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Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to imagine that one morning you\Nwake up and as you stretch in bed, your fingers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.11,0:00:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graze your oak headboard and suddenly, before\Nyour eyes, you see the tiniest acorn fall
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.68,0:01:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the ground, sink into the earth, shoot\Nup into a great oak, get cut down by industrial
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.79,0:01:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,machinery, chopped into pieces, manufactured\Ninto a headboard, packaged, shipped, displayed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.80,0:01:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and purchased by you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.59,0:01:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This all happens in the span of a few seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.54,0:01:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start thinking maybe you aren’t quite\Nawake it was just a particularly vivid dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.91,0:01:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you throw back your sheets, you’re\Nregaled with their entire journey from cotton
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.08,0:01:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seedlings in a field all the way to adorning\Nyour mattress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.97,0:01:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this point you’re understandably afraid\Nto move, so you yell for a loved one, instinctually
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.79,0:01:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaching out to them as they rush in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.98,0:01:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it happens again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.26,0:01:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only this time you’re not watching their\Nhistory, you’re seeing it through their
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.99,0:01:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.11,0:01:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every moment in their life as they saw it,\Nevery experience as they experienced it—all
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.69,0:01:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the blink of an eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.15,0:02:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s all so much at once you find yourself\Nunable to explain to them what’s happening—at
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.13,0:02:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,least not without sounding insane.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.95,0:02:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you laugh it off—must have been a bad\Ndream—and thank them when they offer to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.15,0:02:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make breakfast.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.72,0:02:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe getting something in your stomach will\Nsettle things down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.26,0:02:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You keep your socks on as you make your way\Nto the table to save yourself the life story
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.36,0:02:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your floors and carpets, and pull back\Nyour chair with your foot before carefully
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.24,0:02:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.41,0:02:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You decide to just use a single fork for everything\Nthat you’re going to eat so that you don’t
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.82,0:02:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to learn more than you care to know about\Nutensil production.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.70,0:02:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your plate is set before you and your loved\None or family member or roommate joins you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.14,0:02:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You smile and thank them and say you must\Nhave just been hungry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.06,0:02:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you make the mistake of taking a\Nbite of bacon.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.21,0:02:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it happens again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.08,0:02:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think you would see?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.04,0:02:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you hear?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.81,0:02:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Smell?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.31,0:02:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feel?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.81,0:03:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would it be like seeing through the eyes\Nof that pig?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.02,0:03:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just imagine the full scope of this—every\Nitem you pick up at the store, every piece
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.88,0:03:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of clothing you put on, every person whose\Nhand you shake or hug.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.96,0:03:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would your understanding of the world\Nand those around you change?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.43,0:03:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how would it affect your food choices?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.10,0:03:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, my name is Emily Moran Barwick.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.07,0:03:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m an animal liberation activist, an artist,\Nan educator and a vegan.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.14,0:03:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I created the YouTube channel and accompanying\Nwebsite, Bite Size Vegan, where I educate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.20,0:03:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people about veganism through a wide array\Nof video styles covering a diverse range of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.14,0:03:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subjects.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.14,0:03:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our time together today, I’m very likely\Ngoing to challenge some of your life-long
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.26,0:03:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.26,0:03:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m going to ask you to set aside your preconceptions,\Nsuspend any certainties, and try to see with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.61,0:03:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fresh set of eyes that which you’ve never\Nquestioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.51,0:03:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The everyday, ordinary, accepted aspects of\Nyour daily life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.98,0:04:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am aware that this is a great deal to ask\Nof you, especially coming from a total stranger.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.21,0:04:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m asking for your trust when I haven’t\Neven earned it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.36,0:04:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But believe it or not, I am not here to force\Nmy beliefs upon you—to criticize your country,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.86,0:04:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culture, traditions, religions, or beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.87,0:04:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not here to shame or shock you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.79,0:04:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not even here to make you vegan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.03,0:04:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won’t pretend to have that power.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.53,0:04:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no one really makes any lasting change\Nthrough force anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.75,0:04:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I’m simply here to show you what\Nis really going on every second of every day
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.69,0:04:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around the world behind closed doors—including\Nhere, in Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.03,0:04:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m here to present evidence—for your\Nconsideration—that things may not be as
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.97,0:04:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they appear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.76,0:04:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Undoing a life-long belief is no easy task.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.40,0:04:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in order to make informed decisions, to\Nlook ourselves in the mirror and ask if we
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.64,0:05:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are truly living the values we purport to\Nhave, we must know the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.89,0:05:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must educate ourselves about what is really\Ngoing on, not rely on what we’ve been taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.90,0:05:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must make decisions based on facts, not\Nfantasy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.41,0:05:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ll want to preface this talk by saying\Nthat I’m going to be transparent with you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.25,0:05:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I’ll even tell you if I don’t know\Nsomething.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.12,0:05:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will be focusing rather intensely on the\Nsituation here in Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.38,0:05:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I’m obviously not from here—and as\Nmuch as I strive to be diligent in my research,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.95,0:05:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be a grave misjudgment and incredibly\Npresumptuous on my part to come here and try
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.47,0:05:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell you about your own country, especially\Non something so incredibly central to your
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.82,0:05:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,country’s history, economy and culture,\Nas animal agriculture.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.32,0:05:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The facts I’ll present today are not of\Nmy creation—I’ve sourced them from primarily
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.50,0:05:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Irish governmental and industry documents,\Nthe European Union, and many, many others.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.48,0:06:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don’t even have to believe me—I will\Nbe providing you with a link to a resource
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.57,0:06:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sheet containing a full transcript of this\Ntalk with detailed citations for every fact
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.57,0:06:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I state, a full bibliography and additional\Nresources so that you can dig deeper.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.05,0:06:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ll only be able to barely scratch the\Nsurface in this brief window of time we have
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.61,0:06:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.61,0:06:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let’s get started.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.31,0:06:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For anyone unfamiliar with the term “veganism,”\Nvegans do not eat, wear, or use anything that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.60,0:06:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came from someone else’s body.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.71,0:06:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don’t eat meat, drink milk or eat cheese.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.20,0:06:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don’t consume eggs or honey.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.28,0:06:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don’t wear leather, wool, silk, or down.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.28,0:06:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don’t use products that were tested on\Nanimals or contain byproducts from their slaughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.00,0:06:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we don’t attend circuses, zoos, aquariums,\Nor any other event that exploits living beings
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.10,0:06:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our entertainment and pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.65,0:06:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you may think this is an extreme way of\Nlife—most people do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.09,0:06:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it seems unrealistic, unnatural, even\Ndangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.25,0:07:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps a well-intended but misguided over-reaction\Nto isolated cases of animal cruelty.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.78,0:07:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, most people identify as animal\Nlovers—they don’t want to cause the suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.23,0:07:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and death of innocent beings anymore than\Nvegans do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.92,0:07:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all those undercover videos of abuse and\Nhorror stories of cruelty you hear in the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.72,0:07:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,news—those are in America, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.86,0:07:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or China.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.87,0:07:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or some far away land.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.30,0:07:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a case of one corrupt individual giving\Nall farmers a bad name.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.51,0:07:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the inevitable product of factory farms,\Nbig agribusiness, and corporate greed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.78,0:07:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it’s not like that here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.37,0:07:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we have smaller farms.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.94,0:07:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Higher standards.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.94,0:07:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Better conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.23,0:07:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stronger regulations.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.14,0:07:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our farmers care about their animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.77,0:07:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe your family or you yourself are involved\Nin some aspect of animal agriculture and find
