Illegal slaughter house found in Mosta
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An illegal slaughterhouse was found in the heart of an urban area in Mosta this evening.
Officials of the Animal Welfare Department, the Veterinary Services and the police swooped on a house and garage in Parish Street and found three men in the process of slaughtering up to 10 goats and sheep. One lamb had already been killed.
Officials said the operation was carried out after some days of observation. The alarm had been raised by a neighbour who noticed blood in the garage, a corner away from the police station.
It appeared that the animals were brought to the garage in a van and slaughtered.
Three men, two of them foreigners, were arrested. One tried to escape and was slightly hurt.
Only one of the animals had the disc through which its ownership may be traced.
The officials and vets are checking the condition of the animals and investigating what happened to the meat and the remains.
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Charles Alamango
Feb 3rd, 18:17
In cases like these, IF authorites have information as to which outlets are buying / selling this illegal meat to the public they should name and shame. We the public have a right to know. Judging from the number of animals involved they were not being slaughtered for personal consumption but for selling.
Christina Pace
Feb 3rd, 16:07
One more reason to become a vegetarian I suppose! If you didn't raise it and kill it, how can you know for sure that this is not the sort of place your meat came from?
Stop eating chocolate because 90 % of it comes from forced labour.
Stop eating meat because the uncertainly forces you to assume the animal was mistreated in being raised and when being slaughtered in unhygieninc environment.
Stop buying drugs off the street because many have died for you to get that 50 euro piece odf resin.
Stop puchasing new furniture unless it comes from sustainable sources or recycled.
Stop drinking because for every drop you drink litres of dirty water is thrown back to the ground/sea.
Stop using electricity becasue for every watt you consume the environment is polluted by exhaust particles, heeated water from the cooling plant etc. Not to mention the many lives lost in extraction of fuel.
In other words lets all discard the last 100 years of discoveries and go back to living off the land
and raising our own livestock, garden your own drugs, disconnect your power supplies and connect them to a bicycle, collect your own water from rain, boil it and filter it, and finally carve holes in your wall where you want a shelv and sleep on a straw filled sack for a bed and store your clothes in a abrter shop wardrobe and cook your food on amber from wood collected in your back yard. If you don't have one take your food to the local bakery. As for chocolate there is not other solution but to forget of its existance as it won't grow in this cliamte and i boubt you want to start from scratch anyways.
Christina Pace
Feb 3rd, 16:34
That of course is only the other extreme! Moderation, appropriate legislation and public education should give everyone the tools to choose the right products.
Emma Xerri
Feb 3rd, 16:38
Ahh, yes, the simple life was the best.
Shaun Anthony Camilleri
Feb 3rd, 14:41
Foriegners come to Malta and decide that our laws regarding the killing of animals for food are not to their liking so they open one in a garage.
Duncan Micallef
Feb 3rd, 11:05
The main thing that concerns me in this matter is whether or not the use or consumption of meat produced in this slaughter house was being used for personal consumption or being sold the latter of which begs the question on hygiene and illegal economic practices. On the manner of how the animals where slaughtered I am not interested mainly because to the best of my knowledge the majority of the methods used in various religions for the slaughtering of animals were designed so as to minimize the pain of the animal being slaughtered as much as possible. on the post on the relation of this slaughter house with the puppies nailed to crosses case I would rather that accusation do not start spreading, since i believe that no connection has yet been made or publicized by the police, the proper authority to handle such situations of illegal nature.
c p agius
Feb 3rd, 05:56
This man clearly follows the bible to the letter
Get some animals, kill them, chop up their bodies, wave body parts in the air, burn the carcasses, and sprinkle the blood all around - 29:11-37
D Bugeja
Feb 2nd, 19:57
Jista jkun li f'dan il-kaz hemm xi link ma dak tal-griewi li nstabu mdendla rashom l-isfel fuq salib fil-Mosta stess??
Alex Buds
Feb 2nd, 20:58
Jew mal-UFOs? Jew mal-global warming? Jew ma Mother Teresa??? Ghidulna xi haga!!
:-)
Lawrence Fenech
Feb 3rd, 07:10
@Bugeja.
As seen on the news of TVM the hanging whatever it is has a ghastly resemblence to the animals seen in mosta.
Christina Pace
Feb 3rd, 15:39
I condamn both illegal acts however the only link I can see is that they are upside down. In this case that is the was animals are positioned for cleaning after they are killed. Otherwise no upside down crosses were involved, no note was left, they were not hung outside a chirch or where a prist would find them or outside a house.
