Until this weekend, I could not imagine a full meal without meat. Preferably chicken, but beef was yummy too. Until I was flying down I-70, listening to my Dixie Chicks. I looked up at the truck in front of me. There, on the top half of the truck, was a little tail flipping back and forth. From the very top of the truck! As I passed the truck, I saw the various big eyes, tails, sides, etc. from the holes in the sides of the semi from top to bottom. I was horrified. The cows were stacked into the truck from the very top to the very bottom. Hurling down I-70 for God knows how long. There has to be some feces/urine situations in there. This sight actually brought tears to my eyes. How sad for those cows. Stacked in that truck. Like a slave ship. I am still sad thinking about it.I have never had this kind of soft spot before. I recognize the importance of protein, population control, the food chain. Now that has all changed. I don't know if I can go without eating beef again. I like chili and burgers. But the sadness of the cattle, and all the animals that are treated that way. I have been changed. In my heart.
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I hear you. My family raises cows and take off a cow or two each year for meat. It always made me sad to see that poor cow leave and I wanted to rescue it.
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