Comments on: Oprah: How We Treat The Animals We Eat

By: Jon from Acai Berry Benefits

Jon from Acai Berry Benefits — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:35:54 +0000

A few years ago my wife when to do an auditing (she's an accountant) at an abatoir and spent a few days in a small office, hearing the animal noices as they were being processed and seing the employees walk around with blood on their clothes. As soon as she came back we became vegetarians. We had tought about it before, but this was the moment it all become too real for her. And I must say that since then we have seen a lot of health benefit as well. .-= Jon from Acai Berry Benefits´s last blog ..Discover The Health Benefits Of Acai Berry =-.

By: Tandi

Tandi — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:34:26 +0000

I thought I would comment and say that the ‘videos’ convinced me to become vegan overnight and that was 5 years ago. I ordered a free vegetarian kit [I don't remember what website it was from, probably PETA] I popped the DVD in thinking it would be about food preparation.

I was horrified as I watched slaughterhouse footage, factory farms, animal torture on farms and I couldn’t believe I had been so blind. The next time I visited the grocery store those images made me painfully aware of where that celophane wrapped meat actually came from.

I always thought of it as ‘food’ and nothing more, but with that one video I felt such an awakening and I’ve never looked back. I think what converts people to veganism is different, it depends on the individual. Some people deny that animal cruelty really occurs so the videos do not have an effect on them, some people come from an angle of health issues, I think that promoting veganism from all angles is important.

By: Engela Botha

Engela Botha — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:57:12 +0000

All humans should become vegans and stop torturing animals.

By: Engela Botha

Engela Botha — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:55:00 +0000

I am a Vegan and huge animal lover from South Africa!!! Oprah – keep up the good work and expose the horrors that animals suffer at the hands of humans. Who gives them the right to do this to God’s creatures? How do they sleep at night? That is why I prefer animals to humans any day! It upsets me to watch videos and other material of animal abuse – but I force myself to watch because I need to know what goes on in the world. I cannot bury my head in the sand and pretend it is not happening just to sooth my own conscience! God Bless – Engela Botha, Bergbron, Gauteng, South Africa.

By: Evita

Evita — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:06:49 +0000

I had a chance to see this show yesterday and got so excited that Oprah did something like this that I wrote an article on it too! I know that the show was not perfect but it was in my opinion definitely a step in the right direction. I am sure it will make many more people more aware now when they buy and eat their meat. I mean it was nothing compared to PETA videos but it was good! What I still can't believe is how the farmers and that opposing lady Julie were justifying the poor treatment of the animals. I wonder what they will think when they watch themselves saying this on national TV - hopefully something will click in their heads of how ridiculous they were sounding trying to defend money and space, like there is no other choice? ~ Recent blog post: Review: Nestea Vitao Acai Blueberry Red Tea ~

By: Eccentric Vegan

Eccentric Vegan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:20:40 +0000

Way to go, Pamela! Congratulations!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:17:45 +0000

I’m so glad Oprah showed this though. I couldn’t bare to eat meat anymore after watching this and I’m proud to stand up now and say no to the slaughter/torture of animals for profit. I cut out milk and most dairy a little more than 3 years ago and am now cutting out animals products all together.

By: Eccentric Vegan

Eccentric Vegan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:03:31 +0000

Pete, I don’t think it was a commercial for happy meat. I think it was about Prop 2 and it came across as more ‘vote yes’ than ‘vote no.’

And I think there were some key points, like where they reminded people of how intelligent pigs are and how loyal geese are. Where they made the animals WHOs instead of WHATs.

I think it could have been better and the trailer does make ‘free-range’ seem appealing, but overall, I think getting this issue on Oprah at all is a net good.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:55:29 +0000

The trailer above is misleading as it makes it look like Oprah is going to expose the “free-range” for what it really is. It turned out to be one big commercial for “happy meat”. As an alternative to factory farms they showed some of the most idyllic free range farms for hens, pigs and cows. As anyone can find out at humanemyth.org, so called “free-range” operations are far far from this. I’m afraid that potential future veg*ns will now simply choose “happy meat” over ever considering vegetarian or vegan. The guy from HSUS claimed that factory farms commodify animals, as if free-range operations do not. I’m sure it will make some people think deeper and ultimately go vegan but I’m afraid it might negate that benefit by giving everyone an out to clear their conscience by just choosing “free range”.

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:29:26 +0000

Finally!

I always said that if we wanted to change the world or show the world about animal cruelty it had to be during the Super Bowl or on Oprah!

Finally!

Keep spreading the word..

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Lets keep it rollin!

Barry