I see no link between the deliberate and useless killing of a defensless domestic pet to send a message and the illegal slaughtering of farm animals for food.
An illegal slaughterhouse as such means a slaughterhouse that does not carry a license to kill animals and process their meat for human consumption. More often than not these illegal establishents are so to avoid paying fees, upgrading their equipment and keeping to health and safety practices. In essence they oinly want to make money and don't care if the end product is not satisfactory as long as someone is willing to pay for it.
Joe Xuereb
Feb 2nd, 18:28
Apologies. Correction. In the second paragraph, seventh line, the word 'brother' should of course, read 'brothel'. As if you hadn't guessed. I tell you, it was surreal to hear the guys groaning and the girls counting their TL in their head, PLUS the sight of those hunky soldiers with their horrible-looking fire sticks at the ready. What did they expect? A riot like the one the other day not a million miles away. No, for all it's worth, let the guys have their pleasures. Deprive them and all hell is let loose. And I've not only observed this, I know this. As I said, first hand experience counts for something. Must dash now! I am being called to prayer and other Turkish delights for afters. For being a good boy. Koz I don't charge. Not much.
A Camilleri
Feb 2nd, 16:27
The van sure passed its VRT test with its broken lights and worn-down tyres.
Joe Xuereb
Feb 2nd, 15:10
I was with a friend two days ago and showed him my shopping list which included a ham pie. He begged me not to bring him in contact with such. I tried to explain why pork is deemed unclean (the heat, no fridges, + pork = the runs). He did not want to know and said the good book was good enough for him, no questions asked. He then proceeded to eat a kind of stew make with cows' leg knuckles. A more disgusting sight I had not seen before (and I've seen some!). He gobbled it up like his life depended on it. Go figure! AND, a few days before he told me that I was only christian because my parents tainted me away from sharing my friend's birthright which is automatic to him because so it was revealed. Very convenient! Jewish and Christian parents override this magnificent spiritual heritage according to him by baptising us. The cheek!
I travel a lot to Eastern Turkey away from the tourist hot spots full of patronising Europeans, Adana to be specific http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/adana&page=all Fourth largest in Turkey, with an American military base http://www.incirlik.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=5472&page=1 very industrial, magnificent mix of the modern with the tradition. With a huge dam up the road hence the amazing fertility of Cukurova. I saw blood under the pavement an And thought of murder, or fatal accident. No, it was the very hygienic killing of a lamb and the bits of meat are distributed to the needy. Wonderful ritual, but in a modern city?! And certainly not hygienic. And down the road cinemas showing hard-porn and just out of town, a brother run by the Government, with armed soldiers at the gates, doctors doing regular health checks - admirable - and the girls, of course, pay taxes. Oh well! it is one way of keeping hot young men in check. Contradictions or what?!
I make no apologies for my lengthy comments. But I can assure one and all that this is all first hand experience, and acute observation. What else have I got. For the reasons I laid bare above, I was born an atheist - the RC religion won't have any of that so it burdens us with Original Sin. Very original but most religions it seems saddle a newborn with something or other. It is then up to the individual to revert to a state of atheism. Having seen the charade.
The herbivore/omnivore debate. Initially man ate 'plants' but soon discovered the hunting of animals and eating their meat and making use of their furry skins. This went on for only god knows how long. His incisors were large and sharp as they had been before the transition from ape to 'human'. Eventually fire was discovered and so the discovery of cooking meat. Until then, raw meat necessitated sharp teeth and much energy to digest saw meat. His energy was divested to his physique and his brain remained functional but small. With cooked meat his energy was diverted to his brain, and this grew. Now we can eat plants (as long as they are not poisonous but indeed, most medicines are made from plants) and meat of course. Meat is an acquired taste, acquired millions of years. There are hazards (like Mad Cow Disease) but always knowledge that Man needs nutrition that is only found in animal meat. What I, personally, find unacceptable is the downgrading mythology attached to the animals we eat. For instance, that they are dirty and eat dirt. Show me an animal that is not dirty. Show me a human, indeed, who isn't filthy (when you think about it, really think about it). We are but animals and our toileting needs are exactly the same as the animals'. Because that is what we are. The fact that we are endowed with a special immortal soul (we are told) does in no way detract from the fact that we are, at the end of the day, just animals with a bigger brain.