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.88,0:07:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the claims of many animal activists objectionable,\Ninflammatory, and completely out of line with
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.54,0:07:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your own practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.67,0:08:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe the rolling green pastures you drive\Npast, with peacefully grazing cows seem to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.00,0:08:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be another world from the vegan arguments\Nagainst beef and dairy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.34,0:08:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe you have a friend who raises their\Nown chickens for eggs and treats them like
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.20,0:08:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family members, nothing like the tiny cages\Nin the media.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.53,0:08:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly there’s a middle ground between\Nsystematic abuse and the extreme measures
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.66,0:08:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of veganism?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.70,0:08:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A way of farming animals that’s inline with\Nthe inherent values of humanity: stewardship,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.49,0:08:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion, respect for life, humane treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.55,0:08:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assuming this is the case, how much do you\Nknow about the exact nature of these higher
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.96,0:08:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standards and stronger regulations—or even\Nthe origin of the animal or animal product
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.77,0:08:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on your table?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.07,0:08:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where were they born?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.07,0:08:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where and how were they housed?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.07,0:08:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How were they treated?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.54,0:08:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How were they killed?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.26,0:08:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately—or, you may think fortunately—the\Nhypothetical exercise we started off with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.10,0:08:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is total fantasy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.58,0:08:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vast majority of people posses very little\Nto no knowledge of where their food comes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.25,0:09:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from and how the individuals from whom it\Nwas taken were treated—including the Republic
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.43,0:09:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Ireland and the whole of the EU.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.33,0:09:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we eat is such an accepted part of our\Nevery day life that most of us have never
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.18,0:09:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even thought to question what we’ve been\Ntold.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.59,0:09:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn’t due to a lack of intelligence—this\Ninformation is deliberately difficult to find—and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.80,0:09:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even then, it’s couched in euphemisms and\Ndense legal language.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.06,0:09:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which makes you wonder— if there’s really\Nnothing wrong with how we breed, raise, and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.76,0:09:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kill the animals we eat—if it really is\Nbetter here, why such make such an effort?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.23,0:09:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we’re going to decode this language,\Nlook behind closed doors—we’re going to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.80,0:09:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take that figurative bite and see the history\Nof the animals we eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.11,0:09:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is not just about them, but also\Nthe environment, our health, and the health
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.80,0:09:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our family.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.40,0:09:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You deserve to know the truth about what you’re\Nputting in your body—about what you’re
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.65,0:09:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeing your children.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.75,0:10:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you certainly deserve to know what you’re\Npaying others to do to animals in your name.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.49,0:10:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I’m not even talking about instances\Nof overt abuse and neglect—which have and
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.13,0:10:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do occur in Ireland— because we all know\Nsuch cruelty is unacceptable.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.74,0:10:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we’re going to focus on are the standard\Noperating procedures and best practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.70,0:10:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may already be familiar with some of what\NI’ll cover—perhaps it’s even part of
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.32,0:10:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your every day work—but remember today is\Nabout seeing these accepted conventions through
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.53,0:10:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new eyes—the animals’ eyes—and questioning\Nour mentality towards these beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.55,0:10:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To this end I’ll be using terminology you\Nmay find objectionable when applied to non-humans—perhaps
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.18,0:10:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overly anthropomorphic.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.83,0:10:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a perfect example of our completely\Ncontradictory beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.93,0:10:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humane regulations are an inherent admission\Nof animals’ ability to suffer and feel pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.22,0:10:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how can we claim that our standards are\Nhigher, our animals better treated, that they’re
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.64,0:10:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healthy and happy—then deny that they even\Npossess these capacities when asked to see
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.71,0:11:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their perspective?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.39,0:11:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot have it both ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.01,0:11:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let’s see how the vast majority of Ireland’s\Npopulation lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.16,0:11:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Republic of Ireland’s human population\Nis now over 4.7 million.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.74,0:11:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course this does not include the over 1\Nand a half million pigs, 5 million sheep,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.67,0:11:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost 7 million cows, and 11 million chickens\Nand other birds.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.33,0:11:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you most likely are aware, Ireland’s\Nmain animal agriculture outputs are dairy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.12,0:11:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beef, however the most highly consumed\Nanimal products in the Republic are pig meat
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.22,0:11:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and poultry.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.22,0:11:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, Ireland has one of the highest levels\Nof poultry meat consumption within the EU
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.61,0:11:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at 32.8kg per person in 2015, finally overtaking\NIrish per capita pig meat consumption by over
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.00,0:11:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kilo.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.00,0:11:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, believe it or not, at least according\Nto the respective countries’ statistics
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.82,0:11:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from 2014, Ireland’s population consumed\Nalmost 7 kilos more poultry per person than
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.58,0:12:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States, and between 9 and 24 kilos\Nmore red meat, depending on the measurement
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.60,0:12:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parameters.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.88,0:12:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just so happens that the most highly consumed\Nmeats in Ireland are the most intensively
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.32,0:12:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,farmed, though this can be easy to miss as\Nthe Agricultural Census groups pigs, poultry,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.08,0:12:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,horticulture, fruit and mixed crops as “Other.”
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.29,0:12:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland’s pig industry states in its own\N2015 report that “currently 99%+ of Irish
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.48,0:12:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pigs are bred and reared in indoor, non-straw\Nbedded, slatted or solid floor systems.”
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.33,0:12:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2003 the European Commission stated that\Nwhile “the majority of pigs for fattening
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.27,0:12:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(81 %) are reared on units of 200 pigs or\Nmore,”…[t]he industry in…Ireland is
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.46,0:12:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,characterised by units of more than 1000.”
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.26,0:12:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the pig industry worldwide, it’s\Nstandard practice to “process” piglets—a
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.77,0:12:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perfect example of the euphemistic terminology\Nwith which we reduce individuals to inventory.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.07,0:12:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It allows us to distance ourselves from our\Nactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.89,0:13:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During “processing” baby pigs have their\Nteeth cut or ground, their ears sliced or
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.30,0:13:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pierced, their tails cut off and boys have\Ntheir testicles ripped out—all without anesthetic.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.65,0:13:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the Irish pig industry seems to favor\Nraising intact males, the Republic’s laws
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.12,0:13:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explicitly permit unanaesthetized castration,\Nalong with teeth and tail cutting of piglets
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.40,0:13:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under 8 days of age.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.12,0:13:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ear tagging, notching, or other “lawful\Napplication” of identification are permitted
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.53,0:13:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at any age on any animal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.95,0:13:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Baby pigs are killed before they’re 6 months\Nold—a decade before their natural lifespan.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.55,0:13:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The brief time they get to spend with their\Nmother is through the thick metal bars of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.16,0:13:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her farrowing crate.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.54,0:13:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nursing mothers are tightly confined, unable\Nto turn around or interact with their babies.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.78,0:13:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pigs are highly intelligent and incredibly\Nsocial, ranking with primates in their level
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.20,0:13:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of social cognition.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.02,0:14:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mothers can recognize their piglets by sound\Nalone, and sing to their babies while nursing—referred
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.63,0:14:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to in studies as “nursing vocalization.”
