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Mar 12, 2018 8:57 AM
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/592822001
HootSloot
I think you could make a lot of sausage out of just one pig.
dwheatley20021337
Bringing home the bacon
FlingdungTheDeathless
Circle of life
inzane
What a considerate bunch of pigs
Badsequence
Breaking news Pigs reared for meat and in another amazing discovery water is wet more at 11.
Magpiebones
Yeah? They saved the investments of the farmer and prevented painful deaths of the pigs.
Kakhtus
IT'S THE CIIIIIIIIRCLLLLE OF LIIIIIIIIIIFE
shaquanrulez
I think the modern world blends they’re wants and needs so much that we tend to over complicate our experience of being alive, just imo :/
shaquanrulez
Their*
NeonGravestoneLights
AllCanadianEhEhEhBeef
Pre-smoked
inawayofUsagi
BigKahuna128
Bacon Dogs
JohnMagneTrane
Mmmm. Fresh bacon.
TheMagnificentOnion
Of course the firefighters did more than just rescue the walking bacon. They put the whole fire out so I'd say it's a pretty awesome gift
growlingmanatee
Jeez, I've never seen so much dumb comments on something like this. Things like "pigs are for meat".
Santak1ng
Imgur is up in arms over some vegan vlogger mistreating a fennec fox but have no problem joking about pigs getting slaughtered. Go figure.
BeardUp
Twice baked sausage?
tsx1
I think this image captures what the pigs went through:
GuyPrice
Literally, while they likely were going down the gas chamber.
SandwichKnight
Why are they thanking them? They slowed the cooking of the sausages
Dirtsailor2010
What in God's name were they supposed to do? Send the friggin hogs to college? C'mon
mislorod
More savagery: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/food-cocktails/a18714132/pig-adopted-from-shelter-killed-and-eaten-by-owners/
Dusquidnius
Canada is very backwards in some ways. Impolite bastards.
Tigerlover2004
Bruh.....
Nobodyslogan
One of the fireman on that crew is a chef at the pub I work at.
BeSchwifty
Out of the fire and into the frying pan
SnowpersonHitInTheFaceWithALackOfCreativity
We will never see a more perfect comment. God I just have to sit here and admire it for a minute
Eggscalibur
I think I have witnessed the best comment in Imgur history....it was an honour
YouHaventLivedaDayIfYouHaventLaughed
hippybobby
How is this not top comment?
RedClaws23
It is now
Mowsonbro
Out of the fire and into the firefighters
BruceItch
even better said
Impaler9900
literally
mrshoeshinehead
Birddmann
zackofspades
oxphmy
Truly an achievement of Imgur comments
youngmountaingoat
There are times when everything just comes together perfectly. This is one of those times.
AltEff4
CloakedFigure
Thank you for starting my Monday with a laugh.
alexwrath
Glorious.
AzgarOgly
What would you expect? Should these pigs go to the zoo or something?
Woonski
AxelBeingCivil
I mean, what did people think they were keeping the pigs for? They're meat animals.
BruceItch
Still needed to put them out. If they've left them in the blaze, they would've been burnt (or overcooked).
Beeblebrox2nd
Tautology? Aren't all animals meat?
AxelBeingCivil
Meat here denoting their purpose, just as work animals would denote that they do work. Meat means that they're used for meat.
Beeblebrox2nd
Sounds fair, thanks.
ImAChiquitaBanana
If stardew valley has taught me anything, pigs are more valuable for their truffle-finding abilities.
AxelBeingCivil
Truffle hunting is actually really quite destructive and harmful, since it destroys important fungal mycelia.
ImAChiquitaBanana
No doubt. I mean, they're just taking large chunks of a giant still-living organism and selling it for a LOT of money.
PunkassUnicorn
It's ridiculous that this actually needs explaining, people are that fucking shallow....
wotevz
"Thi is just what we do – we are not an animal sanctuary. We give the pigs the best opportunity and the best life they could have for six -
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months. They won’t be kept inside; they are outdoors and fed with organic food which is grown on the farm.”
wotevz
theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/23/firefighters-sausages-piglets-saved-blaze-wiltshire
shaquanrulez
Fucked up
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
Why?
PartyHatGladOS
To be fair, the pigs were always going to be slaughtered.
shaquanrulez
That’s what I’m saying is fucked: that standard :/
CptCaveman69
Wheresthebacon
That'll do pig. That'll do.
OliverClothesoff70
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
zackofspades
Trolling. No matter what you say, I can’t bring myself to believe anyone was that stupid. I choose to believe it’s just trolling.
imnotike
Did you ever hear of Pelosi ?????
forklop
I know someone who believes it's better for animals to grow for the purpose of food rather than experience freedom of nature then get eaten.