I wonder why prehistoric animals often had comparatively small heads and bulky bodies. They certainly never learned how to cook their meat and that may be one reason why their extinction came about because to them, life was about eating uncooked prey and nothing else. It had to end and it did.
Mike Hunt
Feb 2nd, 11:53
I seem to be missing something ... where does it say that this was a halal slaughterhouse?
Mark Mangion
Feb 2nd, 09:49
If nothing else this shows how important the involvement of neighbours is in helping police stop criminal acts in such a small island where (nearly) everyone knows everyone.
William Flynn
Feb 2nd, 09:18
@Halim Oun
Thank you for your link. Malta is in desperate need of more religion because we haven't had enough for 2000 years already and Malta can't have too much of it. Or not!
Mr Stephen Camilleri
Feb 2nd, 10:35
Religion has nothing to do with the food we consume. I’m just implying that strict control is necessary for healthy eating and we have very proficient authorized people to keep our country safe from any known diseases. Unfortunately, I heard cases of Halel which weren’t so hygienic.
http://soundvision.com/info/halalhealthy/organicornot.asp
Emma Xerri
Feb 2nd, 15:12
@Stephen Camilleri
Halal is a religious requisite. This is barbaric and should not be condoned by civilised people.
Patrick Zammit
Feb 2nd, 08:54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTukbjfcwxc
Roger Tirazona
Feb 2nd, 08:32
According to the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe, the slaughtering of animals without prior stunning is completely unacceptable under any circumstance.
http://www.fve.org/news/position_papers/animal_welfare/fve_02_104_slaughter_prior_stunning.pdf
Maltese Vets are members of this federation.
Hopefully the law reflects this position.
Censu Filgolli
Feb 2nd, 08:28
[quote] Three men, two of them foreigners, were arrested. [/quote]
How come their names have not been published, like the rest of all news involving over-18 persons?
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 2nd, 09:31
You'll satisfy your curiosity when if and when they are eventually arraigned in court.
Dave Alan Caruana
Feb 2nd, 08:00
http://www.causes.com/causes/646874-make-ritual-animal-slaughter-illegal-in-malta
Clandestine slaughter houses are trying to circumvent the rules placed there to ensure animals are treated humanely even when being slaughtered, however on greater scale most European countries have exceptions to their laws to allow for slaughter according to religious ritual. Animals killed without prior stunning. are conscious and in pain.
Please join the cause to make ritual slaughter of animals without prior stunning illegal in Malta, and read the article about the subject on Wikipedia to see just how widespread the cruelty is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_slaughter
Pauline Peterson
Feb 2nd, 06:51
Judging by the "Similar Stories" items there was also one found in Qormi and Swieqi. Most probably there are more that haven't been found yet.
Frans Aguis
Feb 2nd, 01:26
Were they selling them as food though?
Mr Stephen Camilleri
Feb 2nd, 07:51
No, they were selling them as ornaments on mantle pieces.
Mark Mangion
Feb 2nd, 09:23
Lol good one started my day with a smile.
Halim Oun
Feb 2nd, 00:53
http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=161841
Read it please .. It's interested for everyone :)
Mr Stephen Camilleri
Feb 2nd, 08:07
No wonder that Halal food is the worst cause of diseases in Islam communities. 75 percent of Halal meat in America came from pork fed cows which resulted in the Mad Cow Disease.
Luke Scicluna
Feb 2nd, 08:08
whats your point???
William Flynn
Feb 2nd, 09:14
Stephen Camilleri
Is pork fed meat hallal or is this one of your jokes, again. You made me laugh with the mantlepiece joke.
Patrick Zammit
Feb 2nd, 09:58
We do not need Imams telling us how to beat our wives.
c p agius
Feb 3rd, 06:57
this method presicribed by the holy bible is the same as that prescribed by the Koran...............................
Get some animals, kill them, chop up their bodies, wave body parts in the air, burn the carcasses, and sprinkle the blood all around -- in precisely the way God tells you. It may well make you sick, but it makes God feel good. 29:11-37
Darren Portelli
Feb 2nd, 00:44
I can't believe that the comments below show such a racist and bigoted view. Yes this place was illegal but Malta is not a fiefdom for only Christians. You are part of the EU. If you want to be one religion country then leave the EU and be a Saudi Arabia of Christianity in the Mediterranean. Let people who want halal be able to produce halal meat!
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Feb 2nd, 08:05
Darren I think that you are missing the point. In the EU and recently also in Malta animals have some rights too. You cannot slaughter animals as you like but you have to kill them the less painfully possible. If these people want to slaughter animals they should go back to an islamic country.
