Comments on: J-PETA? A Kosher Couple Goes Undercover http://jcarrot.org/j-peta-a-kosher-couple-goes-undercover Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lili Chen http://jcarrot.org/j-peta-a-kosher-couple-goes-undercover/comment-page-1#comment-6585 Lili Chen Sat, 10 May 2008 20:50:38 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/j-peta-a-kosher-couple-goes-undercover/#comment-6585 My friends, little if anything has changed. Our work is only at the the first step of the beginning. Our worst enemy now is not the meat industry but 'compassion fatigue' of our fellow Jews and the fear of mesirah some of us mistakenly allow ourselves. Prevail for we will win this battle and we will win the war. My friends, little if anything has changed. Our work is only at the the first step of the beginning. Our worst enemy now is not the meat industry but ‘compassion fatigue’ of our fellow Jews and the fear of mesirah some of us mistakenly allow ourselves. Prevail for we will win this battle and we will win the war.

]]> By: Michael Croland http://jcarrot.org/j-peta-a-kosher-couple-goes-undercover/comment-page-1#comment-6232 Michael Croland Tue, 06 May 2008 02:22:04 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/j-peta-a-kosher-couple-goes-undercover/#comment-6232 Kol hakavod to these investigators for getting the video footage that has helped bring about real changes. It's been essential in terms of trying to reduce tsa'ar ba'alei chayim (unnecessary animal suffering) in the kosher meat industry. Without the footage of conscious cows having their tracheas ripped out (AgriProcessors) and of shackling and hoisting (at a Uruguayan slaughterhouse), the worst abuses would still be continuing without any pressure on the OU or the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, respectively, to stop them. Kol hakavod to these investigators for getting the video footage that has helped bring about real changes. It’s been essential in terms of trying to reduce tsa’ar ba’alei chayim (unnecessary animal suffering) in the kosher meat industry.

Without the footage of conscious cows having their tracheas ripped out (AgriProcessors) and of shackling and hoisting (at a Uruguayan slaughterhouse), the worst abuses would still be continuing without any pressure on the OU or the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, respectively, to stop them.

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