Friday May 11, 2007, 6:49 am
I will forward to others- thank YOU!

Friday May 11, 2007, 6:50 am
ALF YOU ARE A TRUE ACTIVIST CARE2 NEEDS MORE OF YOU. EVERY PRESENT IN ACTION
NO SELF SERVING AGENDA AND NOT LAZY.THANKYOU

Friday May 11, 2007, 6:56 am
I veiwed this video directly from Alfs page a while back. This video literally changed my life. Watch it & learn the truth.
Thank you, Alf...Sophia is right...we need more like you.

Friday May 11, 2007, 8:12 am
I have not watched yet, though I really appreciate it, Alf, that you are bringing this to our attention. Some day I will dare to watch this. Truth needs to be seen, I totally agree, humans should not watch away any longer, we all must know what we have done and still have been doing to the animals and to the planet. We should stop to "destroy", nature and other living beings than humans can fight back, I'm conscious of this.

Friday May 11, 2007, 9:07 am
I also watched this on Alfs page awhile back and I encourage everyone to watch it . Thankyou Alf , stay strong my friend

Friday May 11, 2007, 9:31 am
Yes! Alf, we love you!

Friday May 11, 2007, 9:39 am
A very powerful and shocking video. Thanks for sharing.

Friday May 11, 2007, 10:02 am
Sorry ...Alf..I do love you but i know what it's about and i cannot bear to watch it. Thankyou for bringing this to everyone's attention..keep posting!

Friday May 11, 2007, 2:04 pm
Very disturbing video. I could not watch all the way thru.

Friday May 11, 2007, 2:22 pm
I, unfortunately, could not watch through to the end either. Shocking? Only when vividly presented. But deep down we KNOW the truth. It's time we face the things we do openly and honestly. We need to change.
Thank you, Alf.

Friday May 11, 2007, 3:51 pm
Effroyable !!! How these monsters must do these tortures. Athink after massacre, they se their families and may be go to their Church. Rascal, wretch, murders, torturers.
SHame !
I could not see all video.

Friday May 11, 2007, 3:54 pm
SHAKESPEARE: "EVEN AN ANT FEELS THE SAME PAIN AS A KING." I TOOK THE TIME TO WATCH THE VIDEO ALL THE WAY THROUGH. EXTREMELY WELL-DOCUMENTED AND COULD POSSIBLY START ANOTHER WAR. GOYAS AGAINST . . . OBVIOUSLY, OUR TIME HAS COME WE MAY POSSIBLY LIVE TO SEE THE DAYS OF WHERE THERE IS NOT FOOD FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, WHERE CANNIBALISM WILL PREVAIL. ACTUALLY IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SUGGESTED BY A CHRISTIAN VEGETARIAN ORGANIZATION, THAT UPON OUR DEMISE WE OURSELVES SHOULD BE RECYCLED. WILLY PICTON SENT HUMAN REMAINS TO THE RENDERING PLANT. WE ARE FEW IN NUMBERS ON CARE2.CON IN THIS BATTLE. I CHEAT AND THIS HAS ONCE AGAIN BROUGHT ME BACK IN LINE. BEING A STRONG BELIEVER IN REINCARNATION, I FEEL THERE IS NO WAY OUT. WE CANNOT POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN THE ONLY "CHOSEN" ON THIS UNIVERSE. DOCTORS ADMINISTER MEDICATION TO US, KNOWING FULL WELL WE WILL TURNS INTO BLIMPS. IT IS AS IF THE DOCTORS TAKE FIENDISH DELIGHT IN ADMINISTERING SUCH MEDICATION. PLASTIC SURGERY PREVAILS WHICH IN TURN CAUSES TOXIC POISONING AND DYSTHESIA. MEDIA WATCH IS NOT STRONG. THE LAW OF NATURE PLUS THE LAW OF RETRIBUTION EXIST.

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:10 pm
Recycle ourselves, eh?? Anyone out there remember Soylent Green?? The movie? Let's do that instead of killing animals!!

Not sure if I can watch the movie....I have day and nightmares just from what I have seen already. And my anger almost overrides my reason at times, so I have to decide....

Even if I don't, I still love you, ALF, too! And someday, maybe I can force myself to watch...but I understand.

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:11 pm
I watched this just yesterday..It is the single most effective film out there, that tells the truth of what is happening to so many innocent animals on a daily basis. Please friends, try to watch this, because it will put a fire under you, like you have never felt before. You will forever be compelled to fight this fight,today, tomorrow and always!! As heart wrenching as it is, it is the reality, and the fate of every creature, used for food, clothing, entertainment and bogus scientific experiments!! We must use this to educate others, so as to hopefully, bring about change, and something far better for our fellow "Earthlings" ..the animals!! If not for any other reason, do it for them.For their lives have been sacrificed, compromised, and disregarded for much,much too long now. They deserve better..If we do not tell their story..then who will??? We are their only hope..Let us, the ones who truly do care, go forth and make known, every single disgusting deed done to them,,as they are unable to do so for themselves!! ThankYou all for caring!!!
Thanks ALF..for having the courage and compasion to give this film another push!!!

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:19 pm
Thanx everyone for getting it on front page!!!!!! Luv ya all xxxxxxxxx

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:22 pm
REBECCA
SOYLENT GREEN. ANGIE MENTIONED IT THE ANOTHER NIGHT. HOW CAN WE GET IN ON CARE2? PERSONALLY, I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT. I WONDER IF THERE IS A SHORT VIDEO DEPICTING SOYLENT GREEN. MAYBE STACEY CAN MAKE SOMETHING UP ALONG THAT LINE.

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:28 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c25tTzGJmcs
It looks rubbish and its got that gun crazy Charlton Heston in it. I can't bare to watch him!

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:29 pm
ALF,
YOUR LINK NO GOOD. ARE YOU SURE IT IS NOT WORTH PASSING AROUND. I WANT TO SEE IT.

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:33 pm
Just tested it and its fine. I swear Colleen somats wrong with your comp!! You bin stitched up.

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:36 pm
look in your comments box lol...

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:42 pm
Hi guys, just let me know what you need and want, and I will get busy staright away!!

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:42 pm
Hey hun, I'm in (for now anyway!) I've noted it, still can't watch tho!

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:45 pm
Chicken shit! lol. yeh I wrote to care2 about your dilemma......maybe its fixed. Hope so! xxx

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:47 pm
Yes.......Man is the cause. Yes.......Man must stop recreating himself and allow nature to take its course and go its way whatever the way is.

Evidently we are not the way, never have been nor ever will be............We are incredibly brainless!!

Think of tomorrow-
Plant seeds
Grow trees
Make a forest
For Mother Nature
And her animals........................................

Friday May 11, 2007, 4:47 pm
Though this film has many disturbing images, it also has some beautiful ones too. The music by Moby, is deeply moving.

Friday May 11, 2007, 5:01 pm
i watched part of this video. i don't know if i can fathom looking at the rest of it.... (after i emotionally digested what i have just seen, 45 minutes worth). this video, is compelling...moving and indeed, very powerful with its well documented message. kudos to the folks who filmed this...and alf...bless you for bringing this to the care2 table. unbelivable photos, music and a most profound message for all. i recommend all to watch it, if just a little...what a film!!

Friday May 11, 2007, 5:26 pm
"...beautiful.... music by Moby is deeply moving..." ???

I watched the video - the first time only 15 minutes - I couldn't more
the secon time more than 1 hour but I could'n more
and the next hours after watching I couldn't move I wanted to die because I didn't want to think about it all any more
add to this the video about stonning the Kurdish girl
and it's enough to get to conclussion that people should not exist

Friday May 11, 2007, 5:34 pm
I must comment, due to friends comments above. I will cross-post to others. I will not watch the video because I'm too, emotional. However, I read alot about these things and imagine the actual visualization. I'm not a meat eater for 35 years, now. I sign petitions and fight against human abuse. Forgive me for not watching, I must remain strong and keep my emotions in tact in order to keep a head of my agenda. I appreciate all of you on Care2, and I do the best I can. I know the truth of our inhumanity and just the knowledge without watching, sickens me, beyond comprehension !

Friday May 11, 2007, 5:36 pm
Noted

Friday May 11, 2007, 5:57 pm
I watched what I could but only got to the kosher part I had to turn it off after that. I almost cried but I did not want to alarm my children so I held it back and turned it off. I will never again eat or drink anything that comes from an animal. Thank you so much Alf for opening my eyes to the cruelty.

Friday May 11, 2007, 5:59 pm
Alf,
Thankyou for bringing this to light. It's disturbing but should be seen. Will forward.

Friday May 11, 2007, 6:03 pm
Hi Joanna, this film DID show us some beautiful images & footage, of animals in their natural habitats,wild & free.The score to this film was written by the music artist "Moby" who, in my opinion is not only talented, but is a great friend and activist for PETA & all animals !! I know that most of it is heart breaking and painful, but the contrast, and how amazingly beautiful animals and nature are, when left alone is an inspiring vision.It is one we must never give up on. I hope I didn't sound like I was sugar coating the tragic issues of this film..I was simply trying to sustain our every hope that one day ALL Earthlings,will coexist, in harmony, the way I truly believe we were meant to.
Bravo to you for watching, and choosing to know the truth my friend!! Peace!

Friday May 11, 2007, 6:09 pm
Mary Owens!! WOW its comments like that that make everything worthwhile!!!

Friday May 11, 2007, 6:10 pm
I will not watch it, because I don't have to believe. You are all singing to the choir here. The people who need to see this will never watch it not because it would make them cry but because they don't care. They laugh at people like us who cry over animals instead of people. Well, I happen to be a person who cries over both, and right now I'm sickened over the state of the world. People that do horrible things in such a beautiful world. You can show all the ugliness in the world and the people who do these things will not stop doing them - don't you get it - this doesn't bother them because they do not care like you and I and all of us. They are not sensitive, caring, loving in re: to animals. They think/feel differently about animals and nothing we do or say changes this. That is the sad part. So us seeing this and crying only hurts people who already cry daily over the state of the world, instead of reaching the people who don't care, never have, and won't despite our efforts to reach them with films, movies, and pictures of their own cruelty. Why do they care? We can only hope to reach the people out there too busy watching American Idol or Survivor or whatever to pay any attemtion to what is happening in this country much less what was happening in the world, much less what is happening to animals they end up eating. Those are the people who need to see this to wake up to the truth of how they get the food on their tables....Noted.

Friday May 11, 2007, 6:32 pm
Well, retaliation falls on woman in 100Mile House, British Columbia. The owners girlfriend was taking care of the Siberian cats, while he was away. The male cat did not leave the cage and she did not enter it, but somehow she was killed. So it comes to our own doorstep. I did not even know there were Big Cats out there, did know they were in the Greater Vancouver Zoo. As to the video, it is sickening, heartbreaking, the treatment of the so-called dumb animals, cries in the face of that fallacy. To slaughter animals in the inhumane way that is even wrongly done in the "kosher" way, even that has been fractured. Mankind should be ashamed.

Friday May 11, 2007, 6:44 pm
Stacey forgive me - I didn't see your first comment!!
I'm too sensitive and too angry at us people and I shouldn't write the comments ... and Jennie is right that we should do everything to educate people not cry but I sometimes (like now) feel I can't do this any more ...

Friday May 11, 2007, 6:58 pm
No Worries my friend...I understand your anger,frustration & pain..After watching this, I hung my head low, and felt ashamed to be counted among my own race...I hope that you "do" hang in there Joanna..They(the animals) need people who deeply care, thats you, me and all of the above.
Hugs~

Friday May 11, 2007, 7:01 pm
May all animals including the weak amongst us suffer less sooner rather than later. Humans have nothing whatsoever to do with humanity the words have NO similarity or cognition to each other. May those who perpetrate heinous acts today suffer their actions tenfold tomorrow. I have seen this video before and could not possibly watch it again. Once is enough to arm me with knowledge and destroy me with the evil and the graphic depiction contained within. I wish for a world free from pain and suffering for ALL beings no matter how small or how strange. WE are just one species here,NOT god.Our purpose is no greater than the maggot,in fact we are more destructive than the worst cancers.If any other species perpetrated half of what we have done here we would have shot or poisoned it into extinction by now.Kindness,peace and humanity for all beings.

