The Disgusting Things I Witnessed in Factory Farms | Informer

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Thus is crazy killed by cruelty animals , thank-you informant talk to Vice Channel :-)

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Thankyou informers :-) stay safe guys :-)

[@equalizer1553]

No thanks not with poor laughably bad production and direction like this

[@seem2814]

It just hit me right now that we live in a world where a person who’s telling the truth has to hide their identity for their own safety where a person doing all the bad stuff can do it openly without even thinking

[@tabby__cat]

I think the face and voice mask are more like a thematic metaphor. If you look at the other episodes in this series, all the Informants wear a face mask and have an altered voice. I think it's not so much about hiding their identity for security/privacy reasons as much as it is about the idea that all these people are "nobodies", without an identity or humanity in the eyes of the larger society. It's a really cool opportunity to look into their invisible experiences

[@u6uggg6hguiuggy]

I have one question: Do you eat store bacon?

[@toastedsniper9248]

i mean its kinda always been that way aye?

[@journeybeyondthesea]

Exactly

[@AlexaBellaMuerte]

Holyshhhit

[@tylertracey8207]

The pain in his voice was clearly PTSD. I can only imagine how MANY horrors live in his head.

[@Lolp821]

Yeah it clearly PTSD isn't it, it couldn't be acting at all. It couldn't be some activist or paid actor with a mask on. It must be real, silly me.

[@ChrisTian-yw7jc]

If a animal farm gives you PTSD, toughen up. It ain't a soy latte world. Work is dirty sometimes. That being said, no animal should be hurt intentionally. That's just sick.

[@X-Frog]

@@ChrisTian-yw7jc Pretty sure he might have ptsd not from working with animals but the abuse and neglect he’s witnessed. It truly is traumatizing and people have different perceptions to things; it doesn’t make you tougher or weaker. As a fireman I’ve seen men eat sandwiches in front of a dismembered body and those same men also cry when they see a burned body. We’re all human. The sooner we stop telling people they’re soft, the sooner we’ll stop losing firemen and other good people to suicide.

[@mary-annesade]

@@Lolp821 don't watch it then?

[@nedkelly9645]

@@ChrisTian-yw7jc That's a stupid comment. There's no reason for animals to be treated the way they are, it's only done the way it is (less care less staff, shitty conditions) to keep prices down for the consumer.

[@jhunt5578]

This activist should is so courageous. Don't feel guilty mate, you didn't put the animals there and your work helps prevent other animals from suffering the same fate.

[@Vscustomprinting]

Does it tho? The amount of animals killed only continues to grow

[@alexandervitokov567]

No, But the consumers who support this are.

[@1a2b3c4d_]

No, feel guilty. He’s right. You could’ve done something, he could’ve tried. But he just took a photo and left. He’s making up for it, but I wouldn’t ever forgive myself either

[@Vscustomprinting]

@@1a2b3c4d_ lol eh systemic problems shouldn't hit you at your core.. To have failings, you would have to have some kind of innate bases to fall from.. In otherwords- hindsight bias.. Society is conscripted into the ambitions of the adults who lead.. maybe with the advent of the internet, we can optional reverse/leap frog that dynamic without inviting chaos..

[@Vscustomprinting]

@@1a2b3c4d_ the best thing to do is to kill all the domesticated animals, and fix what we can of the invasive, outlaw animal ownership and police ourselves from it. It would be on par with kidnapping children.. It would also give our society direction, and a clearer since of good and evil, as the evil ones would be those whining to start it back up, and breeding dogs in their walls to eat as snacks.. as the good would be those that... Don't. Lol. There is no need for guilt or remorse.. or any emotion. Especially loss .. the loss of the ability to free exploit an animal for personal gain. Logic and reason have an innate math.. Just take human slavery and try replacing humans with other animals.. As soon as the waves of denial and cries of "how dare you compare humans to animals" fade, that is when the world can think to breath again.. Both socially and unpolluted air. You can't tell one person it's wrong to exploit animals while it is okay for another person to.. At the heart lies domestication writ large. Cute pets are the bond that ties the animal loving vegan world to the animal eating world.. Animal ownership is a many headed hydra, shame and guilt and fear will all play their part if all heads are to be cut... But don't expect rational behavior from an irrational species of primates.. especially entitled ones.. Just to clarify- if (only) ALL domesticated cattle we culled (killed) there would be an immediate cooling effect on the climate... I'm sure alot of brown people around the world would appreciate that.. And if all those cattle were killed.. it would be the most affluent who would be affected. Animal exploitation is a global cartel that fuels affluence why destroying the planet.. When you support animal domestication, in any form, utilizing any kind of circular reasoning, you are perpetuating the problem. You are strengthening the resistance against the one thing that our species needs to do to mitigate man made climate change- Kill all domesticated animals, outlaw their ownership, and police ourselves from owning them. You know who else said "it's more complicated than that"..? Human slave owners. Do you NEED to own/domesticate/bond with an animal to survive?

[@MrSmash-oq1rj]

Im currently enrolled in an Ag class in highschool, sponsored by FFA, and I almost started arguing with my teacher when she started talking about how "Oh theres barely any farms that treat animals that harshly, most of them are open fields and humanely raised cattle" It just hurts when an educator lies to your face just because they were told to do so

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

The BS flows strong in some places still... what a thing to say to a student.

[@eriness]

That's crazy, most animals have been in CAFOs since the 70s or 80s, earlier for chicken. Very sad to hear her repeat that

[@JarethTheGoblinKingForever]

Except for some rural parts of Canada and maybe a few piddly little organic farms in the States, North America mostly uses factory farming for meat production. I think it's also worth mentioning that "open fields" in the industry can be a term used to refer to those outdoor pens in Texas, which can cram thousands upon thousands of cattle together in their own feces until their feet begin to rot. Being outdoors, they face harsh sun exposure and harassment from insects and flies. Unless it's in a fresh green grassy space with lots of room to roam, an outdoor pen overpopulated to the gills is still a factory farm.

[@eriness]

@@JarethTheGoblinKingForever yup, factory farms have been where most animals have been since the 1970s, and chickens since the 1950s. you can read more about CAFOS on Wikipedia for more info

[@frickfrack7075]

There are certainly massive amounts of factory farms all over the world. However, in my area of Tennessee you'd be hard pressed to find one. I actually know of only one in my area. The rest are free grazing, out in the fields daily, put up in the evening type farms.

[@durianriders]

I worked one day at a slaughter house in 2001. Ive been vegan ever since.

[@earthangel1621]

oiiii durianrider the legend himself

[@FiveSevenLegend]

@The Duke Of Flem imagine thinking killing innocent animals makes you more manly than someone who doesn't. get a grip

[@sausagejockey4298]

@The Duke Of Flem 😂

[@mcdj99]

Congratulations another vegan who has to tell everyone he's vegan..

[@sausagejockey4298]

@@mcdj99 yep. leaf eating bandits bro.

[@michaelb634]

I usta to work in a fish farm and processing plant. I remember we got a load of these tropical fish from some where to process. I pulled the first one I seen out and realized that there was smaller fish that had their heads buried into the large fishes gills and into their flesh about 2cm deep under their finns.All of the big ones had these. I asked one of the most experienced guys there wtf are these normal? He said to me when they get caught in the net while still in the water the young fish get close to the larger ones for protection and as the net gets tighter in the water and pulled to the surface they bury themselves into the big fish out of fear. That had an effect on me I never considered these weird dead slimy things that we process felt fear.

[@ckchatta369]

That’s a fcking imagine

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

Basic animal instincts to survive duhhhh

[@michaelb634]

@@357-swagnumultramagax9 wow you so smart

[@MrFooChops]

@@357-swagnumultramagax9 Exactly so why you eating them when their desire to live is the same as yours

[@lkryan]

@@MrFooChops oh ffs are u like the Vegan Teachers love child.

[@0b100]

The people who keep saying "We have to eat to survive." Seem to have missed the torture part.