GivOsEnSocialistiskKalmarUnion
I would rather use the meat from a wild deer i shot myself, than buy meat from a hen that lived in a cage. Also, taste is better.
forklop
If I knew how to hunt and had the time that's where I'd get all my meat. Fresh venison is the best when cooked properly.
GivOsEnSocialistiskKalmarUnion
Try a proper cooked roe dear heart. Stuff em with persille (dont know english word) wrap bacon around. Then some mushrooms, a sauce. 5/7
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
Honestly some farm food animals live relatively good lives in comparison to wild animals. Depends in free range and factory i guess
forklop
Some are, but most aren't.
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
Right, but many animals dont live very enjoyable lives in the wild. Its not an invalid opinion depending on the farm
jimmypopali2
Where am I looking, here?
OmegaKamidake
The bold part "person very week"
SaikyoStyle
The truth.
FlyingButtPliers
A letter from the future
Iamabananaaa
I mean correct me if I’m wrong but if they burned up in the fire they probably would have been ruined meat in some respect
J0RD0
Yep it would have been over cooked and terrible
marsgoose
Yup, slaughter process is fairly humane compared to burning alive and the meat wasn't wasted.
Wazzu
Read the story. They served them to the firemen 6 months later, as a gift.
AzgarOgly
And not even that. The pigs where slaughtered as usual, meat sold (it's what farmers do) and part of it made into sausages for firefighters.
AaronPaulSturtevant
that and, you know, the suffering.
alticaarden
Ohhhh that
RomeoSniper
Mmm that crisp taste of anguish.
bleblebla
Exactly that, although there was a farm that was pre roasting pigs while they were alive
Stevethebarbarbarbarbarian
I killed this cow... in front of it's children.
RagefilledSwallow
Wait, what!? Really!?
AaronPaulSturtevant
the fuck
deFjus
I mean when most of the pigs we eat are from factory farms quite a large percentage experience something bad.
Donttouchthatwithoutgloves
ADisturbinglyAttractiveCactus
It wouldn't surprise me if this were true, look up donkey noodles.
buttcreambandit
Wouldn’t that fuck the meat up because of all the stress hormones it would release
HormonalWoman
Yup it would be terrible, when they stress the meat goes white and tough.
DatDarthCaedus
Korean, Japanese and Chinese cuisine all have some fish/seafood dishes where the animal is kept alive through the cooking process and 1/2
DatDarthCaedus
while eaten. "Yin Yang fish" from China for example is deep-fried whole, but it's head wrapped in a wet cloth to keep it breathing.
HormonalWoman
My family ran a farm and i had to slaughter animals at a young age. I've done a hell of a lot of fishing and it isn't comparable. I even
PYCKIBOT
But if same was said about dogs in China yall would lose your minds!
MichaeIScott
No shit
HolyCringeLordBatman
Yes because I have 30,000 years of evolutionary imprinting so it doesn't sit right with me at all.
IAmNotTheDevil
I wouldn’t. Meat is meat.
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
I own dogs as pets and therefore i wouldnt be comfortable eating one
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
Well i mean i have dogs as my pets. Wouldnt feel right eating dog meat.
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BugBen
Just like pig, it would depend on how it was cooked. Wouldn't be cultivated as an industry if it couldn't be made palatable.
ZimGenzko
Yah and one of the things you shouldn’t eat because they’re driving them to extinction
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rocketturttle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_farming#China
MishiMoshiSquishyToesies
Actually, the dog meat trade in Asia is horrific. From what I read they torture the dogs while alive and do not slaughter humanely.
3rkk1
While we breed the large majority of these farm animals in factory farms and that existence is often full of pain and suffering also.
MishiMoshiSquishyToesies
Many of the dogs also are not raised on farms as claimed but are stolen pets or strays. At least with pigs we know they are farm-raised and
MishiMoshiSquishyToesies
not bludgeoned and skinned alive. It's not ideal conditions in the US either but some dog meat traders believe that it is necessary to cause
MishiMoshiSquishyToesies
the animal pain in order to make the meat tender. I don't know how legitimate all these facts are but I've read on multiple sources.
MishiMoshiSquishyToesies
So I don't think it's so much that people object to eating dog (though there's that too) but the insanely horrific practices behind it.
naytorin
Pigs would not exist if we didn't start selectively breeding boar for this sole purpose a few millennia ago.
3rkk1
And if we would stop breeding them they couldn't care about anything. While when we breed them they prefer that existence to slaughter.
skywards
I always wonder what that argument is supposed to say. Should the pigs know about that? Should they be thankful or what?
naytorin
It is why they exist. Pretending they'll ever be more than meat livestock is naive.
skywards
Oh you mean like black people were brought to America just to be slaves, so pretending they'll ever be more like that would be naive?
naytorin
Black people existed before that. Pigs, like dogs, wouldn't exist at all without human intervention.
skywards
Also there's truffle pigs, therapy pigs, pet pigs, they get used for research a lot. It's not like they don't have other jobs already.