Friday May 11, 2007, 7:02 pm
JennieB. You're right some people will never care about anything but themselves but I refuse to give up on the rest of humanity. I believe we are in the majority we just don't all know it yet. Thanx for noting.

Friday May 11, 2007, 7:02 pm
Jennie.......You are so correct..............And AMEN!!!!!!!!!
Think of tomorrow-
Plant seeeds
Grow trees
Make a forest
For Mother Nature
And her animals...........................

Friday May 11, 2007, 7:10 pm
Hi Alf,It amaze's me the more cruel others can be to another animal or to anothr human the more othe's love it (yes they say thanks for opening my eyes Alf etc) Please if people need to see cruelity (I am sorry think that is sick) and I do understand just a little whatyou are doing and what you are are trying to acheive . I t is a mind set of centuies of ignorance that you are deaing with . Eguals a lot of work and it will take a few centuies just to to get a few steps ( I sayfocus on the babies (little tots) because they can see and unterstand will learn and teach without cruelity . :)

Friday May 11, 2007, 7:11 pm
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Friday May 11, 2007, 7:26 pm
Thanks ALF, this is a great article. Keep up the good work my friend.

Friday May 11, 2007, 7:33 pm
ALF THANKS ! NOTED & PASS ON .SORRY I COULD NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO, MY MIND WILL NOT LET IT GO AFTER I WATCH IT. IT WILL BE IN MY MIND & HEART FOR MONTHS. YOUR DOING GREAT WORK HERE AT CARE 2 .BLESS YOU ALF .

Friday May 11, 2007, 8:11 pm
Thank you Alf. Noted and passing on. The animals thank you too.

Friday May 11, 2007, 8:29 pm
ALF,
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT YOU SENT TO ME ON SALENT GREEN. I AGREE WITH YOU, NO GOOD AND DID NOT FORWARD.

Friday May 11, 2007, 8:57 pm
Yeh but Colleen just coz I hate the guy doesn't mean its no good. I'm intrigued! What the hells it about???

Friday May 11, 2007, 11:38 pm
And now we need a video about men picking the dead soldiers off the ground, putting them in body bags and sending their home to their proud parents, where they are embalmed and boxed or burned. Never mind about the thousands who go home without legs and arms. BTW, What do you think about male circumcision on little babies? The world is filled with needless suffering...all because of mindlessness. But what the hell, we're ALL a bunch of animals. Enjoy your steak and chicken & dumplings...try not to think about the tortured screams.

Vegetarian, 2 years September 16. It took less than this video to slam my heart and open my eyes! I guess my next step will be Vegan.

Saturday May 12, 2007, 12:03 am
LOL Earth Angels

Thank you Alf for finding this video and to the people that made the Video. I made it to 26.37 minutes on and off. This film and all the daily tortures in the Care 2 Newsletter is physically nauseating because I feel so helpless to stop it. There isn't a minute that goes by without my intending that we find the means to dissolve this behaviour. Petitioning is just not effective enough. Case by case is not good enough. A few sorry laws that can be rescinded is not good enough. Begging people to have a heart or get educated is disgusting because many don't have a heart or a brain. I am willing to bet none of my animal-loving friends will watch this video. Your right MamaBear Claw, were this video to be viewed on TV, only the people who get orgasmic pleasure from the torture of living beings would watch it. Geez, we have to find more novel ways to open up frozen "Duh" minds. If people would stop giving money to these thoughtforms, then at least some of the torture will stop which would give us time to consider what to do with the rest of the toxic waste.

Saturday May 12, 2007, 2:13 am
Noted, Thank you

Saturday May 12, 2007, 2:33 am
I have watched the whole of this film - it was incredibly painful to watch & left me feeling very angry and in tears. This should be shown on mainstream TV and in schools - people need to know the TRUTH. Action is also in how we as consumers dictate what we want, and not be fooled by seductive advertising into what the food and clothing corporations want us to think, that this is what we want. People have the power to change things - I petitioned and protested years ago for the end to live animal exports from the docks in my hometown. And after years of peaceful and constant protest, we succeeded. EVERYONE MUST KEEP UP THE PRESSURE, IN PARTICULARLY THOSE MEAT-EATERS WHO BUY FROM MCDONALD'S AND KFC - these two companies commit the most horrendous animal murder - BOYCOTT THEM!!

Saturday May 12, 2007, 7:19 am
Although there are some really horrific "truths" in this film, I would and will ask everyone I know to watch.
PLEASE WATCH AND CROSSPOST.
Thanks for this fim Alf. The truth!

PEACE

Saturday May 12, 2007, 8:20 am
Hey Alf....I have always been an animal activist, but after viewing this video (and like many, could not watch it all), it brought out all my emotions on this subject.....pain, hurt, anguish, disgust, anger, yes, even some hatred, which is too strong an emotion for me to comprehend. I am still in tears as I write this comment and hug my cats.
Well done and thank you for sharing the truth....I will do the same!!

Saturday May 12, 2007, 8:27 am
Whoa! Time to wake up...we are the virus' of the earth; and our progeny will pick up the tab.

Saturday May 12, 2007, 8:46 am
it is most pitiful that i agree with jennie the peopl ethat dont care need to see it and well. how many INCARNATIONS WILL IT TAKE FO RTH EPEOPLE THAT DONT GET IT , REFUSE TO GET IT/ CAUSE ALL THE HORRORS OF THIS WORLD HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THEM TO GET IT? IN THE MEANTIME WE ALL SUFFER FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER!. BUT WE CANNOT GIV EUP NO MATTER WHAT WE CANNOT SO WHILST I DO CONCUR WITH JENNIE WE MUST BE STRONGER AND EVR PRESENT AND UNIFIED TO STAND FOR THE HOUNOUR OF SOULS in whatevr bodies they inhabit. even with our sensitivity we must be strong
and i did see soylent green and it hit m ein my gut and rang true and i do not think it is improbable

Saturday May 12, 2007, 9:03 am
Majority rules people..Lets be the Majority!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday May 12, 2007, 9:16 am
I surely hope many on My Space see this. The vast majority of those who belong to My Space a very young and perhaps this will influence their perception of mankind and which will lead to a better world. Hopefully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Think of tomorrow-
Plant seeds
Grow trees
For.......Mothers Day!!!!!!!!

Saturday May 12, 2007, 9:28 am
Inhumanity personified...and think of what we do to each other too! Sad, disturbing...can we stop it???

Saturday May 12, 2007, 10:16 am
Thank you for posting the video. I've watched it all.... very well-made. A collabrative effort of so many agencies and organizations.... the message is clear and undeniable.... the human species must change the way we "use" the 'earthlings' that share this planet.

-- ABC De --

Saturday May 12, 2007, 10:27 am
*Hangs head in shame*... Never before has being human made me realize just how inhumane we are. Brutally honest, and a definite eye opener that should be shown to every man, woman and child in every classroom and on every television worldwide!

Saturday May 12, 2007, 12:18 pm
While I agree completely that what is shown on this video is cruel and wrong, these practices are not representative of what happens on real family farms. I grew up on a small dairy farm in southern Minnesota and I have family who operate a dairy farm. My sister's dairy operation does not use antibiotics or hormones on their cows. My sister says that the hormones are "too hard on the cows" so won't use them. Cows do live for a long time when treated well--I know because we named all of ours and knew their personalities in order to safely milk them. Also, the cows are not kept in 'chains' indoors 24/7 as depicted in the video. Rather, on family dairy farms they are kept in fields next to an open air shed for shelter when needed. The video depicted an older style milking setup like the one my family operated 30 years ago. Except that the cows were only kept indoors when the temperature outside was too cold (thanks to climate change, we probably would have had them outdoors more now!). While there are likely dairy operations which do the things described in this video, the family farms that I know don't. Rather, huge corporate farms are often the worst perpetrators of these practices. Overall, my message is: 1) family farmers treat their animals humanely and 2) buy milk that has no hormones added so that you don't support the dairy operations that use these practices. If anyone has any information that contradicts what I've written please contact me through Care2. Thanks.

Saturday May 12, 2007, 12:32 pm
Thank you Alf. . . keep on shining.

Saturday May 12, 2007, 12:50 pm
noted/

Saturday May 12, 2007, 1:03 pm
Soylent Green is a movie set in a "future" of overpopulation. SG is the name of a huge corporation that supplies food to this huge population. There seems to be no space for agriculture, etc. Charlton Heston is curious as to what this "food" being supplied really IS. To give away the twisty plot, at the very end of the movie he finds out. Soylent Green, the name of the food "product" as well as the company, is "recycled" HUMAN CORPSES.
That is my best memory of the film, which I saw a long time ago.
Family farms and Factory farms are MILES apart in their ethics. I have just been reading, that Factory farms and huge monoculture plantations, are NOT actually "more efficient" than diversity in agriculture! Leaving ethics and compassion aside, even, {which we shouldn't}, the "economic necessity to feed all of Earth's population that way" argument, FALLS FLAT. This makes CHANGE both imperative, and very possible; once people UNDERSTAND and don't fall for the propaganda!
We have work to do. We are actually REACHING people, every day. It is slow, way too slow, but.......

Saturday May 12, 2007, 1:24 pm
i just watched that movie a few hours ago on a witchside from germany, then i asked one of my friends from care2 to send it please to everybody on care2, because i couldn't load it down, its just for windows and mac and i asked one host of one of my groups to watch it and send it to everybody she knows and she just send me a message that there are 3 parts of that movie. so one good advice for all the loving and caring animal lovers: take a aventurinstone in your right hand and a moonstone in your left hand, before you watch it, they help me to keep calm, which was very difficult to stay, when i watched the film.
love and light
nurith

Saturday May 12, 2007, 1:34 pm
Thank you Alf, unfortunately, I agree with those who say the people who really need to see this probably won't; but we have to keep putting it out there. We can't lose hope, and I know I won't as long as there are people like you, Alf, who keep on top of things. Bless you, and us, and all the "earthlings" out there.

Saturday May 12, 2007, 3:26 pm
Thank you so much for this film Alf. Noted, forwarded, posted in groups.

Saturday May 12, 2007, 8:26 pm
mamabearclaw, I do not intend to wait centuries for this to happen! I may not live that long!

Saturday May 12, 2007, 8:29 pm
Alf, you now have another devotee! GO ALF!!

Saturday May 12, 2007, 10:06 pm
Unlike some countries, animals in India are often butchered in plain view of everyone. When something happens behind closed doors, it is easy to gloss over it. Most Germans never knew what went on in the concentration camps. That doesn't change the fact that all those things did happen.

I have seen many of these scenes with my own eyes and can testify to their commonness.

Thank you, Alf, for sharing this! Thank you for showing the ground realities to people who have not been privileged (yes, privileged) to see them. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Saturday May 12, 2007, 10:16 pm
I watched it all and I kept thinking that every human being is guilty of complicity. We only differ by matter of degree. If you watched this video on a computer you have supported people's and countries that perpetrate these atrocities toward other species.

No human being should walk away from this and feel they are without a part in this no matter how small. We treat each other without compassion and love and in doing so we perpetuate hatred, indifference, ignorance, mercilessness and heartlessness toward all species.

As a species human beings are a blight on this earth.

