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Animal Crusaders • Commemorative Issue • October 2010Animals as FoodChicken in a U.S.slaughterhouseImagine for a moment that you area chicken in a U.S. slaughterhouse.As you make your way toward aviolent death, you are dumped outof your crate and your legs areviolently forced into shackles so thatyou are hanging upside down. Infact, there’s a good chance that yourlegs will end up breaking¯ but noone will care. As you hang upsidedown, struggling to escape, you aredragged through an electrifiedwater bath that’s meant to paralyzeyou, not render you unconscious(of course, being renderedunconscious would be kindconsidering what will happen next).A blade will cut your neck as theblood slowly drains from your body.If you’re lucky, you’ll loseconsciousness. But many birds missthe blade and are still consciousduring the final step of the killingprocess, when they are run throughthe scalding-hot water of adefeathering tank.Source: PeTA, USANever, never be afraid to dowhat is right, especially if thewell-being of a person oranimal is at stake. Society’spunishments are smallcompared to the wounds weinflict on our soul when welook the other wayMartin Luther King65