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.66,0:14:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But despite their scientifically recognized\Narray of complex emotions, piglets are separated
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.01,0:14:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their mother within days or weeks of\Ntheir birth, with Ireland specifying no earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.09,0:14:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than 21 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.36,0:14:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sooner her babies are taken, the faster\Nshe can “re-enter production.”
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.52,0:14:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At her “time of service,” the astounding\Nterm for forceful penetration of her vagina
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.73,0:14:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an instrument full of boar semen, she\Nmay legally be chained in place, one of the
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.07,0:14:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,number of exceptions allowing the tethered\Nrestrained of pigs.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.89,0:14:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tethering stalls as a whole, where pigs were\Nchained in place all the time were outlawed
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.16,0:14:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the EU in 1995, but as we’ll continually\Nsee with all regulations, this came with ample
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.52,0:14:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exceptions, loopholes, and a 10 year window\Nfor implementation.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.21,0:14:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1998 91% of Ireland’s mother pigs were\Nstill confined to sow stalls or tethered.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.61,0:15:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when sow stalls, also known as gestation\Ncrates, were subsequently outlawed through
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.96,0:15:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 2001 EU decision, again with ample fine-print\Nexceptions and only for a certain portion
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.09,0:15:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their pregnancy, Ireland was one of nine\Nmember states found to be non-compliant in
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.09,0:15:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2013, with the European Commission stating\Nthey’d “had twelve years to ensure a smooth
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.86,0:15:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transition to the new system and to implement\Nthe Directive.”
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.16,0:15:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later that same year, the organization Compassion\Nin World Farming released an undercover video
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.87,0:15:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their investigation into five pig farms\Nin Cork, Waterford and Kerry, with one investigator
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.19,0:15:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stating, “These are the worst pig farms\Nthat we have seen in Europe, and the worst
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.50,0:15:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conditions that I have seen in years,” finding\Npigs covered in their own excrement, relegated
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.61,0:15:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to filthy pens, cannibalizing dead pigs left\Nin their pens out of boredom, bins full of
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.13,0:16:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carcasses, weak and emaciated pigs left to\Ndie, open wounds, among other violations.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.62,0:16:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fearing their findings were an indication\Nof conditions within “a large section of
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.55,0:16:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Irish pig farming,” the organization noted\Nhow “Ironically, as these investigations
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.45,0:16:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were taking place, Ireland held the EU Presidency.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.21,0:16:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During their tenure, the Irish Government\Nmade a show of taking the lead on animal welfare.”
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.60,0:16:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humane regulations do not equal humane treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.62,0:16:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I mentioned earlier, there’s a tendency\Nto dismiss these kinds of investigation as
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.08,0:16:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isolated incidents—five isolated incidents\Nin this case.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.32,0:16:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s why I’m laying out in such detail\Nthe exact nature of the highest standards
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.27,0:16:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,available—standards that reduce intelligent\Nbeings to machinery.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.08,0:16:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That allow the repeat sexual exploitation\Nand confinement of mothers, the mutilation
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.98,0:16:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of babies, the separation of families in order\Nto churn out the next round of living products.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.82,0:17:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we look at Ireland’s own portrayal of\Nideal conditions, images printed in welfare
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.33,0:17:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guides, pig farms featured on Ear to the Ground,\Nand make the effort to see with a fresh set
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.27,0:17:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of eyes, how can we call this treatment humane?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.02,0:17:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this is the highest standard, what’s\Nhappening when the camera’s not rolling?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.29,0:17:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This particular episode of Ear to the Ground\Nperfectly illustrates our true motivation
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.81,0:17:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for enhanced welfare—allowing a few pigs\Nto access to the outdoors for the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.67,0:17:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their lives to see if this improves the\Nflavor of their flesh and the price their
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.68,0:17:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carcasses will fetch.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.76,0:17:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland’s Pig Industry Stakeholders in their\Nown 2015 report cite animal health and welfare
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.33,0:17:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as major challenges, and propose a financial\Nincentive of €200 per sow for depopulation—meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.50,0:17:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,payment for killing and “restocking” their\N“inventory.”
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.40,0:18:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2015, 3.2 million pigs were killed in export-approved\Nplants in Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.24,0:18:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we add in the estimate for non-export\Napproved plants and the 181,000 Irish pigs
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.80,0:18:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shipped alive to other countries, the body\Ncount climbs to 3.6 million (3,575,737).
