p21-29.ppt

我们的环境也包括为食其肉而被宰杀的动物。当今工厂化农场的牲畜寿命极短，过着悲惨的不正常的生活，这已是公认的事实。 As part of my research at the University of Waterloo, I toured some of the countrys largest processing plants. The experience has left me with recurring nightmares. 作为我在沃特卢大学研究工作的一部分，我参观过一些全国最大的“加工”厂。这个经历让我日后尽做噩梦。 我见到“固执”的牛被打、尖叫着的猪在屠宰室被人用电卡钳追逐。 I looked on in utter shock as a cow missed the stun gun and was hoisted fully conscious upside down by its hind leg and cut to pieces, thrashing until its last breath. 我万分震惊地目睹一头牛躲过了眩晕枪，结果被缚住后腿倒挂起来，惨遭活剐，一直挣到断气。 Noticing my shock, the foreman remarked: Who cares? Theyre going to die anyway. 工头见我惊骇不已，便说：“管它呢！它们反正得死。” Because it can cost hundreds of dollars per minute to stop the conveyor line, animal welfare comes second to profit. Over 150,000 animals are processed every hour of every working day in Canada, according to Agriculture Canada. 由于传送线停转一分钟就要损失好几百元，家畜的利益就变得不如利润重要。据加拿大农业署称，在加拿大，每个工作日，每小时有150,000多头家畜被“加工”。 The picture gets uglier still. En route to slaughter, farm animals may legally spend anywhere from 36 to 72 hours without food, water or rest. Theyre not even afforded the luxury of temperature controlled trucks in extreme summer heat or sub-zero cold. 情况变得甚至更可怕。家畜在宰杀前的运输途中，法律允许在36—72小时内不给进食，进水，不让休息。即使在炎夏或零度以下的严冬，它们连乘温控卡车的“奢侈”也不让享受。 Agriculture Canada has estimated that more than 3 million Canadian farm animals die slow and painful deaths en route to slaughter each year. 加拿大农业署估计，加拿大每年有3百多万头家畜在宰杀前的运输途中痛苦地慢慢死去。 Ive also visited typical Canadian farms. Gone are the days when piglets snorted and roosters strutted their way about the barnyard. Most of todays modernized farms have long, windowless sheds in which animals live like prisoners their entire lives. I have seen chickens crammed four to a cage, nursing pigs separated from their young by iron bars and veal calves confined to crates so narrow they couldnt turn around. Few of these animals ever experience sunlight or fresh air -- and most of their natural urges are denie