you ever try to get a 600 lb hog in a pen? I've pulled cows out of the pond with a chain and pickup because if i didn't they would die. it's just something that has to be done if you have livestock. It's not pretty, but we all like to eat.
some of these hog farms out here have 4000 head of pigs and you don't have the time to turn them into pets. they're food...that's all.
Did you read the article? I think the "sting" operations that peta does to show cruelty are probably the only sane thing they do.
What good does puncturing a pigs eyeballs with a pin or your fingers do? Or the other stuff mentioned in the article?
I saw one where a beautiful silver/grey coated wolf was skinned alive, and just left there to wimper and die. It was probably the most guesome and cruel video i ever saw. I have a dog, so it really pissed me off.
A job is a job, but shoot the poor thing first. One second of pain, vs torture.