The Emotional World of Farm Animals
The Emotional World of Farm Animals is a delightful documentary for viewers of all ages about the thinking and feeling side of animals that are all too often just viewed as food.
Jefferey Masson, author of When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love, leads viewers through the personal journey he underwent while writing his latest book, The Pig Who Sang to The Moon.
This journey into the sentient, emotional lives of farm animals brings Masson to animal sanctuaries around the country where caregivers and the animals themselves tell their harrowing stories of rescue and escape.
Masson delves into the rich ancestry of these curious and intelligent animals and interviews top experts in animal behavior who offer scientific perspectives on these amazing creatures.
I was born in Newport Beach Ca. My freind bought 125 acres in Rocha, Uruguay called Lagos de Garzon... We are a substainable resort, but My bro has given me liberties to take some of the Free range animals we have and make them my pets, as I/we call it "Our Tribe"... I was clueless in the beginning, but I can say now after 3 years... All creatures love love... and they show it!!! Thank you for this lovely story... I knew it and it is sooooo true...
Seems Alot of viewers thought was pro-vegetarian. That never even occurred to me...must be quite a few uncomfortable carnivores out there.
I thought it was a great documentary.
For those who want to keep an open mind and acquire more information about the modern production of meat before making uneducated statements, you might want to check these out:
"Cowspiracy", film on the effects of factory farming on the environment.
"Earthlings", film about modern factory farming.
"The China Study" by T. Colin Campbell, meat diet vs. plant-based diet.
nice! :)
Lots depend on our early years conditioning. As a child one is told that this is good and that is wrong without being allowed to question why.
Sometimes they call it tradition, sometimes beliefs and sometimes they keep dumb silence.
The only way to get out of this vicious circle is to question everything since one can formulate a sentence.
Read, observe, feel and open your mind!
amazing documentary and amazing people!I wish I could work with them. I can not understand how anyone on this world can doubt that animals have feelings....ignorance is endless.... the only answer to everything is love and open minds...lets just love animals and not torture them uselessly....
stop eating the animals. stop wearing the animals. stop exploiting the animals. there is more than enough food, clothing and entertainment on this planet without the use of animals.
Paused it less than 2 minutes in to say that I am already happy to be watching this because they said "non-human animals". TYVM That is all
I think the problem or arguement is not about wether eating meat is right or wrong for the human body. Think our hole arguement centres around how it is produced, on mass with little to no care for the individual animal. As vegetarian or vegans we refrain from entering into whole sad business in the degradation of animals given rights.
Anje , how should the Eskimos , mongols or other people living on regions where plant based diet is NOT POSSIBLE , or people from 3-d world countries that cant afford an all plant based diet , get vegetarian? Meat is a food source... It should not be consumed as it is today (every day, and huge quantities) but it is essential, especially to extreme weather regions, high altitude regions, or rugged (stony) terrain regions.
I'm not a vegetarian and neither is my husband nor my dog. However, I think about what I eat and I do see the animal. The world would be healthier if we all worked towards being vegans. I am a fan of Dr. Will Tuttle who wrote World Peace Diet. I'm also a 6-afternoons-a-week volunteer at the local animal shelter. Humans are not just abusing other, relatively powerless species, but we are crowding out their living space. // Jean Clelland-Morin
I wish my parents had been more supportive of my efforts to eat vegetarian when I was young. The American Dietetic Association has a position statement that says that a well-planned vegetarian or vegan diet provides everything required for all stages of development. We didn't know that back then, though.
what a simpleton ' i dont think the docu was about vegetarianism' its ok to kill something as long as you treat it nicely all that old rubbish - respect the animal then snack on it for a bit instead of letting it continue its natural life happy yeh that makes sense nice one mate
i work in a pig farm and too often i forget that pigs are live creatures, just like my dog whom i love and threat like any member of my family. Too often i look at them just like at the stuff i have to take care. And only very rarely i realize they are not a brick, but live animals. Usually i wake up when i see small piglets running around theyr mom and playing just like humen children. Or when a small piglet cries in huge pain, when his mom accidently crushes him.
Very emotional. Good people in this documentary. I can have a pig, chicken or even a cow pet but it won't stop me from eating meat. I love meat.
This was a great story on the emotions of farm animals. It is nice to know that there are farms for a few lucky animals to escape their destiny with the slaughter house and live out a long happy life.
The spirits of these animals may be being compensated for a very good deed or deeds they may have done in a previous life. Who knows but it sounds good.
The kindness of some human beings makes the rest of mankind look much better.
