It was only on for a second. Maybe two. But I cannot get the image out of my mind.
I was watching something on the ABC, I don’t even remember what it was because I wasn’t really watching but the TV was on in front of me. When the show ended I looked up at the TV in the way that you do when there is a change in the sound. You know, even subconsciously, that one show has finished and another is about to start.
And that’s when I saw it – the one second of footage that I cannot get out of my mind.
I don’t even know what it was for but I can sure as hell tell you what it was about – the most awful, heinous and despicable animal cruelty.
I cannot get the image of a man throwing an animal (it turns out it was a turkey at the Inghams factory in Sydney) repeatedly to the ground. And every cell in my body is crying. Literally.
What kind of debased, evil human does that to an animal?
How does this go on while I sit in my bed at home with my dog snoring gently at my feet?
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I fear for humanity when I see things like that.
I’ve tried everything I can to get the image out of my head but I feel like a coward. If I can’t (or don’t want to) see it , it won’t just go away.
I feel sick that there is nothing I can do to help. I feel trapped by my helplessness because I know in my heart that other than donating money (which I do) there is nothing that I can do to stop it.
Sometimes I think I should be working for some kind of animal anti-cruelty organisation but I know that I can’t. I know that the knowledge that comes with a job like that would likely kill my soul. And so I feel worse about myself.
I am not sure of the purpose of this blog post, I don’t know how writing this is going to help because all I want is that image erased and that’s not the right thing to want.
How can a person who can’t process even one second of footage help make sure that it comes to an end?
Is this from about 10 minutes ago on the ABC? I was accidentally watching it too and it almost had me in tears. It was at the Ingham Turkey factory in Sydney. It makes me ill
Thank you Freya – you can tell I couldn’t watch by the fact I thought a turkey was a sheep. No more Ingham products in this house ever. xxxx
((hugs)) don’t eat Inghams over here anyway.
You perfectly capture that feeling of simultaneous anger / helplessness / revulsion. Writing about it may not make you a Sea Shepard activist just yet, but it is activism nonetheless. Well done.
I’m distraught about it. I have 8 chooks and the thought of anyone being cruel to them distresses me deeply. Ingham must act on this immediately and ensure it NEVER happens again.
Hi Lana, thanks for raising awareness of this issue. I am also an animal lover and very distressed by animal cruelty. As a regular consumer of their products, I have written to Inghams advising I will no longer be purchasing their products until the people responsible are sacked and they have sufficient controls in place. This is very heartbreaking.
On another note, I’m sorry to hear you are leaving ivillage. Mamamia hasn’t been the same with rick and yourself no longer there. I did try ivillage but admittedly gave up due to the technical glitches I experienced whenever I seemed to visit.
I’m glad you’ve linked your blog so that I can now continue to enjoy your writing.
Thanks for your comment Flirbee – sorry that I took so long to get back to you! Hope you read this good news in the interim http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201303/s3722891.htm
Thanks also for your kind words about my time at Mamamia – look forward to spending more time with you here! xx 🙂
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