tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post5409893958993615609..comments2023-09-29T15:45:37.354+02:00Comments on Wishing I were in France: Enough to become a vegetarianladybirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05690656561242165157noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-13786425730522414222010-01-20T20:14:21.892+01:002010-01-20T20:14:21.892+01:00Ken, I visited Russia once in 1979 with a group of...Ken, I visited Russia once in 1979 with a group of 40 language students (my then to-be, now late husband who studied Russian was one of them). One night we went to what was considered as a posh restaurant as the hotel food was just too disgusting. We had a chicken drumstick with rice. And I can assure you that it was free range and had lived a very, very, very, long life running hundreds of kilometres ... as it was as hard as concrete ! :)) No wonder the Russians are banning 'battery' chickens!ladybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690656561242165157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-44872446160530240222010-01-20T19:45:09.450+01:002010-01-20T19:45:09.450+01:00Martine, I just posted this comment on the wrong p...Martine, I just posted this comment on the wrong post:<br /><br />I just read an article in the New York Times about how the Russians are stopping all imports of American chicken. They say it is not good because of the way it is raised. I'm sure that's true. Poor chickens...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-18141152214923054322010-01-20T16:16:10.873+01:002010-01-20T16:16:10.873+01:00Ken, I can assure you that seeing those little del...Ken, I can assure you that seeing those little delicate creatures being tossed around, rolling over each other and falling a foot down on another conveyor belt or a plastic crate wasn't a very pretty sight. What a way to start your life ! And what happens afterwards is just as bad.ladybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690656561242165157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-38683146281471000002010-01-20T13:55:28.714+01:002010-01-20T13:55:28.714+01:00Ken - the Jamie Oliver programme left nothing to t...Ken - the Jamie Oliver programme left nothing to the imagination. Most chickens have an horrendously unnatural and uncomfortable short life.<br />I suppose that the treatment of animals is worse in other parts of the world and always has been. In Europe we're slightly better on the whole.<br />That's no excuse, though, for not finding ways to manage the whole business more humanely. Where there is most wealth is where it should start.<br />There was a scandal a while ago about workers playing baseball on the night shift using live turkeys as the ball in a well-known turkey processing factory in the UK. How can you fathom the mindset of people who do that kind of thing?Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-47333062473443252982010-01-20T12:13:26.018+01:002010-01-20T12:13:26.018+01:00The question is, what happens to the chicks after ...The question is, what happens to the chicks after they have been vaccinated, sprayed, and sorted. None of that seems especially shocking to me. What are their living conditions? How are they killed? Is the treatment humane? I'm afraid with the continuing increases in the Earth's human population -- and the French keep cocoricoing about how the population is now up to 65.4 million -- thing will just get worse and worse.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-41301825993571191782010-01-19T20:27:23.376+01:002010-01-19T20:27:23.376+01:00Chm, Someone is certainly making money out of it, ...Chm, Someone is certainly making money out of it, but the poor chicks never benefit from it!<br /><br /><br />Nadege, Sad and shameful, those are the right words for it!<br /><br />19/01/2010 19:03ladybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690656561242165157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-11069284027424010452010-01-19T17:06:32.967+01:002010-01-19T17:06:32.967+01:00Sad!Sad!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031276247743743680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-89918725808724294532010-01-19T16:42:05.356+01:002010-01-19T16:42:05.356+01:00That's the ugly side of capitalism, as if ther...That's the ugly side of capitalism, as if there were a bright side at all. LOL-MDR<br /><br />I'm sure the investors are happy!chmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-480822008203686692010-01-19T16:40:56.091+01:002010-01-19T16:40:56.091+01:00Hi Jean, I like Jamie Oliver's shows! I hope h...Hi Jean, I like Jamie Oliver's shows! I hope he didn't approve of these horrible techniques, though? <br /><br />I usually buy French free range 'Cocorette Fermier' eggs. They come from small farms that apply strict preset regulations. Can you get Cocorette in the UK?ladybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690656561242165157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-75697049878388058262010-01-19T10:59:33.935+01:002010-01-19T10:59:33.935+01:00Martine - there was a similar programme on UK TV a...Martine - there was a similar programme on UK TV a couple of years ago, presented by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.<br />Just like you, I was horrified and almost felt ashamed to be part of the human race, that we still treat animals the way we do in the 21st century.<br />Whenever possible, we buy free-range eggs from a local supplier or those labelled as free-range in the supermarket. The problem is, what about all the other products we buy that have eggs in them - they almost certainly come from factory-farmed hens.<br />Then there is the question of how we produce enough eggs to meet demand without the factory hens, even if people were prepared to pay a little more for them.<br />I don't know the answers but at least I can do my bit by trying to support producers who treat their hens with greater respect.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com