[@manjack235]

so , we must eat cabbage ? .. yeah im cool with that , hell no no no no no no , not cool

[@0b100]

@@manjack235 You don't have to torture something to kill it. But talking to humans is like talking to a brick wall.

[@iammohdali8543]

Yes we have over 40,000 edible plants and most people want to eat the flesh of 5 animals 🤦‍♂️

[@manjack235]

@@0b100 so what you saying that meat is cool, but kill it in a humane way so that it doesnt suffer any pain ? , dont try to make your self a smart ass bro ... you refer society as a brick wall then you have no point of living in it , but wait , maybe you'er a dolphin and i love dolphin my guy

[@0b100]

@@manjack235 "So what you're saying" No, you are so dumb. You really want to sound smart. I'm not saying meat is cool. I'm saying that "IF" you just HAVE to have it, then kill it in a humane way rather than torture it. There will always be people who eat meat, but that doesn't mean you have to torture it. I don't know what you're not understanding, but you might be on of the dumbest people i've met in a KZbin comment section, & that says a lot. But i'll do what I do best, leave a dumb ass human to bask in their own ignorance. And yes, I did refer to humans as a brick wall, thank you for further proving my point. (Any typos are just that, don't be annoying)

[@emmyg8209]

Growing up in a countryside I grew up with all kinds of animals. I became very attached to cows, especially. This breaks my heart because cows seem really emotional to me. They really choose their people, they can show you their trust by putting their neck on your shoulder. I cant even describe how difficult that was to watch

[@thecinematicmind]

The worst part is when the laws create loopholes for the slaughterhouses

[@maomao180]

The worst part is when people think it's perfectly fine to pay for animals to be killed for their own enjoyment of taste pleasure. The onus is on the consumers who demand these products, companies and governments are just catering to the demand.

[@bea4912]

@Awhoo Thunder a rose has thorns to protect itself yes, can you please explain why this means it feels pain?

[@FiveSevenLegend]

@Awhoo Thunder immediately goes to "plants feel pain" lmfao. and even if you did think plants felt pain, you'd still be vegan because eating plants directly causes less plants to die because animals don't convert calories efficiently. feed:meat ratio for beef is 24 calories to 1 calorie produced. if you ate 1 million calories of beef, you're eating the cow + 24 million calories of plants. just eat the plants lol.

[@Cocogomez]

@Awhoo Thunder So everything you eat 'suffers' not just the animals?

[@MrFooChops]

@Awhoo Thunder It takes upto 14kg of plants to produce 1kg of cow flesh so even if you truly cared about plants you would eat the plants directly

[@Nekminute]

Humans are the cruelest of beings

[@tharealEazyE95]

there is an exhibit in this zoo in New York or sum and it says "The Most Dangerous Animal in The World". the exhibit is a mirror, let that sink in.

[@Nekminute]

@@tharealEazyE95 ill hang that text on my mirror ;)

[@truedmer4941]

Yeah, I hate humans and this world. Without meth and opiates I probably wouldve went on a rampage myself. Humans are filth and disgusting, powerful drugs are the only thing worth living for.

[@zoyakhan8137]

agreed

[@zache7675]

@@truedmer4941 ur a humam

[@silver8o077]

For a chicken to be counted as "free range" all they need is a cage to go past the doors like 4 feet they live most of their time with only a square foot per chicken of free space. I helped build like 6 chicken barns and the guy explained all of the messed up ways they get around the laws..

[@ddhqj2023]

I live near a place that sells eggs. Two years ago they put up fences all down one side of the barn so that they can say the sell free range eggs. I've seen the hens in that huge yard only once. So that fence makes it possible to sell their eggs for double the price because they can make a claim about free range, but there are apparently no laws that require the chickens to be able to access that outside yard for even a minimum of hours. Great long term investment, one fence = x2 on the price of eggs forever

[@silver8o077]

@@ddhqj2023 yea chicken farmers are smart but scum

[@damnthatssp00ky80]

oh i thought it was one square foot of grass per farm, not per chicken

[@Soggywafffles]

I think something like 4 out of 6 “free range” eggs are actually coop rasied. All the eggs get mixed together.

[@fieldofreeds8581]

Yes, and the chickens are TERRIFIED of going outside so they won’t. They can be swooped up by birds of prey because they have no shelter, so it’s a smart instinct. When people rescue factory farmed chickens in groups, they have to stay up all night and day with them because they will pile on eachother out of fear because they’ve never had that much space to move around in their entire lives. When they do this they end up suffocating eachother. It’s so sad. Very unnatural way to keep chickens, and it’s so horrible on their mental and physical well-being.

[@thegazetteyt]

What I find interesting is that most of the other Informer videos in this series have millions if not multi millions of views. This one hasn't even cracked 900,000. People don't want to know what they are eating, because they want to enjoy it without the guilt.

[@slopely]

Yup

[@jignavadher1586]

true

[@makesmewannadie647]

Exactly

[@rankedadventures]

so true

[@truecynic1270]

Are YOU ever insightful and CORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alwaysyouramanda]

I hope he can find the space in his heart to forgive himself- that he cares so deeply is amazing enough- he isn’t a bad person for feeling obligated to maintain face in.. the face of monsters. True monsters. You can’t guilt yourself enough for them.

[@killshot9683]

Do something about it still enjoying my meat who the heck are you to take away my food weirdness

[@Letthembelightpeaceonelove]

@@killshot9683 It’s not your meat if it belonged to someone else’s body. TF?

[@steez2593]

@@Letthembelightpeaceonelove it’s a damn chicken not ur sister

[@sakuramune_]

@@Letthembelightpeaceonelove stfu

[@Letthembelightpeaceonelove]

@@steez2593 I grew up with chickens and they’re incredibly smart and beautiful animals. If you don’t know anything about the individuals you’re consuming, best to keep your mouth shut

[@YamiMoves]

Damn it fucken broke my heart when he said he don’t think he can forgive himself for ever walking away and leaving them poor angels to suffer... everything on this earth world has a heart and they feel love as well as pain :/

[@leebumble]

I'm with you on that, cuts deep. There's still an incredibly long way to go but, veganism and vegetarianism is on the rise. Shame it's not possible to take kids on school trips to their local factory farm.

[@breeyakay2537]

Made me tear up when he said that. I can imagine it haunts him! It’s so awful

[@24billion]

Yeah that was rough. He's done more for them than most people by taking photos & walking away though. He's spreading his media & stories around so that people can be more aware of this. Without people like him, very few people would know the truth. He's doing good, even though it feels bad. There is nothing he could have done to save them in all of those scenarios but documenting it is the next best thing.

[@sterreputs7456]

@Kelly Smunt vegetarianism can make you just as ill, its about figuring out which nutriënts you need to supplement or eat more through certain foods

[@knobbeknowwhatimean4942]

Based on which studies does veganism make you ill? Because many associations, such as the American Nutrition Association, say it doesn't. Do some research. And for the ethical point: You might think killing an animal could be done in a "humane" way. If you were to ask the animal, they would tell otherwise. Killing can and will never be without cruelty. It is taking a life. That is cruel, whether it happens quickly or not.

[@Cheese-is-its-own-food-group]

I have 3 pot belly pigs as pets and they’re so sweet. They all have their own personality and they’re smart. My pigs will never be food for anyone. Thank you for spreading awareness of this horrible treatment.

[@reptilianapplesalesman5479]

Congratulations, captain obvious. Of course your pets won't become food for anyone. That's why pig farmers exist.

[@paulmckinney960]

probably make good pulled pork tho

[@rikaokumura266]

@@reptilianapplesalesman5479 so unnecessarily rude

[@Johnycum]

@The Weapon Collection And I raise and eat children. These liberals ay?

[@Cheese-is-its-own-food-group]

My husband grew up on commercial hog farms and even as a kid, he saw a lot he shouldn’t have seen. Farmers should be able to raise all of the livestock they want. Just treat those animals with respect. Don’t abuse them. And yes, I still eat pork. Just not my own pigs.

