benwj wrote:
The dolphins may not have been slowly suffocating, but yes, they were convulsing in pain, and slowly dying due to blood loss.
So you agree there is at least one misleading fact in the film.
IF they are 'slowly dying due to blood loss' then this would be cruel and inhumane. But this is not what the film was saying and blood gushing out of arteries is actually an indication of quick, humane slaughter.
benwj wrote:This is what some people find disturbing, apart from the fact that they are dolphins.
Cows, horses, sheep, goats etc are no longer slaughted this way, unless it is for religious reasons. The accepted method of death is a bolt gun triggered at a precise area on the top of the skull. This is closely monitored by governments and many animal rights groups, and there ARE already videos of the abattoirs that have broken the rules.
The accepted method makes it easier on the onlookers and causes the animals more suffering - death still only occurs when the throats are slit. If you search on my posts you'll see it has been discussed before with scientific references.
I totally agree that people find the scenes disturbing. In my opinion this is because scenes of slaughtering for meat are disturbing for people who have not seen them before.
benwj wrote:As I said, there are obviously concessions for religious reasons and these are respected by myself and others.
But the japanese were not following any religious methods, or scientific methods of slaughter.
I'm not approaching this thread from a religious perspective - rather from a perspective of how best to slaughter animals once one decides we can eat meat.
Now - let me be clear - I find that the way in which the dolphins were treated before being slaughtered to be disturbing - the transportation and dragging of live dolphins. Far better, in my opinion to dispatch the animals on the quayside and then transport the carcasses. This important message is lost when sentimental and misleading propaganda is used to convey wrong and misleading messages.
Cheers,
Shafique