At least the Rat had a good life (Score 1)

What gets me is where is the RSPCA when there are million upon million of instances of animal cruelty going on right now every minute of the day. I'm talking about the practice of large-scale industrial style "farming". Have you seen the movie Food inc? The condition of the chickens in so-called chicken houses is so horrendous they wouldn't even show it to you on camera. One brave soul agreed (and lost her contract with Perdue). The chickens are packed with no room to move and live and die in their own waste. They are bred to have huge breasts and are so top heavy they can't walk properly and topple over. They die by the dozen and their corpses are picked up like so much detritus every day. I have nothing against eating meat, by any means. But I do believe we should not treat animals under our care like they are inanimate lumps of flesh incapable of feeling pain or terror. At least the rat had a good life before he ended in the pot. That can't be said for the animals that make it to our plate.