[@PdZ2012]

We’ve known this for years. Yet nothing’s being done about it. NOTHING.

[@fieryscorpion]

Consumers have all the power. Stop buying animal products and animal suffering would decline.

[@Arkan-10]

@@fieryscorpionthing is tho, we’ve come so far into this meat-eating business that it’s way too late to change anything - we can’t really change the evolutionary diet of the whole human race, along with global supply and demand that has grown for as long as we’ve been alive. Our earliest ancestors began by eating meat, and that when our detrimental future was set in stone.

[@truecynic1270]

Laws NEED to be changed. ALL animals NEED to be understood and legislated as Sentient beings, NOT POSSESSIONS. How can humans live with themselves not feeling any compassion..........hopefully, the world will run out of animals who have FOUR feet and resort to cooking human babies on the spit.

[@maxt6250]

@@Arkan-10why do you need meat? which nutrients does it provide?

[@captainkurt8802]

@@Arkan-10 People are changing their diets though. I've changed my diet... years ago. So don't tell me we, as humans, can't. Each person makes a difference, and if each person makes that small difference they're capable of making the world would see massive change.

[@lentheschutten7949]

I did a mandatory internship in one, horrible.. absolutely shocking.. I still think about it years later. It was a pig farm, they cut teeth, tails and castrated newborn piglets all without anesthesia and if there was a weak one they would slam it against the wall with it's head.. awful... absolutely awful.

[@germangamerpros]

omg :(

[@bluedelerium]

Wtf is wrong w/(some) people! I don’t care how much I was potentially going to be paid for a job, I could/would never do that, and abuse any kind of creature! (Just to be clear *Not YOU....I mean about what you experienced there🥺😖)

[@SteveVi0lence]

Yum! Pre-tenderized!

[@ashleycha393]

@@SteveVi0lence lol

[@PilliamWilliam]

A mandatory internship? Were you studying animal husbandry, or vetinary science or something?

[@Nojo524]

My brother-in-law visited a slaughterhouse one time. He became a vegetarian. The sight of course is terrifying. But, the sounds of the cries. He caved 😢

[@fieldofreeds8581]

It’s the sounds and the smells that are the worst 😔

[@iammohdali8543]

Thats amazing but please encourage him to Veganism as the dairy and egg industry is also cruel and brutal to animals and the suffering is prolonged

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

There's a slaughter house near me and the sounds are horrific. You can hear the animals wailing in fear and pain as they're forced in. The smell is horrid but the sound... the sound is straight from a horror film.

[@siddharthdoshi4858]

@@iammohdali8543 wait you’ve a Muslim and a vegan? You don’t slaughter goats?

[@iammohdali8543]

@@siddharthdoshi4858 you do know there are Muslim vegans? Just like there are Christian vegans, jew vegans, hindu vegans, Buddhist vegans and atheist vegans. Anyone from any skin color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political position, class can become vegan 🌱

[@Rei13138]

I will never give money to a industry that profits on such horrific suffering. People have a right to know what goes on in these places.

[@menlove251]

Me neither. These repulsive industries haven't had a penny from me in 9 and a half years. I am not giving them money to continue terrorising innocent animals...

[@fluff_nupkin]

Unfortunately there’s taxes that some governments have that force you to pay for slaughterhouses, so there’s no avoiding it 😢

[@ONOMAEEVEREST]

then dont, but lemme tell you, steak and bacon be bussin

[@mayflower2158]

I agree. But if they start making cruelty free things you really should, regardless. Else nothing will change x

[@iamthepinkylifter]

here in the US our taxes go to subsidies that prop up these horrible industries. i've withdrawn my consumer dollars but it infuriates me that i am still forced to pay for this.

[@MiThreeSunz]

Right out of university, I worked for a food packaged goods company as a sales rep. Part of my training was working a week in the meat processing plant. Endless lines of cattle, pigs, and sheep being herded in for slaughter. Right to this day, 36 years later, it’s still the worst experience in my life!

[@deathbylust700]

Its funny how people make fun of vegans and vegetarians for caring and ignore all the abuse to live stock while they won't let a scratch happen on their beloved dogs or cats

[@notforgotten3685]

No one makes fun of vegans that keep to themselves. It’s the annoying ones that shame others into being vegan or the ones that won’t shut up about being vegan that get made fun of

[@HimanshuSharma-oe4mk]

@@notforgotten3685 true

[@anuragkulkarni2929]

@@notforgotten3685 well Now we know why Vice masks the identity of the people who speak truth. People like you who cannot digest the truth and start attacking the people who tell truth. They are called activist for a reason. That is why they try to preach. Instead they get attacked by sadists like you.

[@ggavalon5803]

@@anuragkulkarni2929 Not really, the amount of Abattoirs that are like this are incredibly low, alot of vegans do it to feel morally superior to other people.

[@bobross5716]

@@ggavalon5803 how can you claim to know why they do it? sounds like you just want a reason to deflect what they’re saying

[@cece7933]

The fact that he has to hide makes me sad and mad

[@jacksondaniels9960]

This deserves more views . So important people know the truth. This is all so evil and demonic. Stop lying to yourselves and trying to justify that this is ok. The biggest lies are the ones we tell ourselves.

[@bunaynayslay]

please please make more animal industry/factory farming videos. people need to know the truth, vegans aren't the "crazy" and "brainwashed" ones these beautiful animals are being treated like objects.

[@aliciadinar1600]

yes!

[@kaeli1983]

Yes!!

[@CatsAreKindaCool]

I don't think of vegans as unintelligent people, and many people don't think that too. The only reasons those terms/stereotypes exist beacuse of a select few of vegans who are arguably insane.

[@tunein6765]

@@CatsAreKindaCool Is your profile pic your cat?

[@CatsAreKindaCool]

@@tunein6765 It's my moms cat.

[@brianhof75]

How ironic that as soon as this video ends I get an advertisement for beef with a visual of a huge steak on a grill. Did KZbin just troll everyone? Come on KZbin. Gotta change that algorithm.

[@mingomo]

I got one before lmao

[@mickey8643]

Install some form of adblock, haven't seen an add in years

[@theresourcefulsurvivor9609]

LOL

[@daskaiser4204]

@@mickey8643 the last 1 I tried was a scam

[@mickey8643]

@@daskaiser4204 Use UBlock Origin

[@wayner2ll704]

Hope this man finds serenity.

[@Midnight_Freefall]

I figured eventually I would find a comment that didn't hate on someone for what they ate. I too hope this guy finds some peace. That's a horrible job he's in.

[@JeremyTheApe]

The fundamental moral wrong isn't how they're used, it's that they're bred, used, and killed in the first place. Our fellow animals are unique individuals who are worthy of respect.

[@bluetrees3365]

😃🥓🥓🥓🥓😋

[@ylondes9927]

@@bluetrees3365 It's another one of those kids who thinks he's hard 😭😭

[@lucaskp16]

the problem with these types of videos is that they are from vegans for vegans. never heard a vegan saying X farm does things right. they want to call animal abuse in how some farms treats its animals but what they really mean is that all animal farming is animal abuse. so they don't leave any place for a middle gound.

[@lucaskp16]

@@ylondes9927 is not being hard is just making a diff between animals and people. not because animals don't have feelings or cant think. but we treat other people as a resource why wouldn't we do the same to animals.

[@JeremyTheApe]

@@lucaskp16 I agree in the sense that animal advocates could be clearer with our message. However I'm not sure what you mean by a 'farm does things right.' By 'things,' you mean breed, use, and murder? Vegans aren't against farming plants. However when 'farming' is used a euphemism violating the rights of unique individuals we are very much opposed to that. There is no such thing as doing this 'right.' Ending their use altogether is the only complete answer to the moral question.

