tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post139925766147728103..comments2023-10-22T02:33:14.519-05:00Comments on Isla Mujeres: Gringo in Paradise: PigsIslagringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18181198510287530636noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-80434783415502089512009-09-19T13:54:21.660-05:002009-09-19T13:54:21.660-05:00We have a friend who has a small ranchito outside ...We have a friend who has a small ranchito outside of Cancun. We have been toying with the idea of having him raise pigs for us and slaughter them as need be. My thought for this being that it will be somewhat more controllable as far as quality of life for the animal and quality of meat for my family. We currently have a turkey that will most likely end up on our Thanksgiving table and a bunch of chickens that we keep for eggs. I like the idea of keeping my food as local as possible. Thoughts?Michele in Playahttp://www.lifesabeachblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-63461967624984046412009-09-16T12:03:24.141-05:002009-09-16T12:03:24.141-05:00Isladeb: it is a bit nerve wracking. Especially w...Isladeb: it is a bit nerve wracking. Especially when the scream is cut off mid scream.<br /><br />LAB: I have become very good at disassociating the screams from the taste of pork.<br /><br />KfromMI: I don't think that they are intentionally being mean. It's just the way things are down here. Animals are animals.<br /><br />Steve: interesting debate fodder. I firmly believe that not stressing the animal is paramount. That is not the case here though. This place was actually shut down many times because of the inhumane treatment of animals over there.<br /><br />Nancy: I have to disagree with you on this one. I doubt that they know where they are going or why. Animals do not have a perception of their own mortality, only an instinct for survival.<br /><br />O Robert: leave it to you to find the humor here.<br /><br />Sue: but life is and will continue to be full of these sorts of things. It will continue because humans, as a whole, will never stop exploiting the animal world.<br /><br />Norm: well said.Islagringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181198510287530636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-66799634570164360622009-09-16T06:22:54.478-05:002009-09-16T06:22:54.478-05:00Back in the day: We would raise a litter of pigs f...Back in the day: We would raise a litter of pigs for summer pig roasts, the pigs would get wise to the program after the first act. One of my pistol loving friends decided he wanted to try his hand at the pig killing. The pigs got excited and were running all over the place, he ended up putting a nice hole through his lower leg. Guns are not toys and killing is not a game-a hard fact of life learned well by my friend.normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651902762232427335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-16964115006026268022009-09-15T19:30:20.637-05:002009-09-15T19:30:20.637-05:00This is why I don't eat pork on Isla - I have ...This is why I don't eat pork on Isla - I have heard the screams as I laid on the beach across the road. I have seen the trucks, and I cannot bear thinking about those poor animals. I do eat bacon and ham on occasion, just not 'local' meat - not that it makes one bit of sense, I know.<br /><br />Last year I followed a truck full of cattle on its way to market in Oklahoma. Looking at the faces of those poor animals, I was in tears and I laid off beef for a long time. Still rarely eat it.<br /><br />I sure wish life wasn't full of awful things like these.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18391875870787818644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-63682691778766886052009-09-15T12:41:30.260-05:002009-09-15T12:41:30.260-05:00I'm flashing back to Sarah Palin and her Thank...I'm flashing back to Sarah Palin and her Thanksgiving adventure in front of the turkey slaughterer.....<br /><br />(I'll try not to make an uncalled for pig reference....;)<br /><br /><br />O RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-80559118093240999862009-09-15T10:59:30.303-05:002009-09-15T10:59:30.303-05:00Oh, I bet they do know where they are going. Pigs...Oh, I bet they do know where they are going. Pigs are very smart animals.<br /><br />One of the reasons I don't eat meat.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016075941355264454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-81281655838758924262009-09-15T10:06:08.027-05:002009-09-15T10:06:08.027-05:00I wrestle with this issue a lot. I love people. ...I wrestle with this issue a lot. I love people. I love animals. I love life. But I continue to eat some animals (even though vegetables are filling a larger part of my plate these days). <br /><br />Is there a way to "humanely" kill an animal? Most of the patina of civiliation that we call humane treatment seems to be designed more to salve the human conscience. Kosher requirements for killing animals are designed to calm the animal. And maybe that is good. But there has to be some distress in any slaughtering process.<br /><br />Thanks for the post. You have given me grist for my thought mill today.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-17749843456968498272009-09-15T09:17:28.649-05:002009-09-15T09:17:28.649-05:00So very sad .... I don't like to see or hear a...So very sad .... I don't like to see or hear about people being mean to animals.KfromMichiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092255492898320780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-6415554411087855472009-09-15T08:49:04.121-05:002009-09-15T08:49:04.121-05:00That's horrid the way those pigs are stacked i...That's horrid the way those pigs are stacked in that truck. Listening to the sound effects of the slaughterhouse must put a different taste on tocino.Life's a Beach!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17604678027403810586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-23967524711004155472009-09-15T08:14:45.666-05:002009-09-15T08:14:45.666-05:00That is so sad. I don't think I could stand h...That is so sad. I don't think I could stand hearing those poor things scream.Isla Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418290496593796947noreply@blogger.com