D Gatt
Feb 2nd, 08:52
I agree with Mr. Seychell here, animals have rights and they should not be treated any less. Slaughtering them in this kind of unsupervised manner is despicable and barbaric. I you were to be executed I reckon you would prefer to be stunned first to dull the pain. Animals feel pain too and proceeding according to regulations and directives is the humane thing to do. To forgo this is to let go of our humanity and sense of compassion.
R Malia
Feb 2nd, 10:14
Darren, as you said, but the other way round.. If you want halal meat leave the EU and go to Saudi Arabia. In Europe, Animals have rights too...you can't do this.
Reinhard Azzopardi
Feb 2nd, 12:01
Well said R Malia. If you want to live the Muslim way, there are many countries that are predominantly Muslim and will welcome you with open arms. If you want halal, go to LIbya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia or wherever.
Darren Portelli
Feb 2nd, 19:06
Whatever, thankfully I left Malta a long time ago. You people are backward. The difference between those close minded nations you mentioned and Malta, is that Malta is supposedly part of a modern society. When the Maltese moved elsewhere, here to Australia, they brought their customs to a foreign land. Shame that most of you lot do not understand that concept
Emma Xerri
Feb 2nd, 23:54
@Darren Portelli
Where do you draw the line? What is next public beheadings and amputations or perhaps stonings?
It is ironic that you mentioned the Saudi's because this is a place of 'mono-culturalism' were no other religions or cultures are tolerated. Ever wonder why immigration is only acceptable if incoming to Europe but it is never the other way around? Christians on work visas in this country are always under threat, being raided and put in jail for practicing their faith. Learn more about it.
www.jihadwatch.org.
Darren Portelli
Feb 4th, 22:38
Emma what is ironic is you not seeing why I referenced Saudi Arabia. We're supposed to be more tolerant than them. Ironic also that you are pasting a known bigoted website numerous times over these pages, and the moderators are tolerating it
Ms.D. Galea
Feb 2nd, 00:30
This sounds like it is related to the slaughtering of animals according to Halal tradition.
What are the regulations in Malta like for this sort of slaughter?
laurent caruana
Feb 1st, 23:27
Racial hatred is a crime so is illegal slaughtering
Roger Tirazona
Feb 2nd, 00:09
Why should this be about race?
Patrick Zammit
Feb 2nd, 09:17
Wishing that animals are killed in a way that does not inflict unnecessary pain is not racism.
Stop using the racism card to subdue criticism of a barbaric way of killing animals.
Roger Tirazona
Feb 1st, 22:58
I think the Truth should be uncovered. If this was a clandestine act of Halal/Kosher slaughtering of unstunned animals, animal welfare and the local legislation need to be updated to legislate against the painful killing of animals without being stunned for the sake of religion.
Ramon Casha
Feb 2nd, 05:45
I fully agree. Believe what you want to, but where actions are concerned, everyone is bound by the law, religion or no religion.
Ġ. Agius
Feb 1st, 22:52
I think that just as long as the meat was being consumed in a normal christian family value manner, it doesn't matter how or where the animal was killed.
Matthew Borg
Feb 1st, 23:33
really? if the animal suffered a slow painful death it wouldn't matter? .... honestly....
Ivan Calleja
Feb 2nd, 00:09
@ Agius - ara veru ghadek tghix fil-medjuevu !!
Ryan Scicluna
Feb 2nd, 06:53
What is a normal christian family value manner of dining????
Maria Muscat
Feb 2nd, 07:56
that has to be the dumbest arguement ever
Karl Consiglio
Feb 1st, 22:41
"Viewer discretion is advised"
Don't worry, we've seen it all at the local butcher.
Roger Tirazona
Feb 1st, 23:25
Animals eat other animals Karl. We've seen it on the Discovery channel. I have lots of respect for Vegetarians and their rejection of speciesist anthropocentric views, but this is where the naturalistic fallacy fails. We are omnivores and require externally procured protein, preferably from the muscle of other animals.
What I share with Vegetarians' views, is that since we have the capabilities and technologies to treat animals with respect and dignity, a good standard of living and to give them a painless death, we should spend the extra buck to do so.
R Bartolo
Feb 1st, 23:58
Could not have said it better Roger.
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 2nd, 07:27
@ Roger Tirazona:
"What I share with Vegetarians' views, is that since we have the capabilities and technologies to treat animals with respect and dignity, a good standard of living and to give them a painless death, we should spend the extra buck to do so".