Sunday May 13, 2007, 2:56 am
arrgh! it makes me SOOOOOO ANGRY TO SEE THOSE STUPID PEOPLE IN THAT FILM!!!!! I HOPE THEY WILL SUFFER FROM THEIR EXTREMELY BAD KARMA!!!!!!! LUCKILY THE CONDITIONS ARE BETTER HERE IN DENMARK, BUT I CANT TAKE THAT ANIMALS ARE TREATED THAT WAY ANYWHERE!!!! MAKE MOTHER EARTH HAPPY, TAKE CARE OF HER CHILDREN...!

Sunday May 13, 2007, 5:32 am
Most of the farms today are owned by big corporations. Big corporations are taking over the small ones. Due to the high demand of those products, and that is where the video comes into affect. The video is for people supporting cruelty and by that I mean maybe not realizing what they are buying is causing suffering. Jennie C said, “The people who need to see this will never watch it not because it would make them cry but because they don't care.” Most of those could be the people committing the crime (such as hunters, butchers, etc) they obviously don’t care about the suffering of others. However, they will care when their “products” don’t sell. No sales- no money- no products- no suffering. Not that this would take affect tomorrow b/c is not realistic, but with more effort and awareness it can happen in the future. I hope… for the sake of us!

For those people who can’t watch a couple of minutes of the video, just thing about the animals in that situation……they didn’t ask to be there, but they are living it everyday.

Sunday May 13, 2007, 6:08 am
I watched this video from beginning to end. Hard to watch, but it has opened my eyes even more to the unncessary suffering of all animals. It amazes me that some humans can be so callous and uncaring. I wanted to do something positive, so I will. I will definitely think twice before eating, wearing or dealing with any animals in my life. Thanks Alf.

Sunday May 13, 2007, 8:06 am
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Sunday May 13, 2007, 9:38 am
Alf, You may not intend to live for centuries but what you are promoting will , trying to change the mindset of vilonce with vilonce People who show no respect for animals or other humans and the peoplle who must watch or "I have to close my eyes I can't bear to finish " or no closer to respecting LIFE ANIMAL OR HUMAN (all they are learning is to but others down ,anger etc.) Where is the idea that learning thru peace,respect , compassition etc come into play must we wait 2 more centuries to teach and learn that peace and respect is maybe a better way to learn ? For all these people who promote peace ,respect, whom say that it is something that we want but turn around and do not practice these things I find it alittle disturbing. I DID NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO because I could not stomach it or for any other reason. ISAY THE CHANCE FOR PEACE AND RESPECT STARTS HERE I do not wish to see vilonce on a animal or aother person . :)

Sunday May 13, 2007, 9:42 am
Sorry, I saw a few minuets of this film and had to stop. I could not carry on. It really upset me. I know there are vigilanties out there who would advocate violence to the purportraters, but behaving the way these people do makes us no better. So, locking this people up for life is fine for me. Eli

Sunday May 13, 2007, 12:22 pm
thanks Alf video makes me hate people. I'm just glad there are a few who still care. May all who care have long and happy lives and the others well ..........

Sunday May 13, 2007, 1:13 pm
Sorry there are only so many horrific things one can deal with - I cannot watch this. There are many sick people in our World - and the balance needs to be put right.
Thanx Alf.
Love & Light

Sunday May 13, 2007, 1:26 pm
After all has been said, expressed, written and said I've come to one conclusion of man..........Man does not serve one positive purpose on this earth which once was a grand and beautiful place!!!!!!

Does anyone agree?

Think of tomorrow-
Plant seeds
Grow trees
Make a forest
For Mother Nature
And her animals...........................

Sunday May 13, 2007, 6:35 pm
thanks Alf for this video. NOTED!

Sunday May 13, 2007, 10:19 pm
Wow, it seems to me that some of you are under the impression that animals in your country are better off because you have better 'standards'. Let me tell you, it is not so! If you're so proud of the standards in your country, and if you're so proud of your people and your culture, visit a slaughterhouse and get deflated!

I have seen animals get slaughtered. There is no difference in the panic and pain they feel and that which ... captives of terrorists feel when they are about to be beheaded. No matter how 'humane' conditions you create, they KNOW they are going to die. Go and see for yourself! The desire to live, the fear of death and the sharp pain of the knife blade is something we share with all life - fish, birds, "higher animals". Some of you denounce dog-eating and have chicken for dinner! This is HYPOCRISY! And if you think that a mechanized slaughter house in USA is more HUMANE than a crude one in Afghanistan, you are DELUDED!

Monday May 14, 2007, 5:32 am
Some have stated that the people who should watch this film wont, because they simply dont care. We are not trying to get "those" people on board..we are trying to get those who do love animals, but are unaware of these atrocities.I have cherished all animals since I was a very young girl, and up until a few years ago, I had NO idea that such heinous things were going on, in the name of food, clothing, research, etc. The day I changed my life style, was the day I learned, and saw the truth. This is an effort to reach people who care for our animals, but have not yet been shown the truth of their deep, and complete suffering!!!

Monday May 14, 2007, 6:54 am
this is an awesome video and every person should watch it!

Monday May 14, 2007, 7:11 am
If just one person watches this who might be on the fence about certain animal issues and factory farming in particular and makes a choice to stop eating animals, that is one more compassionate person in the world. It does have a ripple effect and we cannot be despairing despite all the inhumanity, greed and cruelty perpetrated to the defenseless in our society. One person can make a change! Thanks for posting Alf!

Monday May 14, 2007, 9:15 am
I feel llike I have seen too much already. It's hard not to let this stuff get to you. It makes a point, a very good point I am sure. I cannot watch one more video on how humans are destroying our earth. I am so glad I am choosing not to have kids. What kind of life would they have 20, 30 or even 40 years from now? I shutter to think where our world will be like then. God help us all! ps I did note your story Alf, thanks for making people more aware of the maddness around us!

Monday May 14, 2007, 9:20 am
I heard about this documentary a few months ago, and I bought the dvd through the PETA website. I think it is one of the most important films I have ever watched. Moby did a great job with the music, and Joaquin Phoenix, the narrator, also did a great job. I would have never been able to narrate a movie like this.

Monday May 14, 2007, 9:39 am
I am not questioning the need for more eduation on the cruel and inhmanian way that animals are treated. It is the tactic it which it is being taught. I can not see a difference between what "Teacher's stage afake gun attack " . And promoting watchng a video about volince on animals . "A learning tool" UMM not ,sorry It is wrong . Society talks the talk but fails to walk the walk :)

Monday May 14, 2007, 11:35 am
All I can say is OMG!!!!!!!

Monday May 14, 2007, 11:42 am
I have been surprised at the reactions of some people and it seems to be the ones who can't actually watch it and therefore do not get the message that the film is trying to give us. If you cannot watch the film, fair enough but don't critisize what you havn't watched. It is not just a load of clips about cruelty. Thanx for the support and noting it everyone. Animal exploitation must end before it ends us!!

Monday May 14, 2007, 3:03 pm
Alf is 100 % correct. I'm sorry, but I need to say,having seen this film in its entirety,that it is indeed a "tool" of sorts.Not only does it show us the reality, and the devastating crimes committed against our fellow "Earthlings"..it also provides an underlying message,and a moral to this tragic story.It is not just a film,created solely on the basis of SHOCK VALUE.. The details of it are brutal,but are in no way ,shape or form,an illusion.The people who find themselves on the fence, purchase their food, and clothing,all neat and tidy,prepackaged, without any evidence of the torture and brutality it took to get it that way..The marketing of these items, is the "real illusion", and those who are oblivious to the truth, have a right to be educated!! Allowing people access to this film, is not promoting more violence, in an already violent world, it is offering them the cold hard facts and the right to make a choice one way or another. Would it be fair if all we saw of the war, were perfectly packaged , and sugar coated images, designed to make us think that there is no suffering taking place over there??
The media freely reports any and all casualties, so that we can make "informed" decisions. The principle is the same where the movie "Earthlings" is concerned. Ignorance, in this case isn't bliss, however knowledge..is power!!

Monday May 14, 2007, 4:24 pm
Earthlings does the job completely... if only vegetarians & flesh eaters would watch it!!!

Monday May 14, 2007, 4:25 pm
Stacey Thankyou, thankyou!! You tell it like it IS!! You are awesome. Ignorance is only bliss for those who can profit from it.

Monday May 14, 2007, 4:54 pm
I must tell you Mary J, I will NOT listen to your bullshit! You're a Dairy Farmer for fuck's sake, so obviously you don't give a shit about animals!!!? Anyone that thinks dairy farming is 'humane' needs their brain testing, the cows have to be made artificially pregnant (constantly) to give milk, the calves don't have a particularly great time either.... if they're female, back in the dairy industry for them, if they are male they are turned into veal after being taken away from mum after just a few days! Humane - I don't think so!!!!

Monday May 14, 2007, 5:10 pm
Panda Queen, I am not a dairy farmer but did grow up on a dairy farm. Have you ever visited a family dairy farm? I don't mean a corporate dairy farm. What I wrote was not "bullshit" but my opinion. Please give me a reference for what you say as I would welcome the information. Peace, Mary

Monday May 14, 2007, 5:39 pm
I have visited a dairy farm and the stink was awful!!! It was a a kind of rancid, catch in the back of your throat smell. Eugh. They used to force us to drink milk at school too and that smell haunts me to this day!! Disgusting!!

Monday May 14, 2007, 5:43 pm
You are quite unbelievable Mary J, sp your cows aren't made artificially pregnant & you milk them by hand too?! Tell me, what happens to the calves of each sex? Why didn't you answer any of my questions before?
Also, how come you're happy to drink blood and pus?! Isn't animals milk supposed to be for baby animals?
Access this link www.notmilk.com that's gotta be enough info for you?

Monday May 14, 2007, 5:48 pm
"Casein peptides react with opiate receptors in the brain, thus mimicking the effects of opiate drugs like heroin and morphine greatplainslaboratory.com."
http://danmahony.com/bigfood2.htm

Monday May 14, 2007, 5:54 pm
PS.ie. Milk is addictive Mary J.

Monday May 14, 2007, 5:54 pm
Incase you don't realise Mary J, the comment that Alf has left is for you.... make sure you access them links now won't you?!

Monday May 14, 2007, 6:18 pm
PQ, please leave space for comments that are of relevance to topic. You are welcome to start a "rant" thread if you wish.

Monday May 14, 2007, 6:28 pm
Panda Queen FOR SOMONE who cares about how anmals are treatedas much asyouI seem to I ask you how could you be so disrecpectful to another human. You are almost as bad as the ones whom you are protestig THAT IS NOT NICE

Monday May 14, 2007, 6:55 pm
Alf, You are correct I have not watched the video and have not even tryed to and I do realze that there is a message for all see and unterstand and I know I could lean somthing And for that I respect you BUT N YOU TEACH WHAT YOU KNOW WITHOUT BEING SO GARFIC The ones that understand fine. What about the chldren take a 6yr old? I am afraid the isnot xceptable I realize that vilonce is becomig mainstream butwith such important mesage why not learn to teach without vilonce you couldfind a way? :)

Monday May 14, 2007, 7:51 pm
Stacey, I am supried I have seen someo the video' you have made and were not in the least volet and so cretative and you were able to show the surfing of anmialswithout volince THIS MAKE'S ME SAD THAT YOU COULD PROMOTE VOLINCE :) excuce mytyping mpute is acting up

Monday May 14, 2007, 9:38 pm
MamaBear...please know that I speak out in support of this film, because I "do not" approve of the violence and brutality humans have exacted upon our fellow "earthlings". I desperately want it to end. It was so very hard for me to get through the film, but afterward.. I felt better informed, so as to do all I can to educate others. The seriousness of this.. is an "apathetic epidemic"..which may be largely related to ignorance.Many people,in their busy day to day lives,do not stop to consider that some innocent "being", had to suffer extensively, in the name of food & clothing. I can only speak about my own personal experience,and what it took to change the way I lived my life. Seeing certain footage,ignited the passion in me,and I found a strength I never knew existed. My videos are tame, I agree. The images I use are simply milder versions, of issues discussed in the movie. I am sorry if you believe me to be a supporter of violence.I truly am not, neither is ALF, or any other person who feels that the realities of "Earthlings" should be shared with those who choose to better understand the process of harvesting animals for food & clothing.Tenacity, combined with passion, and compassion, will eventually lead us to victory.This is my hope, for our future, for our planet and for our beloved animals,
I appreciate you sharing your thoughts & feelings my friend.
Peace 2 U always!!!