With regards to the teenager from San Jose who was very upset at having spent so much time with her bull / cow and then seen it go to slaughter I have this wisdom for her. Think of how happy she made that bull / cow's life before it was killed. In all the time she spent with the animal she made a very positive difference in its life.
Sadly we cannot save all of the farm animals in the United States bound for the slaughter house as humans depend on this protein to survive. Myself included. Humans have desensitized themselves to farm animals and their emotions for the simple reason that the farm animals will eventually be killed for meat processing. It is much easier to do this if the human handlers do not attach human feelings to farm animals they have to kill.
As this documentary illustrates, we are all animals with common genetic roots millions of years back in time and we all experience the joy of life and living and all the emotions that come with it.
Maybe it should be an endeavor of society that every community have a farm with farm animals that humans can befriend and be kind too. A farm where these special farm animals get to live to old age, be happy and free. We cannot save all of the farm animals from the slaughter house, but perhaps we could save a few more farm animals to honor and respect those we do slaughter in order to survive. That would be a noble and beneficial goal for human society to honor those farm animals whom our lives depend on. A way to thank nature in a positive way that would also benefit the community.
Cute!
I was watching this during dinner, and then I realized how ironic it was that I was eating my corned beef while watching the story of "Jessy" the calf saved from slaughter by jumping off the truck on the highway.
I would have loved to have grown up on a farm like this, nonetheless. I've always really loved farm animals.
Realized I watched this last year when I remembered they guy fauning over the chicken. LOL
T_T :).. :(...:S
Hi Claudia, no need to shock your system by going veg overnight as few people can do that. Like cigarette, alcohol, or any other type of addiction, our taste for flesh can be weaned off gradually over time. Our taste buds can adapt to anything if you give it a chance. After a while you won't even miss it. There are, however, plenty of analog meat that resembles the real thing to help smooth out the transition. Lastly, it's hard to eat alone so: 1) Find veg-friendly restaurants to try out in your area. 2) Join your local vegetarian group or Meetup gatherings. 3) Subscribe to VegNews and Vegetarian Times. They have great veg info/recipes/pictures that are mouth watering. 4) Learn the facts about animal agriculture from people who don't profit from it. Watch "Earthlings", also on here. It will toughen your resolve. Aaron Scheibner's "A Delicate Balance" is also good and is shown free on his website now. Good luck!
Watching this makes me hungry.
I cried.
Very moving doco, loved how it focused on all the positive outcomes, and the personal stories of individual animals. I'm so moved by this film!
Another insightful doco on this site is called "How to cure diabetes in 30days" shows amazing results from people with type 2 diabetes from eatting a plant based diet.
@ Anjie
I've been eating organic meat since I was a child and, yes, is some kind of religion, or maybe an addiction.
It's stupid because today I'm cuddling a chicken and tomorrou I'm eating it, doesn't make any sense (I would never eat my dogs!) but I think I can't stop it...
What's the best way to start eating a plant-based diet without having some kind of hangover?
Animal pains and emotions aside, MEAT IS THE PROBLEM, organic or otherwise.
Buying into the idea that it's natural for people to kill and eat flesh IS the biggest propaganda and sloppy science of all (besides the one called "religion".)
All things created equal, the healthiest humans have been the plant-based kind. Numerous legitimate studies supported this. For examples: 1) The 7th Day Adventists in Loma Linda, CA, as a group, are healthier than the rest of the country thanks to their primarily plant-based diet. 2) Aside from Drs. Ornish, Weil, Campbell(s), Esselstyn, and many others, Dr. Oz has also repeatedly promote the veg diet on his show as one of the best ways to reverse diseases, achieve optimal health & longevity. 3) Pres. Bill Clinton recently went on a veg diet based, not based on "sloppy science" but on the thousands of legitimate studies that he obviously deemed as logical and credible.
In essence, since the history of humankind has always been riddled with diseases before factory-farmed meat ever came into play and 99% of all medications and supplements out there are created specifically for people who eat flesh, the question is not why plant-based diet but WHY NOT plant-based diet?
@ MH
Considering all of the pesticides as well as antibiotics in factory farmed meat, I'm not surprised that humans who eat it are more likely to have heart disease/cancer.
But what about meat that doesn't contain those substances?
Humans have been eating meat for centuries
Meat is not the problem; how it's made is!
Meat itself isn't bad for you
Despite the propaganda PETA and other organizations spread around.
Have any of the studies about meat and likelihood of cancer had a separate group that ate organic antibiotic-free meat?
No. And based on that I believe that it is bogus and sloppy science that doesn't deserve to be seen as reliable.