You don't actually share vegetarians' views. A vegetarian will tell you that since we don't actually need meat to live a healthy life, we should stop breeding animals for the slaughter.
Roger Tirazona
Feb 2nd, 08:08
@Kenneth Cassar
I know many vegetarians from around the world who choose this diet for the sake of animal welfare. The irony is that none of them are ready to give up their leather shoes, leather belts, leather handbags, fur coats, the use of wool, leather soccer and rugby balls, the use of animal-tested pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, milk, ricotta, cheese, gbejniet etc. which are all coming from animals that are bred and kept in captivity.
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 2nd, 08:28
@ Roger Tirazona:
"The irony is that none of them (vegetarians) are ready to give up their leather shoes, leather belts, leather handbags, fur coats, the use of wool, leather soccer and rugby balls, the use of animal-tested pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, milk, ricotta, cheese, gbejniet etc. which are all coming from animals that are bred and kept in captivity".
You're wrong on several counts.
1. Vegans exist. They don't consume dairies.
2. There are alternatives to leather. Many vegetarians and all vegans don't buy leather products.
3. Vegans don't buy wool products.
4. There are good-quality non-leather football/rugby shoes and balls. In fact, many football stars actually use them. We wouldn't know because they actually look like leather - but you may check for yourself.
5. If we were to forego (for moral reasons) all pharmaceutical products that were animal-tested, we'd have to re-start civilization from scratch, because much of our wealth, knowledge and infrastracture (and also much medical advances) came, directly or indirectly, from human slavery. We cannot change the past, but we can work for a better future.
Roger Tirazona
Feb 2nd, 08:42
Yes I know what Vegans are. I spoke of vegetarians....
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 2nd, 08:45
http://www.peta.org/living/fashion/cruelty-free-clothing-guide-alternatives.aspx
Roger Tirazona
Feb 2nd, 09:01
@Kenneth Cassar
What I tried to point out is that there are no middle ways against animal breeding in captivity. One is either in favour or against. I for one am in favour but with reservations on conditions and slaughter practise. The middle road of vegetarianism does not seem to stick well enough to the position against animal breeding in captivity. Veganism is more thorough and loyal to this principle. However there are many criticisms of Veganism from the Health sciences. I'm only aware of this however, not the details.
Karl Consiglio
Feb 2nd, 09:11
@Roger Tirazona and all
X'ghandu x'jaqsam with what I just said?
All I said is that the above footage is not going to shock us, we seen it all before at the butcher.
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 2nd, 09:30
@ Roger Tirazona:
I don't wish to derail the discussion into a long-winded debate about animal rights, so this will probably be my last reply.
I'll only say that it is not necessarily about being for or against breeding in captivity (being against is the vegan position). One could - as all vegetarians are - be "merely" against the slaughter of animals, and not against breeding and captivity per-se, as long as the animals are treated humanely. There is no such thing as "humane slaughter"...there's only different degrees of suffering.
@ Karl Consiglio:
I know. I was only replying to Roger. Apologies.
Roger Tirazona
Feb 2nd, 10:21
@Karl
Apologies - I just get carried away when I see emotivism take over rationality.
@Kenneth
Animals don't have rights. Rights are something that we have Claimed for ourselves as human beings from other human beings. You should really look into this perspective as to me the idea that an antelope sues a lion for denying her the right to family because the lion ate its offspring is risible. We should speak more in terms of our duties and responsibilities towards the welfare of animals or rather, fellow inhabitants of this planet...and not animal rights; as rights imply laws and claims.
maria borg
Feb 2nd, 12:49
roger triganza
i am a vegitarian and happy to be so
i don`t buy any leather
i don`t tell people around me what to eat,if they want to eat meat it`s their choice...i would prefer that they don`t eat meat but everyone has his rights,,,even animals have rights
at least if they have to slaughtered animals for humans consume ...humans should treat them with a little respect and kill them in a painless way
Emma Xerri
Feb 3rd, 03:20
@Roger Tirazona
Roger, I usually agree with all your posts. However, in as far as this one - animals do not have rights - I am sorry to say that I have to disagree with you. If by rights you mean Rights as an artificial construct whereby people can sue is one thing, but as fellow creatures who live and breathe and who suffer like us, then yes I believe that they have rights by virtue of their existence. I do not adhere to the biblical teaching that man was made to rule over all the beasts of the earth.