[@riittaruan]

it's shocking how people mock vegans for being 'crazy' and having 'extreme diets' when they don't even know where and how meat is produced/sourced. thank you for speaking out on this vice :)

[@owqays2742]

We own goat and cow farm and as a Muslim we don’t treat animals badly or torture them/ i mean yeah we still have to cut em to sell and eat but it’s part of food chain and yeah humans are designed to eat both vegs and meat bcz we have teeth for both and intestines for both!!!!

[@JunkBondTrader]

vegans are different. The only diet where they morally make judgments on you for eating meat. Also, I think the vast majority of people are aware of terrible farm conditions, its well documented. Peopel dont mock vegans because of their sympathy for animals, they mock them because vegans will try to morally guilt people for not being like them. But sure, some people are ignorant and think farms are all humane. Vegans irk people a lot more than people who diet for health reasons as opposed to dieting for moral reasons, because they use their lifestyle as a way to make moral judgements. Not all vegans of course, and some vegans do it for health reasons... but vegans are disproportionately self righteous. Out of sight out of mind is a normal human quality. There isn't enough time or resources to address every cause the typical person cares for. Especially not one that gives you meat to eat in return, as humans are omnivourous. Its natural to eat meat, and not feel guilty. But I see your point, it applies to some vegans, and applies to some ignorant people. But vegans get a bad rap for the same reasons a group like PETA does.

[@JunkBondTrader]

@@owqays2742 forget intestines or teeth. The fact we eat meat is the qualifier for being meat eaters. evolution doesn't plan in advance, we are the result of every choice we make. But I agree with what you are saying, and am not debating your point. I just find it funny how we need to convince some people that humans are meat eaters, when it's as obvious as the sky being blue. People ignore blatant facts to push their moral agendas. Simply eating meat is the only criteria to be meat eaters, and we love meat haha. If a herbavour animal started eating meat one day, we wouldnt say they aren't meant to eat it. If they choose to eat it, they are meat eaters now. Them thinking our body design determines our fate is silly, and ultimately implies that we are controlled by evolution and lack free will - rather than our free will controls how we evolve. Of course I cant claim to know how this universe works, but a deterministic universe seems much less likely, and has no proof. We're meat eaters because we eat meat, and our bodies constantly adapt to suit our behaviour, rather than we eat meat because evolution decided to give us sharp teeth. Ok just wanted to get that out there lol, Cheers!

[@Lizhal-jj2om]

It’s more like people don’t like other people shoving their beliefs down their throats without asking I don’t think anyone cares really what they eat it’s just more the fact they’re being pushy and obnoxious sometimes

[@makesmewannadie647]

​@@Lizhal-jj2om"beliefs" its facts like this Video and many other docu's LITERAL FACTS that animals are tortured at these factorys etc. But ignore it 😊

[@YoSomePerson]

I'm not even some radical vegan, hell I am not even a vegetarian. But I genuinly think that in a few decades towards the end of the century people have similar views about the current treatment of farm animals than we currently have about slavery and animal abuse in general.

[@cauldrin7788]

what makes being vegan radical? that they refuse to pay for animal abuse?

[@ConnorFischettiMusic]

@@cauldrin7788 a good question that no one wants to ask

[@menlove251]

@@cauldrin7788 Exactly. It is not some complicated thing people need to understand is it? Not wanting to support animal abuse is quite an easy concept to grasp.....

[@TheAxelFII]

It's astonishing that people can watch these videos and talk about "radical vegans". No way in hell they would say to themselves "i'm a radical meat eater" Also these farms and slaughterhouses are not slavery - they are extermination camps

[@jesss7075]

I'm a 'radical' vegan who doesn't slash open the throats of animals as opposed to normal people who do. I happen to think you're right, we will look back in absolute shame.

[@enoragrnhld8705]

And then people will mock vegans...

[@sakuramune_]

ill continue

[@RekkaKien3]

@@sakuramune_ so stupid...

[@saachibhardwaj7273]

@@sakuramune_ ok keep eating mistreated animals who are slaughtered mercilessly.

[@ylondes9927]

@@saachibhardwaj7273 Honestly, me too. But it dousn't take away that you're giving me the 'I'm a redditor who plays CoD on hardmode' vibes 😭

[@TheMastertbc]

@@saachibhardwaj7273 you can choose were to buy your meat lol

[@emmadinnie2216]

This video genuinely has made me actually become vegan. I feel like the trauma that he’s seen with those animals is actually enough for me to know that it’s bad, and that stopping to support the industry is just the answer. It’s actually more simple then what you think.

[@TheOneRealDJ]

You’ve clearly not done enough research then

[@lynninii]

same :) i've been vegan ever since I watched this video.

[@riverboy6112]

@@TheOneRealDJ Wdym? Explain further?

[@TheOneRealDJ]

@@riverboy6112 no what do YOU mean

[@viovenda8922]

Thank you for choosing love ♡ we dont need to exploit animals to live fulfilling lives

[@nell_uhh]

Never witnessed the atrocities that go on in slaughterhouses, but I’ve heard/read about it 😭. I honestly do believe that if slaughterhouses had glass walls, EVERYONE would be vegan.

[@Account-xm6vj]

maybe slowly, but most people don't have that kind of money.

[@mmmmmmmmmmm111]

@@Account-xm6vj What money? To afford beans, rice, pasta, fruits, vegetables, and seeds? lmfao

[@Account-xm6vj]

@@mmmmmmmmmmm111 you are clearly very priveliged. You physically cannot sustain a wholesome vegan diet in many developing countries, and even more so if you are impoverished in richer countries. Take my country, for example. Meat is the cheapest source of protein. All beans are imported and cost considerably more per portion. All fast food and takeaway, which most people buy because they live in subdivided flats and cannot cook in the kitchens for every meal, contain animal products, so they won't be 'vegan' by any definition.

[@owenicewater9704]

@@Account-xm6vj vegans aren’t asking those in dire situations to make the switch atm. We try to educate and convince those who are also privileged to do so, so that eventually the world grows into a place where all of us can live without intentionally murdering billions

[@Account-xm6vj]

@@owenicewater9704 You are talking about a different point. I didn't say "vegans shouldn't convince nonvegans to go vegan in any circumstance" - I replied to the original comment saying "if people saw slaughterhouses they'd all be vegan". I negated this because there are people who DO live near slaughterhouses or watch the animals being slaughtered and still purchase meat because it's a cheap and wholesome meal option. That's why even upon seeing slaughterhouses, many will remain nonvegan. ALSO veganism is NO animal products as you know, but people may still consume dairy and eggs even after seeing slaughterhouses. Then, I negated the comment saying "it's just rice, pasta, beans, veggies" because in many countries you can't actually practice VEGANISM given most cheap and easy meal options are nonvegan EVEN if they aren't outright meat options. Take my country for example. People live in poverty, in subdivided flats. Kitchens have to be shared and rotated. People are forced to get cheap takeout. Without access to kitchens, a fully cooked meal is often needed. Cheap fast food restaurants offer meat and rice with some veggies for USD 4. If you were to try to find 'vegan' options here that were also wholesome, containing protein and being as filling as meat, it would be far more expensive as meat is ingrained in the culture (veganism needs to be more systemic in countries which aren't as multi-cuisine as the US/UK). I by no means am saying that no one should be convinced to go vegan. I am simply saying convincing everyone is unrealistic, and that it's an oversimplification to say veganism is just "rice pasta beans and veggies" for some people.

[@madeline7272]

Future generations will look back on the ways we treat animals with disgust

[@madeline7272]

@MNSportsFan3923 lol you said like ten different things what point are you trying to make

[@jono601]

Yes. It is disgusting. Just because animals don’t have our level intelligence, that doesn’t give us veto right to torture and eat them. The human race will develop alternative foods and eating animals will be barbaric and disgusting. We’re basically animals with a larger brain. Can we abuse morbidly stupid people because some people are more intelligent?? You’re like that guy that says the horse and carriage will never be replaced. Societies will evolve. Your extreme short sightedness won’t hinder that.

[@madeline7272]

@MNSportsFan3923 so how did you get the power to predict the future?