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.55,0:18:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This does not include pigs “destroyed”\Nfor disease or depopulation, nor the worn
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.01,0:18:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out mother sows killed with their “production”\Ndeclines.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.34,0:18:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deemed unfit for human consumption, even in\Ntheir death’s these serially abused beings
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.45,0:18:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are denied any recognition of individuality.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.15,0:18:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are capable of treating these social,\Nintelligent, emotive beings—who show affection
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.62,0:18:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and play in many of the same ways as our beloved\Ncanine companions—with such malicious, selfish
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.54,0:18:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disregard, imagine what we’re capable of\Ndoing to beings with whom we’re less able
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.72,0:18:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to relate, 2015 was a banner year for the\NIrish Poultry and Egg industries, with rising
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.04,0:19:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,global demands and domestic consumption.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.16,0:19:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along with poultry surpassing pig flesh as\Nthe most eaten meat in the country, Irish
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.09,0:19:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,egg consumption and production are also rose,\Nwith the nation’s 240 egg producers churning
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.65,0:19:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out 281 million more eggs in 2015 than five\Nyears prior.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.52,0:19:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By sheer quantity alone, chickens are the\Nmost severely exploited of farmed land animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.12,0:19:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mothers of the pig industry, layer hens\Nare imprisoned, used up, and thrown away when
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.17,0:19:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their bodies give out prematurely from the\Nextreme demands of production.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.36,0:19:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hens lose vital nutrients every time their\Nbody forms an egg.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.61,0:19:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every aspect of their lives is regulated to\Nensure maximum output.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.38,0:19:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From breeding them to produce eggs at an alarmingly\Nunnatural rate, to controlling their laying
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.77,0:19:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cycles with days and days of persistent light\Nfollowed by long periods of complete darkness,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.69,0:19:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to starving them for weeks at a time in an\Neffort to force yet another egg cycle from
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.16,0:20:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their worn out bodies, a process benignly\Nreferred to as “induced molting.”.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.26,0:20:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, the EU essentially banned the complete\Nremoval of food and water in 1999, so instead
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.12,0:20:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of suffering through up to 3 years of this\Nbrutality, European hens whose production
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.85,0:20:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has declined have the good fortune of being\Nslaughtered around their first birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.45,0:20:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vast majority of the world’s more than\N7 billion layer hens spend their abbreviated
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.50,0:20:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lives in cramped battery cages, unable to\Neven extend their wings.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.81,0:20:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you may have heard the big fuss about\Nthe European Union’s groundbreaking directive
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.83,0:20:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set in 1999 banning “barren battery cages”\Nby 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.48,0:20:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the media coverage, you’d think EU\Nlayer hens are living in luxury.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.16,0:20:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as we’re seeing with humane regulation,\Nthe devil is truly in the details.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.94,0:20:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In reality, the directive merely replaced\Nbarren battery cages with “enriched,”
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.61,0:20:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning furnished, battery cages.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.61,0:21:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reports extolled how hens would now be afforded\N750cm2 each, neglecting the legislation’s
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.86,0:21:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clarification that only 600 of these would\Nbe usable due to “furnishings”—meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.02,0:21:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this most “revolutionary” advancement\Nfor the rights of layer hens granted them
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.65,0:21:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each an additional 50cm2.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.14,0:21:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding the true impotence of this legislation\Nmakes its pathetic implementation all the
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.67,0:21:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more baffling.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.93,0:21:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2012, nine countries told the European\NCommission that their farmers would not meet
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.30,0:21:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deadline for conversion, with four additional\Ncountries saying it was unlikely they’d
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.07,0:21:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.29,0:21:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These thirteen countries had over 12 years\Nto grant the laying hens they enslave a meager
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.28,0:21:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50cm2.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.69,0:21:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all the while the media celebrates the\Nvictory for animal welfare, the public eats
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.50,0:21:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more and more eggs, reassured by their higher\Nstandards, and the individuals this entire
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.74,0:22:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,charade is supposed to be for, remain just\Nas exploited.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.99,0:22:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is readily evident if when we put a face\Nto the figures.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.76,0:22:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meet Alice and Joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.97,0:22:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were both liberated with a few of their\Nsisters from Irish egg farms and brought to
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.28,0:22:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eden Sanctuary just outside of Dublin, where\Nthey walked on grass and saw the sky for the
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.99,0:22:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first time in their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.23,0:22:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alice came from a battery cage farm.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.63,0:22:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy came from an enriched cage farm.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.78,0:22:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eden’s founder, Sandra Higgins, described\Nin a report on the EU Directive the conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.59,0:22:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which Joy and her friends were imprisoned.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.16,0:22:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“A large number of them had extremely inflamed\Nand swollen bodies, obviously stressed to
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.62,0:22:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the limit by the human demand for eggs.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.34,0:22:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One hen was barely able to walk, her legs\Nunable to keep her body upright because they
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.98,0:22:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were forced so wide apart from the swelling\Nin her abdomen.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.88,0:22:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some had prolapsed from the effort of laying\Neggs.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.72,0:22:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some died of egg peritonitis.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.90,0:23:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy, like the others, was exceptionally light,\Nwith a mere covering of skin and feathers
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.06,0:23:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over her sharply protruding keel or breast\Nbone.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.58,0:23:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had ammonia scalds on her skin.”
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.35,0:23:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently they hadn’t seen the news to\Nknow how fortunate they were to be living
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.56,0:23:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the highest of standards.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.67,0:23:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confronted with this reality, most people\Npropose a shift to free-range and cage-free
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.75,0:23:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.75,0:23:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as we’ve seen, the only comfort these\Nlabels bring is to our own conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.12,0:23:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cage-free birds are crammed into tiny sheds\Nand have twice the mortality rates of battery
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.44,0:23:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caged hens.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.12,0:23:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They still have their sensitive beaks cut\Nor burned off, and as they still suffer the
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.02,0:23:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same predisposition to osteoporosis from their\Ninbred overproduction of eggs —which, with
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.75,0:23:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their increased opportunity for movement,\Nresults in an increased incidence of fractures.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.80,0:23:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their bodies are their prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.33,0:23:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most horrifying consequence of our perverse\Ngenetic manipulation, is the fate of male
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.39,0:23:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,layer chicks.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.54,0:24:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ve optimized our machines, you see, and\Ndesigned one kind of chicken for meat and
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.19,0:24:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another kind for eggs.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.40,0:24:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of this, the egg industry produces\Nbillions of unwanted male baby chicks every
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.94,0:24:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.94,0:24:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To “dispose of”—as it’s termed—these\Nbaby chicks, they are either painfully gassed,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.60,0:24:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slowly suffocated in plastic bags, or they\Nare ground up alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.02,0:24:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is standard practice all over the world,\Nregardless of cage-free, free-range, and organic
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.87,0:24:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,labels.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.08,0:24:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The EU regulation under which Ireland operates\Nlists maceration as the preferred method,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.23,0:24:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifying that chicks must be less than 72\Nhours old when the are killed –they are
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.09,0:24:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not even granted three days of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.16,0:24:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you won’t find any mention of this barbaric\Npractice in Ireland’s newly implemented
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.15,0:24:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Animal Welfare Act, or anything specifying\Nmethods of confinement and slaughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.86,0:24:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even if you manage to unravel the convoluted\Nlanguage and trace the overly complex changes
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.08,0:25:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in legislation enough to find what eventually\Nbecame part 7 of Schedule 5 of the Welfare
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.75,0:25:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Farmed Animals Regulations, you’ll find,\Namongst a myriad of disturbing details of
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.28,0:25:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legalized murder, “The permitted methods\Nfor the killing of chicks,” cleanly laying
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.88,0:25:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out the proper way to grind up conscious,\Nliving, feeling, day old babies.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.94,0:25:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course if you happen to look deeper and\Nfind that Schedule 5 was deleted in its entirety
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.37,0:25:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2013, you may understandably assume chick\Ndisposal was abolished.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.53,0:25:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In reality, the reason Ireland’s new Welfare\NAct seems so sterile is that it simply defers
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.35,0:25:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gruesome details to the EU Regulations,\Nand Ireland-specific supporting statutory
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.08,0:25:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instruments.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.86,0:25:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope by now my initial claims that we can’t\Ntrust what we are told are sounding slightly
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.16,0:25:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less like a conspiracy theory.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.98,0:25:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you’re wondering why this hasn’t been\Nexposed on the news, it has.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.40,0:26:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time it’s people are appalled,\Noutraged, disgusted.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.72,0:26:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wonder how anyone person or industry\Ncould be so barbaric.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.46,0:26:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they continue to eat eggs, not realizing\Nthey’ve just answered their own question.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.79,0:26:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The European Commission estimates that the\NEU kills 330 million chicks every year, with
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.85,0:26:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,global estimates at 3.2 billion.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.94,0:26:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The chickens of Ireland’s raises meat industry\Naren’t any better off, bred to grow at such
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.67,0:26:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alarming rates that they collapse under their\Nown weight before being sent to slaughter
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.67,0:26:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at only 5-6 weeks old.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.08,0:26:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2015 Ireland killed a record 80.3 million\Nchickens in approved export plants alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.99,0:26:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland’s SafeFood review not only describes\Nin detail how Irish chickens are hung upside
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.41,0:26:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down and dragged through electrified water\Nbaths, but also addresses the health impact
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.85,0:26:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the human population.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.64,0:26:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Campylobacter is the most common cause of\Nbacterial gastroenteritis in Ireland, with
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.59,0:27:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“the highest burden…seen in children under\Nfive.”