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 5:15 am
Mamabear
I didn't make the film and if I could spread the word without showing any poor animal suffering believe me I would but people don't take any notice. Its time to wake up the sleeping millions. I and many others were turned to animal rights by being confronted with a shocking image or a video. I was a big meat-eater and one day I saw a film called 'The Animals' depicting slaughter etc. I stopped eating meat from that moment and have never turned back. Once I had made the journey I no longer want to see the suffering but in order to get the word out I must as I wouldn't pass anything on that was false or badly done.
Most people do not know what is going on around them and for them and will not listen to words. They do however believe their eyes. The more people that have their eyes opened the more people will see and make the connections.

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 5:19 am
Many animals died and suffered in the making of this film. They could not speak for themselves but these pictures speak for them. If they could speak they would SHOUT! LOOK AT ME! LOOK WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO ME! This film and others does it for them.

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 5:29 am
Alf....................................AMEN-AMEN-AMEN. A thousand times AMEN!!!!!!

THINK OF TOMORROW-
PLANT SEEDS
GROW TREES
MAKE A FOREST
FOR THE ANIMALS..............................................

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 5:35 am
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 6:17 am
"The fate of animals is of greater importance to me
than the fear of appearing ridiculous;
it is indissolubly connected with the fate of man."
—Emile Zola, French author.

"The Earth is not dying, it is being killed,
and those who are killing it have names and addresses."

—Utah Philips, folksinger

Earth Prophecy
And the way out

Earth Meanders by Dr. Glen Barry
http://earthmeanders.blogspot.com/

Plant seeds
Grow trees
Make a forest
For the animals..........................................

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 8:35 am
I watched the movie and am ashamed of the way our fellow earthings are treated. Humankind is a parasite upon this earth.

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 11:05 am
Hell, I'm an advocate of violence.... It is my fondest wish to get my hands on some of the people that do these things!!! LOL I, personally, have no problem with violence....so long as it is directed at PEOPLE and not animals. Well, okay, let me amend that just a touch....I don't advocate it against children or women (so long as the women are not doing this kind of crap, in which case, they are then fair game!).

No offense against the good men on here, either. But I have no problem with violence provided it is directed towards those harming innocents.

*sitting back waiting for the "fur" to fly, so to speak" (yes, yes, bad choice of words, I know, but...LOL)

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 11:51 am
Well, I am happy to report I am already getting emails back from friends and family to whom I forwarded this vidoe saying it has changed their lives and they are in turn forwarding it on.

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 3:42 pm
I viewed the video without the narration and music since the computer I used at the time didn't have sound.
This video is something everyone in the care2 community should see and note. Of course, there will be those
who will turn a blind eye to what is happening, the way some are doing with the global warming crisis.

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 3:48 pm
Rebecca you are sooo naughty, that is almost troll-talk. Hahhaahaaa ( I know you're not a troll tho) but nice try ;)

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 3:55 pm
Linda........Some turn a blind eye because they know what is happening is true but are afraid and so ignore the obvious.
There is just too much evidence, talk and printed material abounding with what is happening. Most if not all of us are scared silly to one degree or another.

So in light of the above comment do the following and you will feel better:

Think of tomorrow-
Plant a seed
Grow trees
Make a forest
For Mother Nature
And her animals..............

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 7:29 pm
Alf, someday you will realze that teaching others reqires responsibity and usng voilonce to teach something that is so important is just not right(and lets hope that it doesnot take a Centuries) If you can not show or tell a 6yr.oldwhat is going on Youhave already lost in your quest. Because that is were to begin. Everyone should ask themselves WHY WOULD I HAVE TO SEE SUCH VILONCE TO STOP ME FROM EATING MEAT? :)

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 8:51 pm
There are many things we should not show small children. I would agree that "Earthlings" is too graphic for the eyes & minds of "the wee ones",however..the subject matter should be "discussed" & "explained" to all of our children. My youngest is 7 and I talk to him often about the work I do on behalf of the animals, and why I do not eat meat,or wear leather, wool or fur! He gets a great deal of it all. There are always questions he has for me..and I know he's already on his way to humanity & a deep respect for all animals. They are never too young to learn, that mistreating any creature is wrong, or about what they can one day do to help these beings, and free them from lives of torture, pain and suffering. We wouldn't show a 6 year old graphic images, or films about the Holocaust, but we would certainly try to teach them that racism, dictatorship, and hatred are wrong..very wrong! So as I watched Earthlings, my youngest came in to the room and of course I stopped the movie. He asked why he couldn't watch,and though I could not "SHOW" him, I absolutely could "TELL" him, and I did.Since my husband is NOT a veg head, it is sometimes unavoidable that 3 of my 6 children consume meat. My 2 daughters, 15 & 19, have seen PETA's "Meet you Meat" a while ago, and are now vegetarians too. My 13 year old son has been a vegan his entire life ,due to a genetic disorder which affects his ability to metabolize protein.I recently heard him say how very happy & lucky he felt, because he has never eaten an animal.So you see, we can & should teach our children what we know, right from the start..How they choose to live as young adults and onward, will ultimately be their own decision..though the chances of them siding with the animals..will be drastically improved, if given the truth at an early age!

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 10:21 pm
Well said Stacey, if more parents thought their children had half a brain, this world may not be so bad off. Too give an ides, how many children really believe that Eskimos live in igloos? And how many Americans believe that if they cross the border into Canada they will be in a difference time and not have any modern facilities. This same attitude is affecting the education of the children! No they really don't need to see the bolt beating the horse 4 times to finally knock it out, but they do need to know that all that nice food and those nice leather jackets, or bunny fur lined jackets Etc. do come with the price of a life. At Christmas the puppy they want will be a big dog by summer. At easter the little chicks that are different colors were dunked into hot water and vegetable coloring. The wee bunnies are also going to grow up and within 6 months will be having their own babies if they are not spayed or neutered. We can sit here and preach to the choir until the cows come home and life will just go on. My special saying goes like this: Teach your children well, as so you sow so shall you reap.

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 11:21 pm
Thank You Lamargo. You are so right about teaching our children, not just about the obvious crimes committed against our animal friends,but about being a responsible pet owner. I have 3 bunnies, that I rescued from a local pet store. These 3 were purchased as babies, at Easter time, and promptly returned as soon as the novelty wore off. Because they weren't able to be resold as pets, due to the fact that, they simply grew up, they were put out in the back and scheduled to be sold as..Snake food.
This is the sad reality facing so many pets that are purchased on a whim, or for Holidays. I saved those 3 buns. But there will continue to be more "Drop Offs", and it saddens me that I can not possibly save them all. Education is critical. The fate of unwanted pets was shown in "Earthlings"..We must teach our children that having an animal companion is a huge life long commitment.

Tuesday May 15, 2007, 11:32 pm
I cant watch anymore, the dog being thrown in the trash was just to much for me, it is sooo cruel !!

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 4:00 am
Stacey.......Soooooo true. People think of pets as a thing as opposed to being a living feeling breathing creature.

After all these thousands of years I really doubt man will change his ways.

Think of tomorrow-
Plant seeds
Grow trees
Make a forest
For Mother Nature
And her animals..............................

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 6:10 am
Rebecca I totally agree with you.... the human animal is responsible for the destruction of this planet & the innocent animals that live here! The humans seem to think they are ABOVE all creatures for some weird egotistical reason. Personally I can't bear the vast majority of people & I wouldn't think twice about violence against a human to save animals... eg. a vile vivisector!!!!

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 6:16 am
Yes Stacey M, it is really sad about the unwanted 'pets'... personally if I had the power I would ban pet shops, like there aren't enough animals that need rescuing anyway!
I hate the term 'pet', PET = SLAVE - companion animal is the term I use, they are an equal member of the family!

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 6:25 am
I am not able to watch the video, I guess I am not brave enough.
I am forwarding, and noted!

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 8:24 am
Mamabearclaw, WTF are you talking about?!!!
You won't watch the actual cruelty & continue to eat the animals?!!!
Someone needs to do the same to you, show you what it's like... oh well you'll probably die of cancer anyway with all the drugs & cancers that are in the animal after their slaughter!

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 8:29 am
Lamargo are you in control of this place?!

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 9:23 am
YOU PANDA QUEEN ARE ABTTER AND CULELESS PERSON THANKS FOR MAKING MYPOINT LOVE ANMALS NASTY TO OTHERS INJOY YOUR DAY :)

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 11:05 am
couldnt watch till the end...but noted

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 11:55 am
Stacey,My friend, I do believe in teaching childern conpassion for animals as while as people You can not have respect for life if you choose to treat one better than the other That is what I choose to teach my little girl :)

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 2:16 pm
Yes Panda, I stand corrected.."Companion animals, and family members, is the appropriate terminology. I dispise "pet stores" too, as I do, zoos, marine parks, circuses. etc. Captivity sucks and kills!!! If you've seen my page, you know exactly how I feel about animal exploitation. Your passion for our furry and not so furry friends, is raw and open. I appreciate this, as I too have felt some serious resentment toward this race of ours. To have seen "Earthlings" is having witnessed pure and utter evil. Certain parts hit me hard. To watch the slaughter house employees, continue to curse out, kick,hit, and beat a pig, that is on its way to a torturous death as it is, was beyond cruelty or abuse. The lack of compassion for an already dying animal, only confirms what I've known all along..We are a plague, on this once beautiful planet, and we will continue to spread til, we succeed in exterminating our own kind. In the end, it is my ernest hope, that the animals will survive..and thrive, in a world finally free of pain & suffering! They, of all living beings..have earned, and deserve a happy ending!! Mamabear..as the song goes.."teach your children well"..because if "we" do not, they will learn from another...and quite possibly from one who mirrors, the Monsters in the film.May complacency never take us over. Refuse to be silent,..Always!!!

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 3:58 pm
Stacey, I'm so sorry that you have come to the point here that you are baring the brunt of all the frustrated feelings of all the people who have left their comments. Please forgive us as we know not what we do.

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 4:35 pm
So Mamabearclaw would have exposure of cruelty censored now? There is enough censorship of animal cruelty in this world, that is how it is allowed to carry on.
There is a warning on the headline about the content of the film so people who are sensitive are forwarned. There are also no children on care2. Your argument is totally invalid and pointless and I take back what I said to you in private as now you have shown your true 'claws'.

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 5:17 pm

Mamabearclaw.....people need to be shown the violence because OTHERWISE, THEY TURN A BLIND EYE AND CLAIM IGNORANCE!! Just like the German people did in WWII, they can say, "Gee, I did not know". However, with video documented PROOF, people no longer have that excuse. The Allies forced the German people to go through the concentration camps, forced them to see the dead bodies, the ovens, the experiment rooms. Why? So they could no longer be in denial because of their ignorance. And let me tell you, I was in Germany during the 60th year anniversary and the Germans are STILL making sure that people over there cannot deny nor forget their complicity.

The same holds true for this film. Once seeing the truth, the barbarity behind our use of animals, people can no longer claim, "Gee, I did not know". THAT is the purpose to the violence. You can talk about it all you want, but unless people SEE and FEEL a visceral attack to their sensibilities, they WILL NOT ACT, THEY WILL NOT CHANGE. Education has its limits. Just look at the levels of obesity, of smoking, of using chemicals...all proven to damage health, yet people don't change their ways despite KNOWING through education that these things are bad. Sometimes, you simply must FORCE people to open their eyes and this film does that.