[@gallectee6032]

@MNSportsFan3923 Alright. Go get drunk and high Mr Sports Fan instead of sharing your dum dum ideas.

[@gallectee6032]

@MNSportsFan3923 What you're doing is called a projection, a classic psychological delusion and I'm not here to be your therapist buddy. That's between you and a professional.

[@asdfgoogle]

The bit that will really stick with me is when he's saying he's walking through and the pigs are making eye contact with him. That he can see fear in their eyes. So sad.......

[@jignavadher1586]

😭😭😭

[@helpingwind7yearsago450]

The interviews on Vice are top. There are so many things about different topics I had no idea about. Thanks for the good work Vice, and thank you to the people coming forward with their stories.

[@Givemeyouroats]

Absolutely appalling and completely sanctioned by the government. I was a government vet for a while as I had the misguided belief that I could help these farm animals. The amount of stuff that was overlooked or “covered up” is unbelievable. The abhorrent cruelty and things I had to witness will stay with me forever. I remember vividly being at a factory pig farm and I saw this pig with the most beautiful brown eyes. Human like. I said to the farmer, look how pretty that pig’s eyes are, to which he responded “we don’t have time to look at their eyes”. Completely summed it up to me and I left not long after.

[@Rosstarfarian]

Bless this man. I can’t imagine the realisation when you peruse something you are passionate about for it to then bring you so much sadness and pain. He really needs to spread word further, there’s a lot of good people in this country who would support improved standards.

[@teethgrinder83]

I used to work at a batter hen egg factory as a teen and no matter what you see on screen it just doesn't convey how conditions are in these places. I didn't really appreciate how bad things was when I was a teenager but looking back it really was shocking the conditions they were in-and these animals weren't even "actively abused" as in I never saw anyone mistreat them out of frustration or anything but just their conditions was terrible yet perfectly legal

[@kimanigrey-campbell7976]

Can you describe the conditions.

[@vancouverthaimassage1]

Can you please describe the conditons

[@moodlampActual]

This was an Extremely vague and sus comment

[@fn9six]

@@moodlampActual no it isn't

[@reptilianapplesalesman5479]

Do you feel sorry for the countless rows of imprisoned lettuce in the fields of vegetable farmers? Of course it's perfectly legal to raise chickens for eggs/meat. Those animals exist specifically for human consumption.

[@sig8766]

Youre already killing the animal for its meat. I dont understand the need to punch a day old calf. They cant all be psycopaths working at these farms. There has to be some sort of guilt amongst them. I just dont get it.

[@bunaynayslay]

i encourage you to watch an expose video of slaughter/factory farming footage. people who work in this industry are often illegal immigrants forced into it as a means to make money. they have the majority of their paycheck docked and alcohol/drug abuse is rampant. the people who work here may not have started out mentally ill, but you quickly become if you weren't already. no one would want to willingly subject themselves to smashing a baby pig into cold concrete as it screams in pain while twitching in your hands as blood splatters everywhere. it's a nightmare, to say the least. please consider veganism.

[@mikeock2087]

I get it. Only psychopaths can work there in the first place that's the point

[@Tubes12AX7k]

I imagine that the more sane people "wash out" after a short period of time, just leaving the more hardened people who do these things.

[@bunaynayslay]

@Nick Gurr huh???? because no sane human wants to work in a slaughter house? not you ignoring everything else I said to make this a race thing LOL

[@bunaynayslay]

@Nick Gurr im LITERALLY a person of color LMFAO

[@WabbyDoo]

I've worked on a pig farm before. My family owns it so I was sort of thrust into this environment at a young age. Though it has left me with some mental scars, I know some of the workers have been there for over a decade. The way they live compared to my family is deplorable. These workers destroy their bodies and minds with this type of work and are barely compensated in my opinion. They aren't properly taught. I had to go through a class to become "certified" to work with these animals even though I was already working with them and so were many others. The class is conducted by the company that contracts my family and included workers from other pig farms as well. It was an utter joke. Most of the workers there primarily spoke Spanish. The class/power point presentation was given to us by an English speaker with no translators present. When the "quiz" was given out they openly let everyone cheat, which I can't blame the workers for participating in because they could not understand the f*cking presentation. It feels like this whole business, like so many, is rooted in this false humanity and unregulated monstrosities. The stench he mentioned. It really does permeate every bit of you. Everything is in a constant state of disrepair. Everything that enters is consumed by filth. Seeing a mother pig brutalize her babies because of stress. Seeing a mother pig sit on her babies because there's no room for her to move at all. Seeing pigs getting openly beat with thick iron rods. Seeing a baby pig get their heads smashed into the concrete because they're deformed and won't make it anyways (a technique taught in the presentation btw). I could go on and on, but it's hard to digest this stuff as well as speak about it. It's all passed off as necessary and I don't believe that for a second. This industry is traumatizing. I didn't realize how hard it would be just to type all this out while still trying to seem composed.

[@JarethTheGoblinKingForever]

A lot of the Spanish-speaking workers in southern US factory farms are illegal migrant workers who, if injured/killed on the job, have no legal recourse, really. Their family may not even be notified for months if a tragedy occurs. Some of them fail to seek healthcare after a workplace injury because they fear being deported or they're sending all their earnings down to their families. They often face racism in the workplace or their situation as an illegal is used to threaten and blackmail them into performing dangerous work that no human being should be doing, leading to injuries and deaths caused by heavy machinery, animal attacks, diseases, sharp objects and worse. Not saying your family's farm engages in hiring illegal migrants or abusing Mexican workers, but it does happen quite a lot, unfortunately.

[@TheSandersLifeDad]

End all animal exploitation!

[@ONOMAEEVEREST]

nom nom mm this bacon bussin.... "yeah!" nom nom nom

[@TheSandersLifeDad]

@@ONOMAEEVEREST ooo yes vegan bacon 🤤🤤

[@HotelSoapBand]

Jonathan Foer's "Eating Animals" and "We Are The Weather" are great books on this topic

[@earthmother3024]

This is traumatizing just to HEAR, let alone witness. The scary part is many terrible abusive people thrive at this kind of work and actively seek out these jobs (although a small minority..) The rest seem to be foreigners & poor people too scared or poor to complain. The saddest part is these horrible conditions are all just a side effect of profits over -people- lives. Senseless torture all in the name of saving a buck.

[@CHROMIUMHEROmusic]

Thank you Vice for having the guts to actually talk about this insane topic that lies in plain sight in our society

[@jovboi]

I always hear about these farms being bad but this really changed my point of view

[@metoidionasty]

Just said this to someone else in the comments, I highly recommend the documentary Earthlings

[@jovboi]

@@metoidionasty thank you.. will check it out

[@mikem4314]

@@jovboi absolutely check that out, yes

[@michaelb634]

Earthlings will open your eyes to our food industry

[@technokokos]

Yea not he is full of s*** The guy is clearly following certain agenda - all meat bad. Are big factory farms bad? Yes, a lot. But, when he disputed that local farms are a better choice is where he completely lost me. There are small farms where animals are treated absolutely fine (important to say though that small local farm does not automatically equal good treatment). Therefore it is hard to say how seriously I can take rest of his stories.

[@jamesdoakes4956]

This is the Vice I appreciate

[@DietCherryCait]

My heart breaks for these creatures 💔 just imagining the pain & confusion they go through. It’s strange how it’s so easy for us to turn a blind eye to this just because meat tastes “good”.

[@MorphedWombat]

Aw shucks ima go make a burger and steak now

[@DietCherryCait]

@Brodie Francis I never proof read before I post lol thank you!

[@keiko3781]

@@MorphedWombat damn bro, don’t gotta be a jackass now.

[@piratex2326]

Why is it in parentheses? Meat is in fact good.

[@blakebarrington1761]

I get pleasure from eating meat therefore I am completely justified in paying for animals to suffer and die. Rapists get pleasure from raping but that doesn't make it right, pleasure does not justify torture. Just pick another item on the menu for god's sake.