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.09,0:27:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2008, of the broiler chicken carcasses\Ninspected from Ireland, 98% were contaminated
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.93,0:27:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Campylobacter.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.81,0:27:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That same year, Ireland had the most outbreaks\Nof Cryptosporidiosis and E-coli in the entire
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.29,0:27:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EU and EEA.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.78,0:27:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I’m sure your familiar with bovine spongiform\Nencephalopathy or mad cow disease—which
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.13,0:27:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings us finally to most iconic and the most\Nprofitable sectors of Ireland’s animal agriculture:
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.35,0:27:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dairy and beef.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.31,0:27:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland is home to over 6.3 million cows.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.58,0:27:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1.7 million were slaughtered in factories\N& abattoirs in 2015, with total “disposals”
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.70,0:27:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it’s termed, reaching nearly 2.1 million.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.09,0:27:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these numbers say little about the lives\Nof these beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.53,0:27:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know milk comes from cows.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.19,0:27:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may think they have a constant supply of\Nmilk and even that they need to be milked
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.45,0:27:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to relieve the pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.62,0:28:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But cows are mammals, just like us.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.69,0:28:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They produce milk for one reason: to feed\Ntheir babies.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.20,0:28:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cows carry their babies for 9 months, just\Nlike we do, they lactate to feed their babies,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.55,0:28:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like we do, and after weaning, they stop\Nproducing milk, just like we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.08,0:28:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in order to have a constant supply of cow’s\Nmilk for human consumption, we need a constant
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.69,0:28:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supply of pregnant cows.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.60,0:28:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the dairy industry, as we’ve seen with\Nmother pigs, cows are repeatedly subjected
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.36,0:28:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what we call artificial insemination.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.32,0:28:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But were we to awake in the condition of our\Nimaginary scenario, take a sip of milk and
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.23,0:28:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see the same experience from the cow’s perspective,\Nwe’d not hesitate a moment to call it rape.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.40,0:28:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cows are restrained, anally penetrated by\Nthe inseminator’s arm, and vaginally penetrated
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.17,0:28:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the semen-containing rod.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.83,0:29:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aside from the trauma of this experience,\Ncows often sustain internal injuries, which
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.54,0:29:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is why AI training on female cows at slaughterhouses\Nis gaining popularity.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.61,0:29:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, any damage to working cows would\Nslow down production, and what’s another
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.33,0:29:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violation when they’ll be dead soon anyways?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.24,0:29:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter where she’s raised or how she’s\Nhoused, when a dairy cow gives birth, her
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.02,0:29:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,baby is taken away.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.60,0:29:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can’t have them sucking up all the profits,\Nafter all.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.92,0:29:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Animal Health Ireland’s handy CalfCare guide\Nadvises that “dairy calves should be removed
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.87,0:29:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their dams,” meaning mothers, “immediately\Nafter birth and hand-fed colostrum,” which
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.62,0:29:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the very first milk all mothers produce,\Ncontaining important antibodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.23,0:29:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go on to explain that “the dairy calf\Nis going to be separated from the cow anyways”
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.42,0:29:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as “dairy cows are not bred for their mothering\Nabilities,” citing the low quality of their
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.93,0:29:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colostrum.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.52,0:29:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only does this negate the emotional devastation\Nof having child after child taken away, but
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.87,0:30:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it even uses the consequences of our own exploitation\Nas a means of justification.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.38,0:30:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cows bond intensely with their calves and\Nwill cry for days when they are taken.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.42,0:30:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A former cattle rancher friend of mine turned\Nvegan when she witnessed her cows chasing
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.63,0:30:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the trailer as it took their children away.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.93,0:30:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says they cried for days and only stopped\Nwhen they lost their voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.28,0:30:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not anthropomorphizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.57,0:30:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a mother’s grief and it’s utterly\Nheartbreaking to watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.19,0:30:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If her baby is male, he is sent to a veal\Nfarm where he is tied down, unable to move,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.95,0:30:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or locked in a cage where he cannot even turn\Naround until he’s slaughtered while still
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.82,0:30:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only a few weeks old.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.20,0:30:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Veal, an industry that even many meat-eaters\Noppose, wouldn’t exist without dairy.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.89,0:30:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every cup of yogurt, every scoop of ice cream\Nand every glass of milk is directly connected
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.11,0:30:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the deaths of those baby calves.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.04,0:30:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course the dairy calves of Ireland are\Nshipped to other countries to meet their fate.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.11,0:31:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Female calves are doomed to suffer the same\Nfate as their mothers, whose worn out bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.29,0:31:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give out around 4 or 5 years of age, despite\Ntheir natural lifespan of 20 years or more.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.73,0:31:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’re sent to slaughter for cheap meat\Nand pet food, deemed unfit for human consumption.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.80,0:31:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the slaughterhouse, many of these mothers\Nface their final and most brutal separation
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.24,0:31:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from yet another child.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.69,0:31:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While formal statistics are difficult to obtain\Nas most studies focus on the economic cost
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.79,0:31:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of “fetal wastage,” accounts range from\Napproximately 10% to 70% of cows arriving
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.59,0:31:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the slaughterhouse pregnant.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.85,0:31:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland’s welfare laws allow the unanesthetized\Ncastration of cows up to 6 months of age with
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.90,0:31:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a burdizzo, or a rubber ring around their\Nscrotum up to 8 days of age, as well as the
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.55,0:31:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,painful removal of their horns up to 15 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.15,0:31:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course Ireland’s Farm Animal Welfare\NAdvisory Council recommends these procedures
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.23,0:31:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not be carried out simultaneously with the\Nweaning of beef calves, stating that, “Weaning
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.13,0:32:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the suckled calf from its mother can be\Nparticularly stressful for both the cow and
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.67,0:32:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her calf.”
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.67,0:32:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their dairy brochure offers a single bullet\Npoint, that “Weaning of calves should be
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.02,0:32:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done with the minimum of stress.”
Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.52,0:32:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An EU audit encompassing only a fraction of\NIrish dairy farms between 2012 and 2014, found
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.71,0:32:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to 70 welfare violations per year, stating\Nthat “the most frequently detected in bovine
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.81,0:32:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,animals is mutilation.”