How else are you going to convey the true horror behind all of this with words?? I can sit and write or talk about blood, guts, terror, torture, abuse, etc from now until eternity and it won't mean much to very many. However, if I SHOW YOU that same stuff, you have a VERY DIFFERENT reaction to it, don't you? THAT is why there is violence in this movie...because it EXISTS and goes on EVERY DAY. It is the REALITY of the issue and nothing else brings it to the same level of consciousness as does the visual and auditory. This video is a profoundly useful and effective tool of education for those reasons. While it would be great if we could convince people of the horror without all the graphic violence, you can count on that this violence was NOT included gratuitously, but for real purpose. How can you not see or realize that?

I believe that Stacey quite adequately addressed the child issue above, so I won't touch on that, but I agree with her entirely on it!!

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 5:50 pm
Rebecca............Sooooo true! People have a magical way of ignoring what they know is true.............

Seeing believing...........But, can we bear the sight & sound of the truth of our own making!!!!!!

Think of tomorrow-
Plant seeds
Grow trees
For Mother Nature
And her animals..................................

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 7:51 pm
Lamargo, Truly I do not feel at all burdened by any of the comments, and am always happy to speak on behalf of our animal friends.I met up with three friends,who are not members of Care2 tonight, and each committed to watching Earthlings. I purchased a copy from PETA a while back, so I will let them each, take turns with it. Rebecca, you are right on, in saying that "talk" alone, has little effect on most. I spent half the evening going on & on, to these gal pals of mine.I was fluent with the facts, and the reality, of what is going on behind the scenes...I even spoke in my loudest voice, so no one would miss a single thing I was trying to convey..yet, they didn't bite.Finally I showed them some of Meet your Meat's footage..and suddenly they were concerned.
They apparently had No idea, but will get the "entire" picture when they see Earthlings. Isn't it amazing how many people hear the truth, but refuse to dig deeper, and actually view it. Kudos to every single person who took the time to watch this, either in part or in its entirety!!

Wednesday May 16, 2007, 7:57 pm
this is the end of the world

Thursday May 17, 2007, 6:05 am
mamabearclaw you put, in capital letters "WHY WOULD I HAVE TO SEE SUCH VILONCE TO STOP ME FROM EATING MEAT?" I am very busy with important stuff regarding animal safety.... at least I know how to spell!!!

What I don't understand is... if you care about animals why the hell slag off Earthlings?!!! The film has transformed lots of people for the better. It's up to you if you don't watch it, but DON'T SLAG IT OFF!!!!!

Thursday May 17, 2007, 6:08 am
mamabearclaw, you are saying I'm as bad as the vivisectors I attack.... you probably work for them, you make me sick!!!!

Thursday May 17, 2007, 6:13 am
Rebbecca & Stacey, I'm so happy you are both here & fighting the abhorrent murder/torture/abuse of innocent animals.... FUCK THOSE THAT THINK/ACT DIFFERENTLY!

Thursday May 17, 2007, 8:16 am
Obviously many people are passonate about this. That is a very good thing because it is indifference that will allow it to continue.

I am very sensitive and made msyelf watch and listen to every second of the video. Why? One needs to see the TRUTH to know what they are doing as a species to our fellow earthlings.
My biggest personal dissapointment in this life is that I am a human being yet I would not care to be another species controlled, abused and have atrocities committed against me by human beings either. A personal conundrum.

Thursday May 17, 2007, 10:13 am
God damn to all those who are so cruel to animals for any and all reasons.....!

Thursday May 17, 2007, 11:29 am
I just found this amazing prayer (I am not religious) which says it all for me, about this film and the arguments against it.

WITH MY EYES

My prayer tonight is for all who
lie down in chains and cages.

Alone and afraid on
a concrete floor.
Soundless screams behind
the clang of metal.
Locked in rooms
most will never see.

I feel their fear arise in my soul
Ancient yet new...
A primal flame burning against
the walls of my heart.

I want to scream an endless note,
Loud and true:

Clubbed.
Forgotten.
Dismembered.
Forgotten.
Gassed.
Forgotten.
Beaten.
Forgotten.
Burned.
Forgotten.
Electrocuted.
Forgotten.
Abandoned.
Forgotten.
Poisoned.
Forgotten.
Skinned.
Forgotten.
Shot.
Forgotten.
Caged.
Forgotten.
Shackled.
Forgotten.
Murdered.
Forgotten.

And with my eyes,
they will be seen.

With my voice,
they will be heard.

With my hands,
they will know comfort.

With my action,
they will be free.

Dear God, fill their oppressors
with mercy and empathy.
Dear God, instill compassion
where there is apathy.
Replace horror with grace.
Bloodshed with healing.

Restore all humans and animals
to their natural place.
Liberate all humans and animals
from greed, violence and hate.

So that tonight and evermore,
ALL may lie down to sleep
unchained
uncaged
free.

AMEN


By Brenda Shoss,
Kinship Circle 2005

Thursday May 17, 2007, 11:44 am
Panda Bear, why don't you lose the profanity? It's great your passionate about animal issues, but contrary to what you seem to think, you aren't the only one. It's rude that you are personally attacking people. This doesn't help anyone, in fact this chases people away. Get a grip!

Thursday May 17, 2007, 12:06 pm
I just have one more thing to say. Some people have got the idea that this film is extreme and about extremes of cruelty to animals. It isn't. It is about everyday normal animal lives. This is happening to millions of animals everyday all over the world and for the supposed benefit of us humans. If you use animal products of any sort then you are complicit in it and if they have to suffer for that then you need to see it!

Thursday May 17, 2007, 1:00 pm
Alf, you are right, that is an amazing poem/prayer!! How wonderful that you found it and could share it here with us. Thank you!!

Thursday May 17, 2007, 3:07 pm
ALF, The prayer/Poem you have shared with us, made me cry..WOW!! Some powerful and effective words there. I am so very thankful to all those, who choose NOT to forget,the suffering, and loss, of so many innocent lives. Let us all remember this poem, for it reveals, and expresses, what every fallen creature.. could not!! Thank You ALF.. It truly says it all !!!

Thursday May 17, 2007, 7:27 pm
Alf..Thank You for the video, although as a Vegan and animal lover I was unable to get through it's entirity. I know how much our animals are suffering and who ever is brave enough or wishes to see truth in what pain they endure will like many, be asking for forgiveness, and praying for healing on the highest level..I would suggest to those who wish to make a change in their lives to buy the book, Shopping guide for caring consumers. It is a guide to products that are not tested on animals. If this can be a first step for some, thank you for making a conscious change, once you view this video, it will not be hard to do. I have met many people here on care2 that are the most compassionate, loving people. For that I am thankful and grateful, for now I follow a choosen path, not one that I was formed into believing was the only path. I now choose life, in all forms. We as human are not superior to any living,breathing creature put here on Earth to exist and live without being subjected to such cruelty and mass destruction. And for those who choose not to make any changes in regards to the lives of animals, I will keep you in prayer, that soon you will see the truth of life in every form.~With Love always~Kim K

Friday May 18, 2007, 1:01 pm
Thank you, good job, everyone needs to watch this

Friday May 18, 2007, 7:55 pm
Greetings all . . . I sure don't know how I missed this story; I have seen the tape . . . and thought that I had noted the story! This is really well done; and I watched one that was even longer by the same people; maybe that's what it was!!!

At any rate Alf, thanks again for posting this and next time I'll make sure that I actually "note" it!!! LOL

Saturday May 19, 2007, 6:07 am
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”

- Mahatma Gandhi

Saturday May 19, 2007, 3:24 pm
This video will change you life! Please watch it & learn the truth.
Thank you, alf for posting this!!

Saturday May 19, 2007, 5:45 pm
Oh Alf. That prayer was beautiful. Still crying here. When will their horror end? Everything we do, yet they still suffer.

Saturday May 19, 2007, 6:17 pm
Thanks for getting the word out about the suffering that animals endure WORLDWIDE, every second of every day. It makes me SICK to even think about it.

Saturday May 19, 2007, 6:41 pm
I don't need to see much of this. I'm already a believer. Not that most of us arent.
Peace, etc., Bruce

Saturday May 19, 2007, 7:37 pm
Noted

Saturday May 19, 2007, 8:37 pm
Noted... Everyone Really needs to see this...

Saturday May 19, 2007, 9:25 pm
I did not watch the video, but, with the above comments........Yes, I watched "Soylent Green" starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson (his last movie before his death), Wow, what an impact that movie had ! I often talk about that movie, because I can see how the world is coming to be. Back when it was made, it was considered futuristic ! But, I can see with overpopulation, shortages and the cost of energy, the future is now here ! I didn't watch the video because I was afraid it would be too, graphic ! Well, I'll have to keep wondering about the graphics ??

Sunday May 20, 2007, 1:28 am
Noted ~ thanks Alf ~ couldn't watch, but will foward to all. We need to keep these atrocities available for public viewing ~ people need to know the horrors going on.

Sunday May 20, 2007, 4:42 am
I finally got through it and watched the whole thing!! I must say I was absolutely disgusted and horrified with what really goes on in this world, and very disgusted with human kind! As awful as it is.... it is an eye opener and a video you must see!!

Sunday May 20, 2007, 2:06 pm
Noted! Thanks Alf!!

Sunday May 20, 2007, 4:23 pm
Well documeted film, it moved me deeply. I worked briefly about8 yearsago in a kill plant for poultry. Having gown up on a farm,where we killed our own food, I thought I coud cope with it to pay my bills. There are no words for the HELL on Earth I witnessed there. Thank you for exposing it.

Sunday May 20, 2007, 5:09 pm
noted peace Delight

Sunday May 20, 2007, 11:15 pm
I dont know what good this film has done for me. I already hate factory farms. I have always known they were horrible. What i do know is that it is so incredibly violent and horrible that i have spent hours trying to stave off hysterics. And i am not one that considers myself to be overly sensitive. There is nothing i can do that i am not already doing except hug my cats a little more. Theyre already spoiled rotten as it is. I will not be forwarding this to people because i think it is just too much. There is not one person i would wish viewing this on and i regret sitting through as much of it as i did. I have no idea what viewing an animal that is still alive and in agony after having all of its skin ripped off of it in a chinese fur farm or whatever it is supposed to change in me. I dont wear. There is no need for anything like that in my climate. All that this film has managed to accomplish is to make me cry for hours until i puked and to make me feel slightly suicidal. I won't sleep tonite and i dont know how long it will be before my body makes me. Just what am i supposed to do with this information and images i have inserted into my mind now? Enlighten me, how has this changed my life beyond throwing me into a rather nasty depression? "Wonderful!" the comments said. "Everyone should see this!" the comments said.
I understand what has been said about people needing to see the truth, but what am i supposed to do with it now? I already sign petitions. I dont have any money to give, i dont live in an area where i can picket or make a nuisance of myself, am i supposed to get online and yell at people and harass them like one is doing in this comment section? I can see how well that is working, that person comes off as a frothing idiot.
I just dont understand what i am supposed to do with this now................

Sunday May 20, 2007, 11:39 pm
Laura.......Your thoughts are much appreciated and yes what is one supposed to do once you get over the shock!
If the situation was in reverse of animals watching it is they do to us they'd cry too.........But, the animals are crying anyway aren't they..............................

Think of tomorrow-
Pick up the litter
Plant seeds
Grow trees
For Mother Nature
And her animals..............

Monday May 21, 2007, 12:00 am
Alf, what a moving film! I watched from beginning to end and was very moved by what I saw.! Thanks so much for all you do!