[@engleharddinglefester4285]

At the grocery store you can commonly get a dozen "free range" eggs with a picture of little kids playing with chickens in their backyard. Or a little girl with the brand named after her. Reality is quite different.

[@mikem4314]

I strongly suggest watching the documentary Earthlings. Its very distressing but it goes very deep in to the topics brought up here and then some. The footage is horrifying, but eye opening.

[@moon_child7294]

Where do I watch this at?.

[@superkitten7560]

@@moon_child7294 I'm pretty sure it's right here on KZbin if you search for it

[@bluedelerium]

I want to watch, but I’m honestly afraid (& yes, I’m ashamed of this). 🥺😖

[@moon_child7294]

@@superkitten7560 thank you.

[@Lolp821]

*shock* a documentary did anything they could to convince you of what they want. So many gullible naive people here it's just sad.

[@CADsAnonymous]

Even thru the filter used you can still hear the pain in his voice.

[@blakebarrington1761]

No matter what labels we give animals, "free range" "organic" "humanely slaughtered", they all end up in the same slaughter houses. They all have their throats slit so we can eat a sausage roll. We eat their flesh for a dinner that lasts 10 minutes, and in a day or two we won't even remember what we ate. All this suffering happens for something as trivial as a sausage roll, I genuinely cannot get my mind around this.

[@genovese667]

I don't think anyone that follows an healty diet eats a sausage roll or any type of meat every day. I am against slaughterhouses , but animal proteins are irreplaceable: we don't have to eat meat everyday, but the nutrients we get from it are indispensable for our well being, so cutting it out of our diets without supplements can be very dangerous, especially if you are not followed by any specialist. Sadly without the death of an animal we can't recieve nourishment, but that's just the cicle of nature: it is up to us to honor the animal, taking everything that is edible and useful , i.e. organs, like the liver or parts of the stomach, which are sadly trown away most of the time because people want the "perfect slice" or anithing that isn't considered gross. I come from a country which treats every ingredient with care and respect, and we try to waste the smallest amount of food we can, because ,for me, the least we can do to repay a creature of its nourishment is to value every thing we can, so that its slaughter wasn't invain.

[@GigglyardoYT]

@@genovese667 name one essential nutrient in meat that can’t be found in plant foods

[@weggrhdse1974]

@@GigglyardoYT Once again, I am against slaughterhouses, but please explain how you are going to expect on an economical scale, people to just start eating plants

[@fringeminority3224]

You are making me hungry.

[@genovese667]

@@GigglyardoYT simply put animal proteins are more compatible with human peptides than vegetal proteins. Animal products are also the main suppliers of calcium, iron and phosporous, but as I said, you can follow a perfectly healthy vegan diet, as long as you refer to a specialist.

[@hanacecelia671]

Omg... I've watched a lot of these Vice videos, but this is the first video that I couldnt finish 💔 my heart couldnt take hearing what those poor animals go through. God bless this man, and I hope he finds the healing and peace he needs after witnessing it with his own eyes.

[@eriness]

Animals don't just get to hear it in a KZbin video, they have to experience all of this. They have to endure it with their bodies. Consider going vegan, if you can't bear to listen to it, why support them with your dollars.

[@Ergmermerg]

Once a semi truck filled to the brim with filthy chickens was driving through town in the day. They don't usually do that for a reason. The smell inside our car became unfathomably horrific and we could barely breathe. Every time I see someone eating meat I think of that experience.

[@SteveVi0lence]

Too bad that semi didn't crash and do a roll-over crushing them all

[@shay5518]

I did animal rights activism for quite a while and I've been very aware of this. I've seen movies and documentaries about this. I went vegan nearly 6 years ago. It still goes on today, and people see activists as extreme and harsh. It's the truth. The sad truth. Animals feel the same way we do. They fall in love the way we do. They have children the way we do.

[@JarethTheGoblinKingForever]

I don't believe there's anything wrong with being vegan but I do believe that the all-or-nothing approach has alienated people from veganism since some vegans can come across as zealots. Groups like PETA have gone overboard and left vegans with a bad reputation for being intolerant and obsessive. I think even people who love eating meat could find a common ground with vegans on the general agreement that factory farming is a filthy, dirty, abusive and cruel practice that needs to be phased out. This is something that, if vegans and meat-eating people could all come together on, would make an enormous difference for animals if they all teamed up to establish legislation phasing out the practice of factory farming. The only people who I imagine would actually want to fight this would be lobbyists for large agricultural companies, or sadists who get off on the idea of animals suffering (hopefully there are very few people from the latter category, but I've seen some very twisted people out there who are totally fine with factory farming and who see it as funny or meaningless if the animals are tortured).

[@ambycakes]

This was the most intense video on this subject I've personally watched. wtf are we doing?

[@HeyhitmeBAM]

Getting brainwashed

[@aaronalegria1239]

Eating

[@pattasgames6066]

Eating some good meat

[@truthboom]

They living in the medieval age.

[@shobushogun2405]

There are some good documentaries that actually show footage of what he's talking about. Check it out sometime and tell your friends!

[@PreservedPlumb]

So I grew up being used to slaughtering animals to eat. However, my father always told me to make sure that the animal has lived a good life and to not let it suffer anymore than it has to when it is time for their death. To completely respect what the animal has given me, I must not waste anything. One day I want to be self-reliant and only rely on the animals I raise or hunt. Many small farmers and hunters do love animals, it may be hard to understand for many. This is something I've come to realize killing a fish in front of my husband who is not used to that situation. He screamed, felt guilt, and showed so much fear for the fish, and while I understood the fish was scared, I didn't want it to have a painful death. Not everyone has killed an animal, and I wouldn't force my husband to do it because he would not know how, and the animal would have a painful death because of it. Being raised like this makes me feel a huge sense of anger about meat that is wasted or animals raised poorly. It almost shows a sense of ignorance of the sacrifice an animal made to feed you, only to be disrespected.

[@bradleymorrison8843]

Well said!

[@lowelldunmire6498]

Meat processing is the most evil thing on this entire planet. I truly think that if you don’t have the stomach to harvest and process the animal by yourself then you DO NOT have the right to eat it. Letting evil fucks who don’t care murder millions of innocent animals so people can eat meat without seeing any of the consequences that goes into it is absolutely ridiculous. All animals should be released back into the wild and hunting should be the only way that eating meat is legal.

[@aloevera5600]

The animal didn't make a sacrifice to feed us. We took their life from them.

[@someguy2135]

The largest organization of nutrition professionals officially declared that we do not need animals or what comes out of them to thrive! "It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and are associated with much less environmental damage. Vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity. Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements."

[@alexandervitokov567]

@@someguy2135 no, i dont think so. Our dna is Proggramed over 10.000 of years to consume animal products. To go vegan longterm is just insanity. I was Vegan for almost 2 Years by the way. And it sucked in the End.

[@nitsan]

Been vegan over 5 years now. Feeling much better than before. 👍

[@AuroraHemi]

This is so heartbreaking. I’ve been watching this series for awhile now, 5 of them just today, and this is the first time I have seen one where the person seems truly remorseful and in pain.

[@entropygardens7253]

Bless you mate and thank you for the hard work.

[@SerenityInfinity]

One of the most disturbing topics. It is sad our world is this way, the whole food chain is deplorable. As humans we have a choice and with youtube etc. many are realizing that most farm animals can actually be loving pets, which is a real switch!

[@nelinav1396]

my heart is broken 💔 why are we okay with this

[@YukariAkiyama]

because it tastes good

[@PauLtus_B]

People aren't. But they refuse to confront themselves because it's a hard thing to accept you're doing that much damage.

[@LittleBoxFox]

The first time I saw my grandpa cry was when he saw a leaked video of chickens being abused in a Tyson factory farm on the news. He used to raise chickens in his backyard and it was a big part of my childhood. The videos were horrifying, but the further you look into it the worse it gets. They treat the employees so awfully on top of it all. It makes my stomach turn.

