MNN - Mother Nature Network

need of robbing the bear of his bile and life of freedom. No wonder most animals on this planet are scared of man, as humans inevitably eat them. Children on farms are raised with the knowledge that this is where their livelihood will come from. Children grow up with blood on their hands. One of the cruelest is the dairy industry where calves are ripped away from the cow and usually sent to slaughter as veal or thrown into a field to die which is cheaper than shipping. All animals morn their dead even more so the humans. A goose will never mate again. I have known some men who are married 6sixmonths after the death of a spouse. Sometimes the male calf has his head bashed in for a fast kill. Who ever introduced lead pipes to the beef and hog industry. Look at the way the Arab country disposed of 300,000 pigs last year for fear of the swine flu. Or was the horrific death of these animals pushed into mass graves alive due to religion. Religion is active in the slaughtering of innocent animals. I have spoken about these atrocities for over 30 years. Before the time of internet, people regarded my comments as extreme just because I cared for and loved animals. Harming and killing animals is not a happy way to make a living. Do not eat flesh because it harms all other inhabitants of this glorious planet and I am referring to all animals. Man is not the best animal on the planet but one that overpopulates and over eats animal products. Man and his handling of animals revolves around the money. I do not like being near leather couches or chairs etc since most of the animals are skinned alive. Animals do not hang up human trophies of heads or skins on their den walls or floor. Empathy is gone. Humans would take action if the shoe was on the other foot and the cow was the one clubbing our baby or throwing them into the field. If bears could keep man in a small cage all of our lives and shove a catheter to collect human bile. When a human eats a human it is not accepted and labeled cannibalism. When an animal in the wild (sharks), captivity (tigers) or a house pet(dog) bites or eats a man they are hunted and killed. Man will never be God although acting like one and doing a very poor job I believe.