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.44,0:32:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that despite corrective measures, “the\Nnumber of mutilation non-compliances detected
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.50,0:32:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from 2012 to 2014 remained stable.”
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.39,0:32:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Living beings aren’t meant to be production\Nmachines.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.61,0:32:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dairy cows are prone to infections from frequent\Nmilkings, and are often pumped full of antibiotics
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.37,0:32:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and growth hormones, all of which seep into\Ntheir milk.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.08,0:32:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even here in Ireland there’s an official\Nnumber of pus cells allowed in milk, euphemistically
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.54,0:32:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,referred to as the “somatic cell count.”
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.92,0:32:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States, 750,000 pus cells are\Nallowed in every mL, with the EU specifying
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.71,0:33:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,400,000 cells/mL and Brazil allowing 1,000,000\Ncells/mL].
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.63,0:33:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, Ireland’s dairy and beef cattle are\Nlargely pasture raised and on much smaller
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.35,0:33:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,farms than industrial production.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.60,0:33:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even that’s changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.69,0:33:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the end of the milk quotas, Ireland’s\Nlargest dairy farmer said that in order to
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.66,0:33:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compete, “the dairy farm of the future is\Ngoing to have to be bigger.”
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.02,0:33:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the cow, the pig, the chicken, duck,\Nturkey, for the lamb or sheep—they don’t
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.10,0:33:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know the name of the company or person enslaving\Nthem.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.33,0:33:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don’t know what size the farm is or\Nin what country.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.14,0:33:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are just as robbed of their rights and\Ntheir lives regardless of location
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.68,0:33:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our rationalizations and justifications are\Nof no use to those whom we exploit.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.34,0:33:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With some of our most impressive mental gymnastics,\Nwhich would be admirable if it weren’t so
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.60,0:33:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,horrific, we say this barbaric mutilation,\Nthis conversion of living beings from someONES
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.60,0:33:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to someTHINGS is for their own good.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.51,0:34:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if we if we don’t clip their teeth\Nor cut their beaks or slice off their tails,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.51,0:34:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they’ll attack and chew on each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.00,0:34:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we fail to mention, is that these behaviors\Nare stress responses to confinement in overly-crowded,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.29,0:34:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,insanity-inducing conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.55,0:34:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we didn’t put them in these abusive conditions,\Nthey wouldn’t react the way they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.01,0:34:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we humans love to play the role of savior\Nin the disasters of our own creation.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.49,0:34:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We swoop in to milk the cow and relieve the\Npainful pressure of her swollen udder.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.03,0:34:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pressure that wouldn’t exist had we not\Ntaken her child away.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.50,0:34:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ve spent all this time looking at the\Ntreatment of animals in Ireland, but the truth
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.96,0:34:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, Ireland exports the vast majority of its\Noutputs, including 90% of beef and around
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.00,0:34:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,85% of dairy.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.13,0:34:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition thousands of live pigs, chickens,\Nsheep, lambs, and unweaned calves—babies
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.94,0:34:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’ve stolen away from their mothers—are\Nshipped out of Ireland on extended, terrifying
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.24,0:35:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,journeys to other countries through all manner\Nof weather extremes.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.39,0:35:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they manage to survive the journey, they’re\Neither fattened up for slaughter, or in the
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.06,0:35:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,case of veal calves confined and slaughtered,\Nor simply killed immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.23,0:35:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland’s transport reports show regular\Nviolations of animal welfare regulations,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.05,0:35:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Ireland as a whole receiving a Formal\NNotice from the EU in 2011.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.83,0:35:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when these beings arrive at their final\Ndestination, the nature of their treatment
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.54,0:35:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their deaths are out of Irish hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.12,0:35:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Undercover investigations continue to expose\Nbrutal abuse of these imported animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.79,0:35:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland ships living beings across the EU\Nas well as to destinations like Tunisia, Libya,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.23,0:35:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Morocco, Kosovo, Albania, Rwanda, China, and\Nthe Ukraine.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.30,0:35:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about the animals that you eat?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.38,0:35:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are they treated?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.61,0:35:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking again at what’s eaten the most,\N60% of pig meat and 90% of chicken consumed
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.24,0:35:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Ireland are imported.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.92,0:35:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another SafeFood report found the majority\Nof Ireland’s population had very low awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.27,0:36:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to the actual source of their food, illustrating\Nhow a single slice of Hawaiian pizza processed
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.49,0:36:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and packages in the Republic of Ireland, would\Nhave ingredients from at least 19 countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.64,0:36:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland is home to multiple multinational\Ncorporations with the world’s largest beef
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.24,0:36:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,producer, JBS, recently relocating their headquarters\Nto the Republic, amidst criminal proceedings
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.78,0:36:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for violating Brazilian laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.74,0:36:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In surveying and observing Irish consumers,\Nthey found that “While many aspired to be
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.09,0:36:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healthy, economical, and to support the domestic\Nmarket, this did not follow through to their
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.13,0:36:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purchasing behaviour.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.46,0:36:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was observed … that there is a marked\Ndifference between consumers’ attitudes
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.17,0:36:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their behaviours.”
