t1_j02jhnt wrote

Doing a horrible thing in the 'most ethical way' is still doing a horrible thing. Don't try to justify the unnecessary mass killing of animals, please.

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ChrisTR15 t1_j02nwmq wrote

If it isn't necessary, what would you suggest doing with all the male chicks?

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Omnibeneviolent t1_j02z8m9 wrote

The entire situation is not necessary. It's not necessary to eat eggs. If you stop paying for them, you stop demanding for this to happen.

You don't have to do anything with chicks that don't exist.

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ChrisTR15 t1_j03oemi wrote

But in all reality, that's not ever going to happen.

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Omnibeneviolent t1_j03ru8x wrote

Not if you think about it from the top-down -- it seems like it's making no difference. But if you think about it from the bottom up, it's making a huge difference.

It reminds me of the boy and the starfish story:

>One day a man was walking along the beach, when he noticed a boy hurriedly picking up and gently throwing things into the ocean.

>Approaching the boy, he asked, “Young man, what are you doing?”

>The boy replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”

>The man laughed to himself and said, “Don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make any difference!”

>After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said, “I made a difference to that one.”

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