Monday May 21, 2007, 12:47 am
Laura,respectfully, what you are suppose to do with the contents of your head & heart, caused by all that "Earthlings" has shown you, is to pass it on.In some way,big or small, find a way to "educate" others.Joaquin Pheonix asks at the films end."What do they(the animals) get for all of their pain and suffering?"
The greatest thing we can give to them now, is spreading the news and the truth to others...to do otherwise, is "apathetic"!!
Thank you for watching!

Monday May 21, 2007, 1:23 am
Right Stacey!! You have expressed a much more positive thought on all this...................

Talk about it, give everyone the web address. As you've said, to do otherwise would be apathetic.....A waste of the feelings, rage and heart of the matter.

PLANT SEEDS.....GROW TREES..........PICK UP THE LITTER............

Monday May 21, 2007, 4:33 am
Thanks to everyone who has had the courage to watch this horrible video.

I have e-mailed it to Parliament in Canada so we will see what comes out of that. As well as Canadian news.
Is hard to watch!
But true!

Monday May 21, 2007, 11:19 am
Thank you for the video. It is really impressive ! I'm spaniard but I agree with the video respect to the cruelty of bullfighting. I assure you many people hate this "fiesta" as much as I do. It's a terrible video to be seen, but everybody should know the truth. I will forward it to others

Monday May 21, 2007, 11:25 am
I have never been more moved to fight for a cause . We are all aware of man's inhumanity to man,a child dies every 30 seconds from lack of food or medicines,from wars of stupidity and neglect. My life has been spent working for human related cause/relationship problems for the last 50 years,civil rights,anti-war,etc,
Thank you for this excellent film, my tears of sorrow will aid me in not eating any more meat. Never thought I would or could accept a fruit and veggie diet,but I will certainly give it a try.

I worked in labs in the 60-70S but we never touched a white rat without puting it to sleep first. Some scientists do have feeling,I'm glad I worked for one that did.

Monday May 21, 2007, 12:43 pm
Thanks for the story, Alf! NOTED

Monday May 21, 2007, 2:51 pm
I am sorry but I could not watch the whole video. I was crying just after it got started. Thanks for the video. I know that this goes on but luckily I have not been around anyone who has done these things to these helpless animals, if I would have been I don't know what I would do but do something I would. Knowing me and my attitude toward ignorance of people I probably would have made a fool of myself and kicked the crap out of anyone hurting, torturing animals like this. Blessed Be

Monday May 21, 2007, 3:37 pm
316 AND COUNTING.

Monday May 21, 2007, 3:54 pm
Noted, thanks Tracey. Who will win the War against humanity and life on earth? Some of us have spent their entire lives saving and protecting life on this planet of ours only to watch its disintegration in short order. Humans!! Sometimes I'm ashamed to be one.

Monday May 21, 2007, 8:16 pm
Mara......Your thoughts are greatly appreciated and much like my own. But, we are here, we were born & created at a time when all this conciousness was not the least bit thought off; our parents world and the planet earth was as big as the galaxy we live in.

Now our children will shoulder the immense burden of past utopian thinking. Since I've become so aware because of Care2 I've concluded the solution to it all is massive monumental reducing human population and that goes against the grain socially and culturally almost worldwide. People know reducing our own will better their childrens lives but do not want to be ordered/told to do it.

I personally never shut up about overpopulation every chance I get, and I even get tired of hearing myself. How can we possibly have a better world by comparision not nearly the animals on earth as once was before man came into such dominance and control of who dies and who lives.

I'm not ashamed of being here. Like many I had no control over the fact my parents created me in what was probably no more than a hot moment as it true of billions more of us. Animals are controlled by the seasons of reproduction and now mans decimation of them, that does cause me shame and pain.

Think of tomorrow-
Pick up the litter
Plant seeds
Grow trees
Make a forest
For Mother Nature
And her animals.........................

Monday May 21, 2007, 8:50 pm
thank you for the video. Can i download it on cds so i can forward it some organizitions who support for animal right. give me some suggestions please.

Monday May 21, 2007, 11:07 pm
This film has to be distributed to more people. I watched the whole film and now I will not be able to eat that hamburger I thawed for my dinner. The cows frightened eyes, jerking movements, terrified and pleading eyes make me whince, sob, and feel dark and hopeless inside. To see people take such pleasure in tormenting an animal, makes me sick! Right now I am very hungry, but can't eat meat, and don't want to any longer. I would have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich now, but had to throw the jar away because it was tainted with salmonella. I haven't been able to force myself to eat peanute butter since that story. I need some meatless recipes that'll stop my hunger. What do people eat? I love fruits and vegetables, but they don't fill me. Besides pasta, pizza, and salad, any meatless and filling food suggestions out there?

Monday May 21, 2007, 11:32 pm
Hello Kay..First off Congrats for watching and for choosing to act on all that you were shown via this film. Second..if you are truly serious about becoming a vegetarian..Go to Goveg.com and you can sign up for the weekly vegetarian recipes, which will come through your email. If that link is incorrect simply go to Peta.com or peta2.com and you will be able to access the "take the 30 day pledge" link.
Until then, know that eating right takes some effort.. as does anything worth while. Some filling & vegetarian foods that keep me satisfied are legumes, tossed into a salad. Lentils, kidney, cannelinni. etc..There are also a variety of different veggie burgers, which are actually very yummy.
You must also realize that in the beginning,as you give up meat, dairy, etc..many things may taste bland to you, when compared to foods with high fat content,such as meat. There are many ways to spice up your veggie choices, it just may take some research & time...Hang in there..eventually your taste buds adapt, as will your cravings. You will be amazed at the health bennifits you reap, due to such an important lifestyle change. Good luck, and on behalf of the planet & animals..I thank you!!

Tuesday May 22, 2007, 9:05 am
Kay C. congratulations on your choice! That is exactly why I do this, you have made my day and the animals love you for it too. There is a veggie group on here full of yummy recipes and as Stacey said it takes a little time for your tastes to change but they do.
Try this group: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/vegworld
I'm sure if you have questions they'll be glad to help you out. xxx

Wednesday May 23, 2007, 11:25 am
WOW! Thanks for putting this out there! It hurts to watch, but pain can be a powerful motivation for change.

Friday May 25, 2007, 12:41 pm
This is the most disturbing video I have ever seen. I had to shut it off because I did not want my son to see the images when he came home from school. It only had about a half hour left but I didn't want him to see any of it. He is very sensetive and I am afraid it would give him nightmares. Even though he is nine. Something must be done. I don't know what and I don't know how but it must be figured out.

Saturday May 26, 2007, 10:45 am
Alf,
Let there be tens of thousands of Alfs in the world !!
Let all educational institutions make it compulsory for the students see this video!! Will they? Let all parents make it a lesson of moral education for their children. Let the message be percolated to the world full of violence for its own sake!! Let all people see the video as compulsory bore they have their dinner every day. Let humanity be compelled to see the video and be made to answer questions on the video just as they do for TV shows by SMS from Home!! Then watch how the graph of terrorist attacks dwindle !! Will humanity do it?? Let flesh eating be stopped !! Let the myth of insufficiency of food be exploded!! Then there is hope for redemption for humanity!
Savitri H

Saturday May 26, 2007, 3:43 pm
Sara M,
Are you offended? My name is NOT Panda Bear... you could've at least got that right!!!
I'm not here to please you, I'm here because I care passionately for the wellbeing of animals & will do 'whatever it takes' to help as many as I can... profanity is NOTHING compared to the vivisection & skinning of live animals etc the poor babies need me DAILY... I'll NEVER give up!!!
I'll 'attack' anyone that says ANYTHING against those that can't speak up for themselves & the last thing I'm gonna do is change because you tell me to... DEAL WITH IT!
Oh, by the way... the only 'grip' I 'need' is round the throats of evil animal abusers!!!

Saturday May 26, 2007, 5:30 pm
Well, I only made it 20 minutes before I was physically sick; as others have said, I have done research, seen the pictures and am aware of what is happening and I am very glad this video is here and getting such a response. Thank you Alf. As a vegan whose 6 rescued cats and 2 rescued dogs are all spayed/neutered, I feel helpless and hopeless at times. What else to do? So as Bette said, I talk. A lot. And I serve yummy vegan food to everyone I can. And I have gotten a lot of people interested. I get mad, and frustrated sometimes, like at my daughters animals sciences teacher who calls her "Pasty" because she is vegan (he is a cattle rancher as well as a professor....and is very uneducated about the reality of factory farms - his isn't apparently) But the word is getting out, several above have said they will not eat meat or use animal related products which is awesome! I, too, thought I was a confirmed meat eater until I found out what was really going on out there and I can not be a part of it. Period. So my daughter and I are vegan and I am actually loving it!!! I feel so much healthier!!!

For people who are just learning this lifestyle, another GREAT website for recipes, questions answered and general support is vegweb.com! There are ingredients in veg recipes that are not common in non-veg, and this site has a dictionary that tells you what they are and great members who are happy to share their knowledge and experience. It's kind of a smaller, vegan care2. And most of the food I've tried is fantastic!!! So good luck and great karma!!!! And I, too, think this movie should be required for high school graduation. Most people just don't know.

Saturday May 26, 2007, 9:58 pm
It shows the worst of us. The imigages in the film bring saddness to my heart knowing I'm a part of the human race. At the same time I have seen the compation of humans. I have seen kindness and I must not loose sight of that spark of good in the human race. I and I hope we can do better. A mighty storm begins with a gust of wind. The greatest of jurneys starts with a single step. I hope this film is the begining of a storm the first step for all of us to be better "earthlings".

Sunday May 27, 2007, 2:26 am
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Back up the list on May 20th, Laura asked desperately what she is supposed to do now... with the images from this film inserted into her mind. My suggestions are simple. 1) GO VEGAN. It is the single greatest and most influential thing one can do for ALL animals, and 2) Start a world wide dialog with MEN. I don't want to get too convoluted here but hear me out. As unjust as it is, women worldwide are not yet, for the most part, in positions of power and influence. And many who are today, generally become so battle scarred and/or greedy themselves, they seem to lose touch with all their empathy and compassion. The vast majority of animal exploitation is Corporate! And Business is a War-game with a capital W! And men are the chief players! And so many other women just think they should "play along". But look at this (mostly) beautiful list of passionate, intelligent, empathetic, compassionate comments! 99% of them are from WOMEN!!!

It's high time to "take this to the streets" so to speak. To your husbands, your religious leaders, your doctor, your store keepers, your co-workers, your children, your teachers, your kid's coach, your elected representatives, the man on the bus,... It is only through active, effective dialog that the societal MINDSET of "animals as PROPERTY" will ever change! And that is what needs to change in order for laws to change!... in order for behaviors to change!... in order for ANIMAL RIGHTS to become a reality!... and then, and only then, will there be peace... will "ALL lie down to sleep unchained, uncaged, free."

Thanks, ALF... In you I trust.
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Sunday May 27, 2007, 5:09 am
Jeffrey...........Why don't other men think like you? Surely there must be a few more out there who think like you................A thousand times AMEN to people like you and Alf as well as the people in the making of the documentary.

Think of tomorrow-
Make a difference
Plant a seed
Grow trees
Make a forest
For Mother Nature
And her animals...............................

Sunday May 27, 2007, 10:36 am
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Bette, in answer to your question why (most) other men don't think like me?

I believe it is a combination of ALL of the things that go to make up International society, promulgated simply by generational habit! Parents and children take their "instructions" from all that is around them. Everything from the established school systems, to religious teachings and rituals, to mass media, to advertising... it all continues the "war game"! Competition and our "struggle for survival" has made us forget about everything that really matters!

Women must be become more responsible instead of just being "players in the war game". It is high time to reign the boys in! I believe women have the responsibility and ability to do this! The most important first step to shift our societal paradigms is to teach our children to STOP EATING MEAT!