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.98,0:36:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This finding was echoed in an EU study on\Nawareness of slaughter regulations, with the
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.80,0:36:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,majority of Irish consumers unaware of the\Ndetails or even whether regulations exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.95,0:36:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just two of the 13,500 respondents from\Nacross the EU citing animal welfare at slaughter
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.27,0:37:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a consideration in their meat purchases,\Nwith the main driving forces being quality
Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.86,0:37:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and price.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.20,0:37:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again money trumps ethics.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.12,0:37:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, the industry keeps the truth deliberately\Nhidden, but to be honest, most of us prefer
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.45,0:37:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.33,0:37:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We say we love animals, but it’s impossible\Nto love someone and profit from their death.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.56,0:37:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course farmers take care of their animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.80,0:37:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we only need to look at the language to\Nsee it’s not compassion, it’s maintenance
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.08,0:37:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of inventory.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.78,0:37:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even limit the parameters of their so-called\Nlegal protection by the bottom line of cost.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.04,0:37:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We amass mountains of paperwork, conduct thousands\Nof studies, spend untold amounts of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.50,0:37:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form governmental, institutional and industry\Npanels, all to decide, define and decree the
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.41,0:37:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right way to rape, confine, mutilate, kidnap\Nand kill.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.65,0:37:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean it really is absurd when we step back\Nand think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.66,0:37:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we have manuals on how to humanely rape?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.86,0:38:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how to compassionately kidnap?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.55,0:38:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or ethically rob?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.65,0:38:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course not because those are oxymorons.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.47,0:38:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They cannot coexist.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.09,0:38:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when it comes to our treatment of animals,\Nwe will bend over backwards and create massive
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.90,0:38:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paper trails of regulations to feel good about\Nwhat we are doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:17.68,0:38:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We turn these living beings into data points,\Nflowcharts, and percentages—calculate to
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.11,0:38:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a decimal point’s certainty the exact cost\Nof every aspect of their lives and details
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.23,0:38:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their deaths.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.23,0:38:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We relegate the annual mass murder of over\N3 billion day-old conscious, innocent babies
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.22,0:38:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a footnote.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.45,0:38:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A footnote in a study conducted for the welfare\Nregulations we’re so graciously creating.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.46,0:38:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We deem them legally sentient, deserving freedom\Nfrom hunger, thirst, discomfort, pain, injury,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.18,0:38:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disease, fear, distress and mental suffering—then\Nuse this very recognition of their capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.30,0:39:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feel the same emotions and sensations as\Nwe do to design—in language so disturbingly
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.68,0:39:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,detached it’s nothing short of sociopathic—the\Nexact manner in which we may legally violate,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.87,0:39:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imprison, cut, burn, alter, and murder them.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.91,0:39:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how profoundly illogical our thinking\Nis when it comes to animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.63,0:39:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It goes against all basic human understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:20.22,0:39:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing better but doing wrong anyway is worse\Nthan having no knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.53,0:39:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet we have the audacity to hold this legislative\Nrecognition of non-human sentience on high
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.09,0:39:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a giant step forward for the rights of\Nanimals.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.97,0:39:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if systematically exploiting individuals\Nwith fully admitted knowledge and comprehension
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.36,0:39:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their capacity to suffer is something to\Ncommend.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.10,0:39:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look what we offer ourselves as evidence of\Nprogress: one news report extolled the reduction
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.02,0:39:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in animals slipping and falling on their way\Nto slaughter in one abattoir in one country.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.55,0:40:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at our actions from the other\Nside, the perverse absurdity of our deluded
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.75,0:40:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-congratulations is astounding.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.50,0:40:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were in the place of these beings,\Nhow grateful would you feel if your captor
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.55,0:40:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laid down a bathmat on the ramp to your execution?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.06,0:40:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this really the best we have to offer?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.51,0:40:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being the most courteous murderers?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.42,0:40:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most considerate rapists?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.27,0:40:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pouring untold resources into these convoluted\Nlaws and regulations, all the while completely
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.67,0:40:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blind to the fact that there’s another option\Nentirely.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.03,0:40:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One we don’t have to manipulate our values\Nto justify.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.43,0:40:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One we don’t have to couch in euphemistic\Nterms or bury beneath incomprehensibly dense
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.65,0:40:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legislation.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.10,0:40:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One that allows us to finally align our actions\Nwith our values and become the people we believe
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.82,0:40:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ourselves to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.46,0:40:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good people.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.64,0:40:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kind people.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.01,0:40:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Animal lovers.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.18,0:41:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stewards to this earth and its inhabitants.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.38,0:41:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we address—very briefly—issues\Nof the environment and health, I’m going
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.73,0:41:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to play a short video.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.99,0:41:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I’ve included footage on your resource\Npage of the undercover investigation into
Dialogue: 0,0:41:10.97,0:41:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Irish pig farms and the brutal abuse and prolonged\Nslaughter of live exported Irish animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.98,0:41:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to take a different approach here\Ntoday.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.09,0:41:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The video I’m going to play only includes\Nfootage of government-sanctioned conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.49,0:41:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practices, all completely legal here in\NIreland.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.88,0:41:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it really is better here, we should have\Nno objection to watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.85,0:41:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you feel you must turn away, I’d just\Nask you to think on the question: “If I
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.02,0:43:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can’t watch the process, do I have a right\Nto eat the product?”
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.23,0:45:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VIDEO
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.92,0:45:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my years of being vegan and speaking with\Nmany, many non-vegans, I have yet to ever
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.83,0:45:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear one reason that even comes close to justifying\Nputting a sentient being through what we just
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.81,0:45:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saw.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.57,0:45:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not one.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.16,0:46:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot watch that and say that the animals\Nwe kill for our food don’t know any better.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.23,0:46:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That they die peacefully and humanely.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.97,0:46:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can sense the fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.11,0:46:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can smell the blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.58,0:46:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.85,0:46:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fight to the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.93,0:46:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can’t say that it’s happening\Nin some far away place because it’s happening
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.76,0:46:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.69,0:46:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The CO2 chambers you saw - those were the\Nmedieval devices lowering pigs to an extraordinarily
Dialogue: 0,0:46:28.49,0:46:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,painful death of burning from the inside out\N– that is seen as the most humane method
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.89,0:46:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of slaughtering pigs.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.27,0:46:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s employed worldwide, including here\Nin the Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.71,0:46:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The EU, in its groundbreaking legislation,\Nrecommended phasing out the use of carbon
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.57,0:46:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dioxide, but said “the impact assessment\Nrevealed such recommendations were not economically
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.95,0:46:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,viable at present.”
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.51,0:47:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interestingly enough, Butina, the company\Nthat manufactures the very chambers you saw
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.98,0:47:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that video—and the ones operating here\Nin Ireland—was one of the stakeholders involved
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.97,0:47:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that assessment.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.15,0:47:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s the absurdity of murderers deciding\Nhow they’re allowed to murder.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.92,0:47:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we saw with the disease outbreaks, it’s\Nnot just the animals’ welfare that’s compromised.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.51,0:47:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Ireland, just like the United States, heart\Ndisease is the number one killer.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.94,0:47:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ve long had proof that a balanced vegan\Ndiet can prevent and even reverse heart disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.91,0:47:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,74% of men and 57% of women in Ireland were\Noverweight or obese in 2010, with the World
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.63,0:47:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Health Organization designating Ireland as\Nthe leader of Europe’s obesity crisis, with
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.93,0:47:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost the entire adult population predicted\Nto be overweight or obese by 2030.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.43,0:47:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than 1 in 4 children in Ireland are overweight\Nor obese, with a SafeFood study finding 61%
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.86,0:48:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting insufficient dietary fiber, 40% exceeding\Nrecommendations for dietary fat, and all exceeding
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.80,0:48:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,salt intake by 50%, specifying that “processed\Nmeats … made a major contribution to the
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.84,0:48:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,salt content of all children’s diets,”\Nthe very kind of meat that the WHO has designated
Dialogue: 0,0:48:14.09,0:48:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a class one carcinogen.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.37,0:48:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re taught that animal products are necessary\Nfor protein, vitamin D, B-12, iron, and other
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.39,0:48:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nutrients, but these “foods” are a package\Ndeal—inseparable from their disease-promoting
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.68,0:48:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,components.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.68,0:48:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve included more in-depth information\Non health and nutrition on your resources
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.98,0:48:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,page, as well as a link to a free comprehensive\Nguide to going vegan from Eden Farm Sanctuary’s
Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.35,0:48:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go Vegan World campaign—but I want to speak\Nvery briefly to fishing and the environmental
Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.22,0:48:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impact of animal agriculture.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.11,0:48:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether you eat fish and marine life or not,\Nthis matter impacts all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.72,0:48:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ocean, or rather the phytoplankton within\Nthe ocean, provides somewhere between 50 and
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.61,0:48:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,80% of our oxygen and the oceans ecosystems\Nstore carbon in massive quantities—we are
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.77,0:49:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,destroying the very lungs of our planet with\Nthe delusion of sustainable fishing.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.50,0:49:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Setting aside all arguments for animal ethics,\Nthe destructive nature of animal agriculture,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.08,0:49:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the environmental crisis at hand should be\Non the forefront of Ireland’s agenda—too
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.49,0:49:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protect and preserve the incredible landscape\Nof this country, in which its citizens take
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.18,0:49:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well-deserved pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.01,0:49:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while Ireland is the first country to\Nimplement a nation-wide sustainability program,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.43,0:49:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it unfortunately mirrors all of the major\Ngreen initiatives and government panels the
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.89,0:49:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world over, proposing and celebrating symbolic\Ngestures, essentially applying media-friendly
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.22,0:49:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Band-Aids to a severed limb.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.67,0:49:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Animal agriculture accounted for 34% of Ireland’s\Ngreenhouse gas emissions in 2013, the single
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.11,0:49:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,largest contributing sector.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.45,0:49:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s responsible for 97.5% of ammonia, 89.2%\Nof methane, and 94% nitrous oxide and a greenhouse
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.57,0:50:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gas that is 296 times more destructive than\Ncarbon dioxide and which stays in the atmosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.24,0:50:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 150 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.90,0:50:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland had the 4th highest greenhouse gas\Nemission per capita in 2011 The National Competitiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.66,0:50:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Council reported in 2008 that the ROI was\N“one of the highest carbon emitters on a
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.47,0:50:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,per capita basis in the OECD,” utilizing\Nless than half the OECD average of renewable
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.36,0:50:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sources, with no waste to energy conversion,\Nstating “the least preferred waste solution
Dialogue: 0,0:50:28.92,0:50:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an environmental perspective, dominates\Nin Ireland.”