This belief has done a lot of damage to the environment, resulted in untold number of species going extinct and has led to a lot of animal suffering. If you think that animals do not have emotions, think again. Cows and sheep going to the slaughter can smell the blood and hear the cries of their fellows in agony.They suffer emotionally and physically just like we do and since they suffer they should have rights.
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 3rd, 07:51
@ Roger Tirazona:
"Animals don't have rights".
So says the speciesist, just as the racist used to say that black people are lesser beings with no rights (in fact, they were considered property, just as non-human animals still are).
"You should really look into this perspective as to me the idea that an antelope sues a lion for denying her the right to family because the lion ate its offspring is risible".
Yes, it is indeed risible. But that's because you fail to make the distinction between moral and legal rights. In the absence of laws to protect the vulnerable, the vulnerable would still have moral rights. A baby cannot sue for cruelty, and yet, he/she has the moral right not to be treated cruelly.
As for the antelope vs lion example, lions are natural carnivores...they need meat to survive. We don't.
"We should speak more in terms of our duties and responsibilities towards the welfare of animals or rather, fellow inhabitants of this planet...and not animal rights; as rights imply laws and claims".
Again, babies cannot legislate, and yet we legislate for their protection. Babies have rights, despite having no duties or the means to enforce their own protection of their rights.
Suggested reading: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2338165-kenneth-cassar?shelf=animal-rights
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 3rd, 09:44
@ Roger Tirazona:
This might interest you: http://www.animal-rights-library.com/texts-m/dawkins01.htm
mark borg
Feb 1st, 22:27
heavily fine and lock these savages up ....give them a severe beating and throw away the keys .
Ben Agius
Feb 2nd, 00:34
and you're calling them "savages"! Just apply the full force of the law - if there is one, would suffice.
Andrew Azzopardi
Feb 1st, 22:06
There are indications that this place was a halal abbatoir. First, the animals slaughtered were goats and sheep, hardly the most popular kind of meat in Malta. Secondly, two of the men apprehended were foreigners.
Mike Hunt
Feb 2nd, 11:50
Or maybe cows and pigs are too big to move about discreetly
Christopher Bezzina
Feb 1st, 22:02
What is illegal is the slaughter house...
P Bonnici
Feb 1st, 21:58
Could this be an illegal Muslim Halal abattoir?
Karl Consiglio
Feb 1st, 21:30
Legal or illegal, meat is always murder.
M Cachia
Feb 1st, 22:17
Meat is a necessary part of a balanced diet. Show me one vegitarian that does not resort to suppliments and vitamins to boost thier diet. We are by nature omnivores not herbivores.
Steve Busuttil
Feb 1st, 22:29
u hallina .... meat is food - if you choose not to consume it its up to you but don't come calling eating meat murder, get real.
I agree that there are health issues with slaughtering animals and this should be done at an abattoir but murder really? lol I am a committed mass murderer then hahaha
Barbara Vella
Feb 1st, 23:24
Eating meat is only a matter of taste, definitely not a question of nutrition. Ignorance is bliss.
Yana Mifsud
Feb 2nd, 00:02
To M Cachia... I am a vegetarian and have been so for practically all my life and I have never taken supplements. I can assure you I am as healthy as any other meat eater!
Franco Farrugia
Feb 2nd, 00:27
@ Steve Busuttil - Idhaq, Gahan!
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 2nd, 07:25
@ M Cachia:
"Show me one vegitarian that does not resort to suppliments and vitamins to boost thier diet".
Shall I send you a photo by email?
Steve Busuttil
Feb 2nd, 08:41
Franco, is name calling a vegan thing too? Rest assured i pity you and dont really care about your comments.
I hunt, skin and cook animals including rabbits, dear, birds and fish. Now do you think name calling is going to change this?
I wonder what you eat at Christmas? Stuffed broccoli?
Karl Consiglio
Feb 2nd, 09:12
Yes yes I agree,
its necessary murder.
Kenneth Cassar
Feb 2nd, 09:37
@ Steve Busuttil:
"I wonder what you eat at Christmas? Stuffed broccoli?".
Yes, that's right. In fact, stuffed broccoli is all we eat. And to think that joining the EU would have broadened our horizens a little.
Adam West
Feb 1st, 21:29
Barbaric.....the accused should be dealt with severely in my opinion. Hope the courts agree.
M Cassar
Feb 1st, 21:02
Hopefully the surveilance also uncovered the suppliers and clients of this slaughter house.. Just goes to show that ordinary people can make a difference!