Thursday, July 28, 2005
Cochons
Matthew Scully, l'auteur de "Dominion", a vraiment eu de la chance. Il a été invité à visiter 2 fermes à cochons dans la Caroline du Nord.
Ce qu'il décrit est presque insupportable. Je ne veux pas le traduire.
"The complex is divided into five parts: the Isolation Barn, the Gestation Barn, the Farrowing Barn, the Nursery Barn, and the Finishing Barn. And once you know your way around here you will never get lost at any industrial hog farm in the world, because they're all identical........"
(The Gestation Barn)
"A bedlam of squealing and chain rattling and guttural, roaring sounds I didn't know pigs could make greets us as Gay throws open the door. They are locked, about six hundred of them, not only in the barn but each between bars fitted to size. 'Confinement' doesn't describe their situation. They are encased, pinned down, unable to do anything but sit and suffer and scream at the sight of the gods.
'They're scared,' Gay informs me.
These four-sided encasements are still called 'crates,' from earlier versions of sow confinement.... And what a merciful change real, old-fashioned wooden crates would be for the sorrowful beasts imprisoned here before us in six rows of iron crates stretching the length of the building..............
It takes an extra moment for the eyes and ears to register a single clear perception. But you can tell just by their immediate reactions which sows have been here the longest. Some of them are still defiant, roaring and rattling violently as we approach. Some of them are defeated, motionless even at the touch. Some of them are dead. ...................
What happened to this one? I ask, pointing to NPD 50-375 whose legs are swollen and body covered with open sores. "Probably a crate injury," says Gay, without breaking stride. Following her further down I realize how silly the question must have seemed. They are all covered with sores. They all have crate injuries."
Ce qu'il décrit est presque insupportable. Je ne veux pas le traduire.
"The complex is divided into five parts: the Isolation Barn, the Gestation Barn, the Farrowing Barn, the Nursery Barn, and the Finishing Barn. And once you know your way around here you will never get lost at any industrial hog farm in the world, because they're all identical........"
(The Gestation Barn)
"A bedlam of squealing and chain rattling and guttural, roaring sounds I didn't know pigs could make greets us as Gay throws open the door. They are locked, about six hundred of them, not only in the barn but each between bars fitted to size. 'Confinement' doesn't describe their situation. They are encased, pinned down, unable to do anything but sit and suffer and scream at the sight of the gods.
'They're scared,' Gay informs me.
These four-sided encasements are still called 'crates,' from earlier versions of sow confinement.... And what a merciful change real, old-fashioned wooden crates would be for the sorrowful beasts imprisoned here before us in six rows of iron crates stretching the length of the building..............
It takes an extra moment for the eyes and ears to register a single clear perception. But you can tell just by their immediate reactions which sows have been here the longest. Some of them are still defiant, roaring and rattling violently as we approach. Some of them are defeated, motionless even at the touch. Some of them are dead. ...................
What happened to this one? I ask, pointing to NPD 50-375 whose legs are swollen and body covered with open sores. "Probably a crate injury," says Gay, without breaking stride. Following her further down I realize how silly the question must have seemed. They are all covered with sores. They all have crate injuries."
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