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.59,0:50:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their subsequent 2015 Scorecard, showed Ireland’s\Nenvironmental performance (EPI score) and
Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.30,0:50:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rate of improvement still lagging behind OECD\Naverage, with particularly poor performance
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.53,0:50:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“in relation to biodiversity and protection\Nof habitats, fisheries and water sanitation.”
Dialogue: 0,0:50:49.12,0:50:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep in mind this is the impact of the iconic,\Ngrass-fed, pasture-raised Irish agriculture.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.10,0:51:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As it is, EPA documents show time and again\Nthe waste lagoons from pig and dairy farms
Dialogue: 0,0:51:00.58,0:51:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wastewater from rendering plants contaminating\NIreland’s protected waters, and mislabeled
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.14,0:51:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or non-compliant handling of SRM materials,\Nmeaning remains at risk of containing mad-cow
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.59,0:51:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disease, directly threatening the public health.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.18,0:51:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Irish Times reported the increasing environmental\Ndevastation of New Zealand’s dairy practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.12,0:51:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying how that country was “often held\Nup as an example of what Ireland could have
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.81,0:51:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been if the milk quota regime had not pulled\Nthe handbrake on our growth.”
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.54,0:51:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty days later, the quote was lifted.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.77,0:51:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if this approach was the ideal we hold\Nit up to be, we simply don’t have the land
Dialogue: 0,0:51:38.33,0:51:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the number of animals we eat every year.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.49,0:51:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The amount of land that it takes to produce\N37,000 pounds of plant-based foods will only
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.78,0:51:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yield 375 pounds of meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.82,0:51:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can grow 15 times more protein on any\Ngiven area of land with plants versus animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.82,0:52:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have environmentally reached the point\Nbeyond personal choice--beyond “you eat
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.38,0:52:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you want to eat and I’ll eat how I want\Nto eat.”
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.34,0:52:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a global crisis and it’s not about\Nyou and it’s not about me anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:08.30,0:52:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We say that children are our future but what\Nfuture can they have when we are eating the
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.59,0:52:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planet to death?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.81,0:52:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world cannot sustain meat, dairy and egg\Nproduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.86,0:52:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It simply can’t.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.03,0:52:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to start aligning our actions with\Nour values.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.37,0:52:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand that animal agriculture is more\Ndeeply rooted within Irish culture than I
Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.01,0:52:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can possibly comprehend—an enormous source\Nof pride for your country, which is all the
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.23,0:52:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more reason to take action.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.43,0:52:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Far from contradictory, offensive, disrespectful\Nor extreme, the principles and practices of
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.86,0:52:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,veganism are the best hope for healing our\Nplanet, and of preserving the beauty and history
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.62,0:52:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of countries like Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.67,0:52:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in making this shift, we’ll need farmers\Nmore than ever—those who know the land when
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.11,0:52:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many of us find it foreign.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.23,0:53:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ll rely on them for our food as much\Nas we ever have.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.34,0:53:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot justify what we do to animals out\Nof tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.44,0:53:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our traditions do not alleviate their suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.59,0:53:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our customs do not dictate the value of\Nsomeone else’s life.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.68,0:53:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditions can be wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.43,0:53:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And customs can be cruel.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.34,0:53:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many atrocities in the history of\Nhumanity that we now look upon with disgust
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.60,0:53:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disbelief at what used to be commonplace.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:27.71,0:53:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don’t have to give up taste or even\Ngiving up our favorite foods.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.90,0:53:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days there exist vegan alternatives\Nfor virtually every meat, cheese, dairy creation,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.12,0:53:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even eggs.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:37.12,0:53:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can find recipes online for making\Nyour own versions if the readymade alternatives
Dialogue: 0,0:53:41.19,0:53:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren’t available in your area or are too\Nexpensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:44.64,0:53:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Veganism, far from being an extreme lifestyle,\Na threat to tradition, is the most sane and
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.84,0:53:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rational way to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.08,0:53:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s the most powerful tool we have for\Nsaving our planet, for improving our health
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.22,0:54:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we eat health-consciously, and for regaining\Nour compassion- for becoming the people we
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.12,0:54:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believe ourselves to be: Good people.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:03.09,0:54:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And good people don’t destroy the planet,\Nleaving our children without a future.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.04,0:54:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good people don’t throw newborn babies into\Ngrinders.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.93,0:54:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good people don’t rip day old babies away\Nfrom their mothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.48,0:54:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good people don’t rape, torture and murder.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.41,0:54:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet “good people” everywhere are doing\Nall of these things with every bite of every
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.23,0:54:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meal.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.23,0:54:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that’s the beauty here.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:26.59,0:54:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You no longer have to buy into the lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:29.41,0:54:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You decide what goes into your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.60,0:54:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You decide whether you want to continue to\Nhave others kill for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.70,0:54:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You decide whether you want to continue consuming\Ndeath, terror, and heartbreak.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.40,0:54:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the information at you feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:44.38,0:54:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The responsibility now lies in your hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.33,0:54:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You decide.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.23,0:54:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my hope is, you’ll decide to go vegan.