[@kpeezyforsheezy]

Why is this a problem world wide? Is it the type of people who are attracted to working at slaughter houses? Somebody said in the comments that transparency would help: putting up photographs of the conditions of where you’re buying those eggs or that meat from. I second this 👏🏼 What can we do to get this culture to change?

[@stepanslavik819]

Not supporting these industries by eating animal products is great! Also watch something like dominion or earthlings and speak about the turth!

[@lorenahernandez9501]

@@stepanslavik819 literally 👏 the reason why the conditions are so bad is because of the high demand of animal products. The best thing you can do is to stop supporting these industries

[@ddpwe5269]

Like everything in life, supply and demand. If we don't demand it, they will not supply it. It will take time, but the more people that open their eyes to this, the faster it WILL happen. Just look at all the companies already jumping on the 'band wagon'. It's a growing trend for many, many, many reasons.

[@bluedelerium]

@@ddpwe5269 I second (and third) what you just said!♥️

[@DaveWraptastic]

transparency doesn't do diddly squat. If you still don't know by now how these animals are treated, you simply don't care. Face it, for a lot of people, cheap meat on the table matters more than what happens in a slaughterhouse or factory farm.

[@Lynn-r7x]

Ive been really considering going vegan and this just pushed me over the edge now. No more animal products for me.

[@alexandervitokov567]

I dont recoment it. I did it for almost 2 years. Inform yourself about the conditions the animals are in. Is it trustwearthy? Its not everywhere like this. Maybe a place you can visit whenever you want. So you can be sure about the conditions the animals are living in.

[@polmphoto-212]

It's moments like these that are truly scary. Because the U.K is always said to have better standards for food ingredients. When you hear just how bad it is for animals it makes you wonder what the U.S does.

[@paulwinkelmann4241]

"Punching day old calf in the face" made me seriously contemplate becoming a vegetarian.

[@metoidionasty]

Whatch the documentary Earthlings and you’ll never want to go to a zoo or eat meat ever again

[@Kryptic_Karma]

Earthlings is a great documentary if you want to see what goes on. Real footage.

[@jovboi]

@@horsemanofwar86wawahwoowah36 damn dude don’t be that harsh.....me too

[@LAILA269.]

you need to look into the dairy industry. he said the calf was being punched in the face for not drinking from a bottle (the calf wants his mother, from whom he gets separated from shortly after birth)

[@sudhanshupandey3829]

@@metoidionasty Earthlings and Cowspiracy...Everyone should watch these both documentaries

[@PhuntKlapps]

I almost fell into the category of people who saw the title and skipped passed. I think a lot of people do that to these kinds of videos because they don't want to know what happens in these places. They want to remain ignorant so they can keep eating mcdonalds and KFC without remorse. These practices NEED to be more exposed and people NEED this sort information.

[@wortelmachine4832]

i watched the video and i will continue eating meat without thinking about the animal

[@makesmewannadie647]

@@wortelmachine4832 then youre a monster :) a human has empathy you are Not human then

[@notbob_]

​@@wortelmachine4832wow what a nice comment, I can tell you really haven't seen anything on what going on in factory farms

[@selinakyle_]

I've been a vegetarian for 15 years now. After watching those factory farming videos, as a kid, my whole outlook on life changed. I even plan on going vegan too.

[@nder767]

Great plan! I eat vegan for 1/2 years now also after being a vegetarian. There are plenty good recipes to try out and new vegan products in the supermarket to try out. I wish you the best!

[@bunaynayslay]

you can do it!! i was vegetarian for 2 years, then went vegan and have been for 4! mama cows and her babies thank you

[@wortelmachine4832]

i wont

[@Aisakdik69]

@@bunaynayslay no they don’t i eat more so that vegans won’t make a difference

[@sudeshna4161]

This has to end!!! Thank you for being brave & informing the world about what deserves to be known.

[@markpalmercomedy]

I'd like to say to the man your doing a good thing exposing these farms. Your doing way more than 99.99 % of people. DON'T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF !

[@Lolp821]

Don't worry I'm sure he got paid a lot of money to say whatever he or Vice wanted. I'm getting really scared how many people take this series of videos seriously.

[@markpalmercomedy]

@@Lolp821 I think everything his saying is true. I've seen some videos.

[@Lolp821]

@@markpalmercomedy I am very scared.

[@markpalmercomedy]

@@Lolp821 of what cows 🐮

[@scottyandell3644]

He’s not exposing anything. Farms and slaughterhouses like this have been around since the late 1800’s. They are the exact same activities and animal killing that happened on all our grand and great grandparents farms just on a larger industrial scale. More people equals more food. Killing and butchering animals is never pretty. It’s just something that is done. Everyone has seen the videos. It’s just a reality that most aren’t aware of. Now the punching of calves and stupid behavior like that can be found in any business that involves people. Some people are just assholes.

[@barrymchugh4490]

These video's need to be longer cause I'm totally addicted to them! Love what Vice is doing today!!

[@AnimalJusticeProject]

Thank you for everything you do - an inspiration for many. Our campaign work would be impossible without investigators.

[@smoothieadd1ct]

Bless this man. I felt the pain in his voice. What a horrible job and a terrible experience. Doing it over and over for years and then blaming yourself for walking away from the victim is more than traumatizing. Especially when you are so insignificant compared to the massive factories and you would most likely lose your job trying to make a change. Which probably isn't that bad if this is your job.

[@rosalalee]

as a vegan I want to wholeheartedly thank you VICE for inviting this good person

[@Kepler_Mission]

Stopped eating meat this year. The maltreatment, and the high rates of cancer after consumption is horrible. It's explains why America, despite being one of the most advanced countries, has the highest rate of cancer. It's not just meat either, it's in the dairy, it's in the sugars, it's in almost everything. They're not just killing animals, they're killing us too.

[@CelStarProductions]

I visited a pig slaughtering plant for a field trip for my environmental science class. I researched every argument to find some way to justify me eating animals. When I realized veganism is the only responsible choice, I’ve been vegan for over 3 years and haven’t looked back since

[@marieaikenhead701]

Good for you. I had the same experience. I couldn't find any reasonable justifications anymore, so my only choice was to go vegan.

[@wortelmachine4832]

or just only eat bio products, you get meat and you are doing good

[@jorndeboer6608]

@@wortelmachine4832 Every animal goes to the same slaughterhouse, regardless the treatment at the farm.

[@therabbithat]

@@jorndeboer6608 bio meat means lab meat, it's not available for sale yet outside of Singapore as far as I know so I don't know what Wortel is talking about

[@jorndeboer6608]

@@therabbithat Bio means organic in Dutch!

[@Chascoso]

For me it's all the types of abuse. The milk industry (female cows forced to be bred just for their milk and the babies to be taken away), transportation of livestock(animals tightly packed for hours upon hours), etc. Not just the ones in the slaughterhouses. It's world wide. It's different forms. It's all sickening.

[@momdonttouchthatsock]

There is this one video where workers who work in the milk industry have said that some female cows loose their voice from calling out to their calf that they gave birth too. In the same video workers are shown kicking calves for fun and abused them.

[@Chascoso]

@@momdonttouchthatsock really? Wow. Hopefully some day something gets sorted so animals don't have to be born just to suffer man

[@Nerkimusaka]

This video convinced me to stop eating mammals for good.

[@sigfredharaldsson87]

Why only mammals?

[@Nerkimusaka]

@@sigfredharaldsson87 We share a lot of traits with them. One step at a time.

[@adammatthews4054]

That’s good, that’s how i started. Now I only eat animals that have little self-awareness. I feel that it’s easier for me to digest, both literally and figuratively. For example, shrimp, tilapia, crab, other small sea creatures that have not fully developed an emotional or philosophical response to pain and suffering.

[@austindobbins8957]

@@adammatthews4054 would you eat humans if they were equally intelligent, while having options that don't experience pain and are non sentient?

