Goats, emotional beings, just like humans.
Decoding the emotions of goats: stable bleats and small ear movements indicate that farm animals are happy.
“Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have examined how goats express subtle positive emotions – though calls and behaviours
They are more likely to point their ears forward and keep their tail up when they are content, while their calls are more variable when they are unhappy
Experts say understanding small cues such as these could be used by farmers to improve animal welfare”
VLA response:
Let’s just read this and really think about it – a study all about the ‘welfare’ of goats and identifying their emotions. Many years ago it was thought that animals didn’t have emotions – they were mere automata and we can understand that in those times, with that way of thinking, it would have seemed OK to use, abuse and kill them. However, we all now know and openly accept that they are living beings with emotions. And surely, with emotions comes the desire to be free, happy and to avoid pain and suffering; A desire to live. It kind of makes them similar to… oh let’s say … humans. And that’s why we believe that if we care enough to spend money studying the emotions of goats, so that we can adjust their welfare standards, then we shouldn’t be farming them to eat them at all. We don’t need to, there are a million other food options. So why are we? For a fleeting taste of animal flesh.
This, versus the taking of a life that has the same emotions as us? Something to think about…. And it’s OK to feel emotional about it.
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