Read Gary Francione
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Sunday May 27, 2007, 4:59 pm
thanks for the film, i hope people never stop fighting to end anamale cruelty

Monday May 28, 2007, 8:47 am
Frightening how detached as a society we are to the extreme, barbaric torture and slaughter of innocent creatures. Every day I am aware of their endless suffering and helplessness to end their misery. Everyone on this planet has the opportunity and ability to make dramatic changes for the plight of the voiceless by making compassionate choices and striving daily to live a cruelty free lifestyle.

Monday May 28, 2007, 6:46 pm
Makes me want to perform this on the workers at these places.Humans should'nt be able to run this earth.

Tuesday May 29, 2007, 11:37 am
I will nwvwe eat meat chicken or fish again. I cried & will fwd THANKYOU

Tuesday May 29, 2007, 2:01 pm
Kim that is exellent... take a look on some Vegan websites for some brilliant recipes, here's a great one: www.earth.li/~kake/cookery/, the only way forward is a healthy, cruelty free diet :o)

Tuesday May 29, 2007, 2:13 pm
Excellent video. It ought to be mandatory viewing, in schools.

Wednesday May 30, 2007, 6:07 am
Thank you for sharing your video.

Wednesday May 30, 2007, 12:30 pm
ALf..I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting you..but I just want to sy Thank You for being such a conscious caring person..I viewed this video and was shocked, but I am also very glad to have my knowledge of the injustice that our animal friends indure...As much as this video is heart wrenching what makes it worse is the truth behind it..I will be forwarding the video to many of my family memners and friends, I believe everyone should know the TRUTH. Thank you so very muchfor sending this to me..U truly r are gem and the world would be a better place if there were more people like you...Blessed Be

Wednesday May 30, 2007, 12:30 pm
ALf..I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting you..but I just want to sy Thank You for being such a conscious caring person..I viewed this video and was shocked, but I am also very glad to have my knowledge of the injustice that our animal friends indure...As much as this video is heart wrenching what makes it worse is the truth behind it..I will be forwarding the video to many of my family memners and friends, I believe everyone should know the TRUTH. Thank you so very muchfor sending this to me..U truly r are gem and the world would be a better place if there were more people like you...Blessed Be

Wednesday May 30, 2007, 5:18 pm
It took me an hour and 15 minutes to get my 12 yr old to watch 45 minutes and the whole time he said I was sick for making him watch it Afterward he argued that he wasn't the cutting their throats and he wasn't going to grow up to work in a slaughter house.He finally said " Fine I'll just stop eating meat."

Wednesday May 30, 2007, 7:58 pm
My 12 year old Nephew just watched this for 45 minutes and I was told by he mother to watch it also, As my Nephew pleaded Don't watch it. My Windows Vista will not let me watch it. So, I just read all your comments and now I remember I have already seen all three parts of this clip and the movie everyone is referring to and talking about. but i 'll try to watch it again, if my nephew has nightmares.

Friday June 1, 2007, 12:58 pm
Chickens have always gotten the short end of the stick. There really is not a easy clean way to kill a chicken. When I was growing up on my family's farm in Iowa, my father would chop off Mr. Chickens head on a wood block and my mother then had the unplesant job of pulling the feathers out. Some plants gas them, some hang them by their feet and drop them in very "hot" liquid. ALL meat packing plants look for the cheapest way to kill their product. They do not see God's creatures as anything but money in their product. I know I am going to get in trouble for saying this, most of the shader plants have uneducated illegal people doing the dirty jobs and the white collar folks sit in their offices. The anwser is changing this practice and educating our children with the facts instead of covering up the lies with excuses.
Thanks for caring...

Saturday June 2, 2007, 2:38 pm
DEAR FRIEND, I HAVE TO SAY I'M SHOCKED, EVEN IF I KNEW IT'S THE REALITY, FROM MANY , MANY YEARS I'M ASHAMED TO FEEL A HUMAN PERSON, I HAVE A GUILTY FEELING AND I LOST MY PEACE OF MIND. THIS IS WHY, LONG AGO I CHANGED MY LIFE FOR SAVING THIS POOR ANIMALS. IN ALMOST 3O YEARS I COULD SAVE AND OFFER TO MANY STRAY DOGS AND CATS VOL,UNTERILY A WARM HOME. I MOVED FROM CITY TO VILLAGE FOR HAVE THIS POSSIBILITY. I KNOW I CAN'T SAVE ALL THE SUFFERING ANIMALS, BUT I ALSO KNOW, THESE DOGS AND CATS ARE HAPPY WITH THE LITTLE I CAN GIVE TO THEM. I DIDN'T TRUST IN SHELTERS, BECAUSE TO US IS THE SAME SITUATION, THEY KILL THEM. TO ME THEY DIE WHEN GOD WANT IT. THEREFORE I'M HERE WIT YOU, TO SHARE WITH YOU IN ANIMCORD. IN MY PAGE YOU CAN SEE A VIDEOCLIP NAMED 'ONE LOVE', THERE YOU CAN SEE SSOME OF THESE ANIMALS LIVING FREELY, I HOPE, HAPPILY,PLEASE JOIN IN ,, TOGETHER, CONSCIENTLY, WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE AOUR SAD WORLD. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

Sunday June 3, 2007, 6:31 am
I think there's no point in seeing this and forwarding this to mass. We need to architect a strong, strict and enforcing law to abide by, preventing cruelty to animals. The national government should start enforcing very severe penalty(including imprisonment and monetary fines). The law should be common to all animal killers and man-killers. Govt should not care about the oppositions while establishing this law.
Thanks for this shocking and moving video...

Sunday June 3, 2007, 6:34 am
Let God take care of all those innocent creatures from the cruel hands of man-kind.

Sunday June 3, 2007, 10:08 am
i couldnt watch it. it hurt 2 much i cried the whole time i watched it. it cruel and we should do something to stop it

Sunday June 3, 2007, 3:38 pm
I was believing in what i saw in this film. I believed it to be an everyday thing in some places, but now i think it is more like propaganda if the answer is to "become vegan" and what is shown is more the extreme than the common. I see it as more of a way to convert people to a certain lifestyle that giving a single flying shit about animals and their welfare! Are you the people that make your cats eat vegetarian too? Do you scold them for chasing mice? I think THIS RIGHT HERE is a perfect example of why animal rights have not been taken farther. Your reaction is to become vegan or nothing, nothing else is good enough, nothing else is worthy, and therefore, the rest of the population writes all of you off as a bunch of crazies. You offer no ideas for better treatment of animals, just set the cows free to run the streets and starve to death and be hit by cars! Thats the only COMPASSIONATE thing to do, right? How about offering some REALISTIC ideas to the public? How about offering some ideas that dont COMPLETELY DENY THE FOOD CHAIN! Those of us that actually live out in nature see that there is a food chain. Granted, factory farming is a complete horror that should be absolutely done away with. But you start cussing the small farmer that has sick calves in his house in the winter taking care of them, you guilt the compassionate people that actually DO treat their animals with respect, then you loose a lot of allies. You alienate people that would be at the forefront of fighting against factory farms and industry that abuses animals by expecting everyone to become vegan.

Sunday June 3, 2007, 9:30 pm
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Laura, forget the labels, forget the propaganda for a moment. Consider this:

I try to live in a way that does not harm animals.

Do you find anything threatening about this? It is my lifestyle.

I think the fact that you abhor factory farming is good of you and suggests compassion. It bewilders me that you are NOT also bothered by the small farmer who nurses his sick calves back to health only to slit their throats, or have someone else slit their throats, later on. Do you find anything threatening about my opinion?

I feel the slaughterhouse is one of the cruelest aspects of factory farming, but no matter how much "respect" an animal is given in life (i.e. the "humanely raised" animal), that respect is stolen away from them in death. Is their anything threatening about my opinion?

Please do not misunderstand me. In my ranting about Veganism as, "an uphill battle I hope we win", my intention is NOT to exert force or even legislation in that regard. I want ONLY to try to make people think about the necessity of harming living creatures.

Have a read here:

http://www.jewcy.com/dialogue/2007-05-14/ethical_vegan
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Monday June 4, 2007, 2:10 am
Laura;
It is not propoganda.
No1 going vegan IS the most compassionate thing one can do.
No2 going vegan is the most important thing you can do for the planet.
No3 why are you so angry about it?

Monday June 4, 2007, 3:38 am
Thanks Alf but cant watch it too upsetting, and as im in library i dont want to be in tears Thanks anyway

Monday June 4, 2007, 2:28 pm
Hello Alf,
Thank you so much for send me this video; I already sent it to all my friends.

Tuesday June 5, 2007, 4:05 am
Laura you are overweight.... I'm not surprised because you have animals rotting inside you! Still you won't have to suffer that too long, the animals that you munch on are filled with anti-biotics, growth hormones etc. that's not including the cancers that are ground up & find their way into your food.... YUM!!! Enjoy your evil life while you still can NOT!

Tuesday June 5, 2007, 6:11 am
Laura,..Many people do not realize that consuming animals is not only bad for you, it can make you sick with disease of Many, Many kinds!! If you regard life,((( ALL life))) you will see that animals were not put here on Earth for us to consume. I agree we have to come up with solutions to some of the matters this is creating. Animal products are making people sick and dying...We((the people who cherish life of everykind are trying to make a differences for the animals, but money, greed and political agendas force us to take the only stand we know to make an impact in our world...Take the 30 day pledge not to consume animal products, I believe it was through PETA I found this and I have been a vegan since. The suffering, the disease, the fact that you really do not know what is in that meat is terrifying in itself,..And I have lost 30 pounds since cleaning my body of such toxins...Best of luck to you Laura and please view meetyourmeat on Peta.com, there you will see what really goes on, and they are not isolated cases, it is fact!!~~With Love, Kim K~~

Tuesday June 5, 2007, 7:13 am
Inspite pic system I'm using now can't allow me to view the video and from folks expressions here I convinced you have done great work, I pray you keep it up.

Tuesday June 5, 2007, 7:21 am
First of all Panda..You are a scream..Secondly, well said Jeffrey, however I do think that Laura is severely threatened by, not only the compassion which is abounding , in this discussion, but the wisdom of our words, as well.My dear friend Kim, mentions how meat is not just high in cholesterol, but is high in certain other toxins too. Toxins that are indeed causing many illnesses in humans, who consume them via meat! Could it be, that doing the right thing for the animals, our bodies, and planet earth,requires so much more discipline, will power & compassion, than Laura feels capable of, at this time.? It has a rather familiar ring to it. Like the childrens fable.."The fox & the grapes". where the hungry fox couldn't reach the bunch of grapes, which hung higher than he could jump! Well in the end, as he watched the crow devour them, he walked away spouting"They were probably sour anyhow"..The moral of the story has the same principle.."Most people will reject, what ever they have tried & failed to accomplish, with insults and uninformed information, especially if such persons are insecure and unhappy with self! Laura, for your 411, becoming a vegan, speaks entirely for itself. It needs no propaganda, or marketing device. "Earthlings does not simply touch down on isolated cases of slaughter house procedures,. It is the norm, and happens daily. You can either be part of the problem or a part of the solution..Your choice!! Go Well!

Tuesday June 5, 2007, 4:23 pm
I Could not watch this video to the end - I was shocked and saddened. Words cannot express the remorse I feel for the choices I had made - by not being a vegan.

Tuesday June 5, 2007, 11:29 pm
I did not watch this video and will not watch it. I assume that the man is slaughtering some type of animal. I cannot handle watching stuff like that, I'm too emotional. It also looks as if it is from a different country. If this is the case, there is absolutely nothing anyone can do to change another country's practices where animals are concerned. It is up to their government. And if it is in China it is even worse since it is a communist country....even the citizen have no voice. We have our own uphill battle to fight with the FDA and USDA.

