• neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    13 days ago

    Here’s the news story about it: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pascocounty/man-kills-eats-pet-peacock-pasco-county/67-d216ccbf-d32a-462c-be3d-65c41907095e

    1. There’s nothing wrong with eating peafowl. People have been eating them for centuries and still do.

    2. While some species of peafowl are endangered, the species that people keep as pets are not.

    3. This guy was reportedly arrested for his slaughtering methods. I’m no butcher, but I believe the commonly accepted method of slaughter is to swiftly break the bird’s neck to ensure the death is quick. According to the news article, he cut the bird’s necks and let them bleed out which counts as animal cruelty. A person would theoretically get arrested for doing this to their pet/feeder chickens as well.

    • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip
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      This guy was reportedly arrested for his slaughtering methods. I’m no butcher, but I believe the commonly accepted method of slaughter is to swiftly break the bird’s neck to ensure the death is quick. According to the news article, he cut the bird’s necks and let them bleed out which counts as animal cruelty. A person would theoretically get arrested for doing this to their pet/feeder chickens as well.

      That’s how everyone kills chickens around here, you even have like a metal cone to keep them steady while you do it, I never had the heart to kill any animals but I’ve seen a lot of it.

      • spectrums_coherence@piefed.social
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        12 days ago

        Yeah, I have seen the animal bleed out once, and it is hard to watch.

        A small and young lamb is all tied up laying on the ground with the carotid severed. It is clearly in fear and tries very hard to get away. That struggle lasted for a long time until it eventually is exhausted and died.

        I am not sure if this is how halal and kosher meat are produced though.

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      13 days ago

      thats crazy, i had no idea that would be considered animal cruelty. i grew up on a farm and have only ever seen the head chopped off but out of curioity, how is severing the spinal cord with an axe more inhumane than twisting the neck? logically speaking, the blood draining out has  no effect on cognition, and what if theneck doesnt snap the first time?

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        13 days ago

        I think they mean the guy slit the birds neck, severing the arteries but not the spinal cord, and then let it drain, instead of fully beheading it.

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        13 days ago

        Honestly decapitation is more humane than a broken neck. The drop in BP is enough to cause immediate lights out, where as someone with a broken neck could very well have to suffocate to death inside their own bodies.

        The blood pressure drop has a huge effect on cognition.

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    13 days ago

    Huh, apparently peacocks are endangered. So probably that’s why?

    I honestly thought they were quite common as livestock but I guess I was wrong.

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      13 days ago

      probably that’s why?

      Nope!

      He was charged with animal cruelty, probably because of the wacky letter he sent to his neighbor, and that he did it “out of spite.”

      • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        animal cruelty laws are a good thing, but this is bullshit, why are some animals allowed to have rights, while others allowed to be butchered and eaten?

        I’m not vegan, but there should be a consistent framework.

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          Yes the charges are related to the way he slaughter the animals. Because the neighbors were taking photos of the beautiful peacocks this guy decided to brutally kill the peacocks and eat them to spite the neighbor.

          Well that is what I read in a comment somewhere.

        • BillCheddar@lemmy.world
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          Dude our whole country is governed based on the feelings of right-wing men.

          Every issue, every unsolvable problem, every “why the fuck do we do THAT?!” exists because right-wing men have huge feelings about things and the only cards they can play are either “violence” or “control” (which are usually the same thing.)

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        13 days ago

        If the animal is endangered you still get dinged even of they are you pets. The laws are written as such to prevent this and things like getting an endangered or threatened species as a “pet” and then killing them to taxidermy.

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        13 days ago

        Its to discourage people from capturing wild endangered species and raising them as pets. Making something a pet is as good as killing it in the wild.

        However, I don’t think they’re native to florida so I’m not sure it matters.

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      13 days ago

      there is probably a law about them being gamebirds or something.

      In my state it is illegal to kill a turkey, outside of designated hunting season w/ license in designated hunting areas.

      So if you go to the state park with an orange vest with a gun in November, you’re good to kill them. But if you say, beat one to death on your lawn in March, you will get written up on charges and probably face fines and jail time. Both cases, cooking and eating is irrelevant.

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        13 days ago

        But what if it’s your domestic turkey you raised from an egg and fed all its life on your farm?

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          13 days ago

          depends on the local laws. if you are a legally on a farm, maybe ti’s fine. if it’s your pet, it’s animal abuse.

          if i killed and ate my dog I’d get arrested.