[@austindobbins8957]

@@Nerkimusaka so what about dairy? Buying dairy supports the worst exploitation and abuse on mammals.

[@thecarbonprop]

When I worked on a small family farm when I was a teen I secretly witnessed the owner beat the cows that didn't do what he wanted. I buried that memory for years. Then a lightbulb went on in my brain. Been vegan now for nearly 8 years. Best decision ever.

[@joy1ess]

this is one of the most powerful vice videos I've watched, and it's also a video I keep coming back to again and again. thank you

[@cheebak1615]

The slaughterhouse workers are not to blame, the consumer is to blame. The consumer keeps this alive and well. You vote with your dollar.... Going plant based was the best decision I made for my mind and body.

[@okbill18yearsagoedited25]

cry more maybe?

[@sarahnichole9857]

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!

[@tiagosales3373]

@@okbill18yearsagoedited25 where

[@vadeemrerogi]

Some people cant Afford the Expensive Vegan Meals.

[@cheebak1615]

@@vadeemrerogi eating plant based is actually much more affordable than eating animal products

[@NHope-md8ds]

And this is why I'm having veggie lasagna for dinner... But seriously, this man and people like him are heroes to me. Nothing will be exposed and therefore changed if no one reports on it. He is much stronger than I am. I'm an animal lover through and through, so much so that I can't volunteer at my local shelter or work at a vets office because I know it would break me in ways that I am incapable of recovering from or becoming accustomed to. I have seen things that this dude would consider extremely mild and the memories haunt me. I can't imagine the pain he lives with, truly.

[@rikm33]

Thank you for informing us. You are a hero! Save the animals!!!

[@thesharkormoriantm274]

We are all taught since childhood through books and cartoons that the animal products we consume come from happy little farms in the beatiful countryside.

[@quinnrussell2769]

Let this sink in. Pigs are smarter than dogs.

[@Mashburn007]

That ending was... Heavy to say the least 😞😞, Hope time heals his wounds😔

[@pipapo3030]

Thank you so much for this interview. This shocks me a lot!!

[@arandomhuman6902]

I remember when I drove past a factory cattle farm in Texas. I could smell the cow manure for miles before I even got close to the farm. When I drove past, I saw dozens of cows just standing and laying in their own waste. I could still smell it miles after I drove past. It was a very eye-opening experience to know the cow I'm eating was raised in those conditions.

[@Dusty-y6b]

I have cooked hamburgers that had a manure aroma to them. Smh. God knows how much sh*t gets on everything in a slaughterhouse.

[@jbzzey]

​@@Dusty-y6bGotta ask because that smell doesn't bother some people. Did you still eat them?

[@gabrxael]

As someone who's lived on a cruelty-free farm for most of their lives, I'm going to fill in some more blanks here. One of the most common ways for a factory farm to get their meat is to contract farmers give up their meat. What do I mean by this? So, a factory farm approaches a farm with a contract. If the farmer raises animals, buys animal food from the factory, and does everything the factory tells them to do, the factory will take the farmer's meat and sell it for them. In return, the farmer will get more money than they normally would. This means that any farmer under contract must follow the factory's rules EXACTLY. Spraying their land, using the correct brand of food, getting medications every year. And the farmer needs to pay for it. You may ask "Well, why don't the farmers sell their meat themselves instead?". Because it won't sell. 9 times out of 10, a person will choose a grocery store over local produce. Farmers can easily go bankrupt VERY quickly, so the factory prays off the farmer's desperation and need for funding. The way that the factory avoids all blame is to put in the contract that ANY AND ALL problems with the meat are placed on the farmer that raised it. Boycotting the factory only boycotts the farmers, and drives the farmers out of business. Legally, you can't place the blame on the factory for the quality of the meat no matter what part the factory played. Even worse, the law develops specifically so that farmers need to be SOMEWHAT dependent on the things the government supplies. A while back, the FDA released some new rules that made it difficult for farmers to get their animals butchered and readied for sale by the FDA. In retaliation, farmers started going to local butchers instead. Soon after, "coincidentally", butcher shops started needing to be closed down for "not following the law" due to sudden new rules the FDA put out. This forced farmers to go back to the FDA. Essentially, the way the law has been built prevents anyone from actually changing these issues. You can't stop the factories because that only stops the real farmers. And if the interest in vegan products keeps climbing, the government will want to be finger-deep in that movement as well (if they haven't already).

[@duckcile3515]

Sick and twisted.

[@engleharddinglefester4285]

Yep 10 or so years ago ordinary people wanted to grow vegetables on their property and a US senator spoke up and so much as made the threat that things would go wrong for them if anyone ever caught something like a salmonella or e. coli infection from somebody's home grown produce. The gov't does not want regular people to get out of debt or getting ahead.

[@leekshikapinnamneni4835]

How do I support a cruelty free farm?

[@truecynic1270]

Thank you

[@DemiX7X]

This needs to be shared way more!

[@stephmatters4954]

Thank you to this interviewee as well as interviewer for this service. Bless you.

[@gwendawnseto2284]

Thank you for having the courage to do this and for all the good you have done. It sounds like you have sacrificed your own existence to inform the world of these horrors. And I thank you on behalf of every decent human being and on behalf of every animal. There is nothing to feel guilty for. I don’t believe it’s humanly possible to do more than you have done, physically, mentally and emotionally. You are a wonderful, wonderful, caring person. If you don’t mind I would like to pray that God blesses you, that he restores your weary body and mind and blesses your priceless work and all the good and kind things you do. We all want peace and an end to suffering, but you are actioning it. You are one of the most valuable people, and one of the finest men that has ever lived. Thank you

[@Ms_Kymm]

I like this series... I have unsettling stories from when I was a cleaner in major hospitals/nursing homes & hotels.

[@leaveitayy6246]

Earthlings is always a great place to start for U.S citizens but it is from 2005 however the conditions haven't changed since then. "Land of Hope & Glory" is a good documentary which shows UK welfare standards and footage. "Dominion" is another great documentary for those in Australia. I can assure you footage is available for your country somewhere on the interwebs if it isn't listed.

[@MacksmusPrime]

remember when everyone said that documentry about factory farming was lies? ... smh

[@Lolp821]

Yeah cause this guy who is far more likely to be a paid actor or activist with a mask on is telling nothing but solid truth I guess. He actually said at the start animals aren't treated as individuals lol, come on.

[@hollyyoung9616]

Factory farming can be evil, I don't care if they are just animals, they are precious ❤️. Each and every one.

[@gallectee6032]

It''s a thoughtless excuse to not take responsibility.

[@mingomo]

Lmao OK so everything a random Dude with a Mask says is true?

[@gallectee6032]

@@mingomo More true than somebody in a youtube comments section that cannot even spell properly.

[@headlines600]

The quietest people have seen the worst things, but there is no one to turn to.

[@boltonky]

I grew up right next to a pig farm that was closed due to abuse etc..it is the sounds and smell that don't go away, more crazy the owner burnt place down eventually and turned it all into vege gardens and is now a big player in our region. Who's really to blame all of us who buy or consume products that aren't sustainable

[@limitless_869]

Cultivation on such a large scale can never be a pretty process. Ive been to a factory farm as well and this is absolutely true.

[@M-ikaela]

I wish everybody who says "bacon though" would get to see these things. There would be psychopaths who wouldn't care but majority wouldn't eat pork again

[@Julia-nl7lu]

If they had to go and kill it themselves and witness it all they probably wouldn’t do it. In fact many people only do slaughter jobs if they desperately need money because no one likes to do such a job, I’m not saying you’re a psychopath if you do it but you must have little emotions or empathy towards animals. I’m guessing they become so disconnected to animal suffering after awhile.

[@joltyflare]

Lived on a rental property on a local farm. All this is true. The only time it got cleaned was when they knew inspectors were coming, which they got told ahead of time. But, then again, what do you expect from people who kill animals on a mass scale for a living?