Wednesday June 6, 2007, 6:27 pm
" Laura you are overweight.... I'm not surprised because you have animals rotting inside you! Still you won't have to suffer that too long, the animals that you munch on are filled with anti-biotics, growth hormones etc. that's not including the cancers that are ground up & find their way into your food.... YUM!!! Enjoy your evil life while you still can NOT! "
Panda Queen

How can anyone be taught compassion for other human beings when they are not shown compassion. Panda Queen your comment to Laura stems from the same root of all human lack of compassion. You may not eat a tortured and slaughtered animal but you may have tortured and slaughtered a human soul. Which is the greater crime against our fellow earthlings?

Until we each can show all beings compassion there will be war, torture, slaughter and every unimaginable atrocity and travesty committed by human beings.

On closing one has enough to do to cleanse their own soul without judging anothers. Focus on being the best you, you can be and you will have your hands too full to cast aspersions on anyone else.

If anyone wishes to respond to me do so personally as I have ended tracking this story.

Thursday June 7, 2007, 5:15 am
Jo W, how can you say that I 'have no compassion'? I have a ton of compassion for those that CAN'T speak up for themselves... As for the evil human race, I'll never understand (& why should I?) how they can KNOW the information about the dreadful torture/murder that they're obviously part of, but they refuse to change!!!? The animals are sufferring every second of every day, can you imagine telling them 'never mind about your suffering, humans need compassion, kindness & time before they change'!!? As far as I'm concerned, this is Vegan WAR! A war for the animals, they have suffered & been enslaved for far too long!

Isn't it strange that Jo W didn't wanna stay around to get an answer?! I'll def be forwarding this message to her personally, because she obviously don't believe this subject is important enough to stay around

Thursday June 7, 2007, 5:50 am
I believe that with~Love~ all things are possible. Some might not be as animal educated as others. And to be honest until I found this website and educated myself, I really had no idea what was really happening to these animals...Thats the honest truth...But if we educate others continually through organizations that protect these innocent lives, thats all we can do. If some do not see tourture,slaughter and how some of the gov organizations are allowing this to happen all for the sake of $$$, there are no words in which we can say to make them feel compassion for animals in order to make a difference not only for the lives of animals on all levels, but for their own health and longevity of life in the human form here on Earth....I truly believe that some here are so very close and involved ,and see what happens with their own eyes...They know of the corruption and of the sad lives these 4 legged friends of ours really endure..If we all work together and with love, we can move mountains and we will make a difference...That being said,..I wish to make no enemies, only to state what I believe as the truth~~With Love for Life, everything is possible~~ KIm K

Thursday June 7, 2007, 6:38 am
Kwe(Hello)
Thankyou for sharing this video with us all. I started watching , knowing exactly what it was I would see. I had to stop watching because I am in tears and feel sick to my stomach. I apologize for not being able to look at the whole thing. I can't watch any living creature being tortured in any way and for myself it isn't neccessary to see what I know.All living creatures have Spirits and deserve the same respect that human beings expect in this World.
We are all connected. We are all related. All those who walk,crawl swim and fly. I will do anything to help make these atrocities STOP. All I need to know is how I can help do that.
Skennen(Peace)

Thursday June 7, 2007, 6:57 am
To everyone here I echo Kim's words........................And AMEN!!!!!!!!!

Live a quaint life.......Care for the animals.......Plant trees.......Make a forest for them.................

Thursday June 7, 2007, 1:26 pm
I apologize for not being able to watch this video. I suffer from clinical depression and I am advised not too watch things like this if I can help it. When I expose my self to negative things it is easy for me to fall into a deep depression. I appreciate the email. I do not let my depression stop me from being an Animals Rights Advocate.

Friday June 8, 2007, 3:47 pm
Tonya I'm not surprised that you won't watch the suffering of animals being as you're a 'junk food junkie'.... eating shit makes you feel like shit, it's not helping your depression any!!!

Friday June 8, 2007, 6:32 pm
WE LOVE YOU ALFIE! OH YES WE DOOOOOO!

Saturday June 9, 2007, 12:40 pm
The truest definition of the words " I don't care" are when we treat anything else, be it another human or any other living being ( and anyone that thinks a plant doesn't scream when it's ripped from it's bed hasn't listened hard enough ) is when we stop thinking of those others as true living beings but as things. I learned that years ago and it stopped me from eating meat and made me remove all things that weren't natural fibre from my wardrobe. No skins, nothing. My mother gave me a fur coat for my 16th birthday and I nearly took HER skin off ( after all, "What young lady doesn't want a fur?" THIS ONE!!!! I ASKED for a FRYING PAN, you TWIT. Upper class is SOOO stoooopid ) I won't lie and claim I've watched this all the way through. I pretty much get the point when I see the Bulls which I have fought against for 30 years now. The bannining of leg-traps, which the U.S. trappers have been so loathe to give up. My own country's inistence that the seal hunt is needed for anything other than the Inuits OWN personal survival and culture. No one else needs to look pretty in the seal's coat other than the seal. I will forward this, I do assure you.

Saturday June 9, 2007, 1:14 pm
Trish.......You are to be commended for your philosophy and honorable beliefs. I too follow the same theme in lifestyle.
All of us can turn the whole world around if only we would turn our backs permanently on The Glass Canyon of advertisement that spills from Madison avenue of television, books, magazines and word of mouth. How else can we conquer the devistation peeking over the horizon of our lives and the lives of every living animal on earth.

Is it at all possible?.......It is if we get over self declaration of having more than the next person who walks by us. Everybody want to be a somebody but at the cost to all of us does not make sense.
Man has signed his own death by continueing to be led around by the nose of commercialism.........

The time is now to STOP the falseness of superficial lifestyle and go on as simple humans living with needs instead of wants.

Think of tomorrow-
Plant seeds
Grow trees
Make a forest
For Mother Nature
And her animals..............

Tuesday June 12, 2007, 3:23 am
we got to share the good things of the earth and treat every occupant including snakes as friends!

Tuesday June 12, 2007, 4:36 pm
So sad to watch but I'm so glad I did. One of the most diturbing things i've ever seen. Animals are always going to be used as food, but it doenst have to be so inhumane. There is a right way and a wrong way do things and this is not the right way.

Tuesday June 12, 2007, 4:47 pm
The scenes where the supposed "kosher" slaughter going is one that especially bothers me, especially after hearing of the very rich man has bought out the deli's and plans on only having kosher. This is very double standard to me.

Wednesday June 13, 2007, 6:13 am
WHEN I TAKE SOME MEDITATION TIME, (OUT OF MY EVERY DAY,) WHETHER IT BE, ON A WALK,SITTING BY THE OCEAN,WORKING IN MY GARDENS..OR EVEN IN MY CAR, IN BETWEEN STOPS...I ALWAYS FIND MYSELF, PLAYING BACK "EARTHLINGS" OVER & OVER AGAIN, IN MY MIND. SO I SAY A PRAYER FOR EVERY SINGLE CREATURE, THE FALLEN,THE IMPRISONED, THE EXPLOITED,THE TORTURED, THE ABUSED & NEGLECTED, THE UNWANTED, AND EVEN THE ONES.. WHO, FOR THE MOMENT, KNOW.... NO SUCH PAIN & SUFFERING YET. I AM CERTAIN MANKIND WILL FIND THEM TOO, IN TIME.
LAMARGO, I TOO, FOUND THE "KOSHER" SEGMENT COMPLETELY HORRIFYING,(NOT THAT THE REST OF THE MOVIE WAS ANY BETTER, BUT "MAN"..THAT CONTRAPTION, THOSE TERRIFIED COWS WERE FORCED INTO, IN MY OPINION, SIMPLY PROLONGED THEIR AGONY!! NOT TO MENTION ,THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR "KOSHER" ,SLAUGHTER LAWS, WERE IGNORED,& BROKEN !!
IT WAS, BUT AGAIN, ANOTHER BRUTAL AND TRAGIC EXAMPLE, REAVEALING MAN'S, MISUSE, ABUSE AND DOMMINANCE, OVER ANOTHER BEING, WHO BTW, IS HELPLESS TO FLEE, FIGHT, OR EXPRESS ITS DESIRE TO "LIVE". FREE FROM MAN'S, DISTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES, AND HIS OBSESSION WITH CONTROL & DOMMINANCE!!

Wednesday June 13, 2007, 4:40 pm
Thank you! My heart weeps at the very thought of what this film reveals, all facts that were already known somehow certainly through the collective, yet not known to the conscious awareness. When our moods suddenly and swiftly plummet but we do not know why isn't it reasonable to imagine that the pains from these beautiful beings in crisis have reached us? It's definitely plausible. We are all connected and hopefully this film, so expertly made and with so much excellence of integrity, will create a shift the like of none before, to wake people everywhere to the demand for a stop to this violence. Who would wish to eat of the flesh that has been tormented and dishonored? Who would wish to teach their loves that brutality, cruelty and disrespect of young and old are acceptable? None in their right minds would surely. My partner, having seen this, has joined me in a veggie lifestyle now for which I'm grateful. Thanks again, so very much, and grace be to all who have the courage to view, share and live in accordance with the better way so evident now, in honor. Lovingly,

Tia

Thursday June 14, 2007, 1:00 pm
Thanks sweety :)

Thursday June 14, 2007, 6:07 pm
Tank you Alf,Eu nao sei o que dizer,mas sei que isto nao pode continuar a vida e preciosa pra nos,porque pra os animais tem que ser diferente,eles dao graça e luz a nossas vidas,perdi minha rottweiller assim com um vizinho ignorante que lhe deu veneno,nunca a esquecerei,nunca deixarei ninguem fazer mal algum a um ser vivo humano ou nao nao na minha frente! FIQUE COM DEUS!

Friday June 15, 2007, 6:29 am
Really shocking, but so true. Thanks for sharing and let people know.

Friday June 15, 2007, 9:00 am
Very sorry ! I have been unable to see more one minute an a half.
We are omnivore,I Know.
Concerning me, I avoid to eat meat. But what so virulent crualty. Which pleasure those who act can be founded. They are criminals.
Thank to who can see and spread this catégory of temoignage.

Friday June 15, 2007, 7:16 pm
Dear my good friend Carolyn,
Thank you very much for forwarding to me this great video! Thank you indeed! I will forward it to my friends.
Most sincerely,
John Huh
South Korea

Saturday June 16, 2007, 7:40 am
Thank you for sending this to me. I am sorry but I could not make it past the first 17 minutes before I was physically sick. This will follow me for quite some time. I can see already how this could be changing lives. I hope it changes a lot of lives. As much as I wish it were not true, I doubt that the halocaust of non-human creatures may never end. Human arrogance, selfishment, and sense of entitlement may never allow it. Too many humans do not even care about their own species. We live in a selfish and greedy world. I do not know if it will change. Thank Goddess, there are so many people seeing this video and passing it on. Perhaps that will make a difference in the long run. I certainly hope it does. I am glad to know so many people do care.

Saturday June 16, 2007, 10:06 am
I watched part of this film and found it to be very well done and moving. I cried during part of it. However, I wish to propose why I believe we are not as bad as everyone things, and why we should still believe in our own innate goodness as human beings even if we ocassionally eat meat. First of all, if we are animals, is it not that far of a leap to rationally argue that leopards, cheetahs, dogs, eagles, etc. etc. eat other animals. So if we are all equals, why can we too not eat other animals. The real issue is that we are overpopulating the earth and unbalancing the ecosystem, many ecosystems. This is the real travesty. Think of the Native Americans hunting wild buffalo and making moccasins. Does this seem cruel? If we respect the spirit of the animal and honor it, and kill it as humanely as possible in order to nourish our bodies and protect our children's feet, is that so terrible? The terrible thing, again, I think is the WAY we do these things. The lack of respect. The act of taking an animal's life for reasons of survival are merely animalistic, which this film admits we are. The travesty is that we are not more compassionate and not more ecologically aware about it.