PETA comes to pig roast at Mass local

hoosier · #1 11-29-2003, 04:03 PM

Frat care of pig pre-roast raises PETA concerns

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By CHERYL B. WILSON Staff Writer
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Tuesday, November 25, 2003 -- ( AMHERST ) Tales of a live pig being kept in a University of Massachusetts fraternity house basement before being slaughtered for the annual pig roast during Homecoming Weekend last month led to complaints to the Amherst Police Department and the national organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

No charges have been filed, but the animal-rights group is awaiting a report from the police.

Leighton Allenby, president of Alpha Tau Gamma, the fraternity for the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, said Monday the incident has been blown out of proportion; even his professors have been talking about it, he said.

Allenby said he slaughtered the pig at an area farm. ''I slaughtered it personally,'' he said. ''I grew up on a farm and I've done it lots of times before.''

Allenby declined to comment on whether the pig had been kept in the fraternity house basement at 375 North Pleasant St. before the pig roast Oct. 18.

''We are concerned with specifically how the animal was housed and in what manner the poor animal was slaughtered,'' said Stephanie Bell, a Seattle-based cruelty case worker for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She said their informant reported the pig had been kept in very poor conditions ''that reeked of feces.''

''At this point it looks as if no criminal charges are involved,'' said Detective Brian Johnson of the Amherst Police Department Monday. A police spokesman said last week that they have yet to find any violation of criminal law or the health code.

Bell added that an initial police investigation had targeted the wrong fraternity, where another roasted pig had been bought ready for the spit. The animal rights organization demanded the investigation be reopened and is awaiting the final report, she said.

''It is important that this case be thoroughly investigated,'' Bell said. ''Crimes against animals must be taken seriously,'' she added.

Michael Wiseman, director of fraternities and sororities at UMass, said he witnessed the roast. ''I did see the hog on the spit ... I did see that up close and personal.''

Wiseman some students not connected to the fraternity felt the captivity constituted cruelty to animals and notified authorities.

Wiseman said UMass wouldn't take any action on the report unless there were violations of criminal law or health codes.

Paul Tierney. director of the food protection program of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, there were no apparent health-code violations, and that his department only has jurisdiction over food that is prepared for commercial sale.

''Persons who raise meat and poultry for personal use, and slaughter and process the animal may do so without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Public Health or the local board of health. The product generated may not be sold or given away and is solely for the use of the owner of the animal,'' according to the state health code, Tierney said. As long as the fraternity members didn't charge for the meal, it is assumed they used the pig for their own use and for non-paying guests, Tierney said.

If there was cruel or inhumane treatment it could be an issue for the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and if the slaughtering or housing of the pig created a nuisance it could be under the jurisdiction of the local board of health, Tierney added.

Tom Earp · #2 11-29-2003, 04:25 PM

What Bloomin Idiots!

PETA, morons on the loose

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The Colonel KFC said they werre only using humaine killing of their Chickens, Where next, Arbeys for Beef, Long John Silvers for shrimp and fish.
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Hell if anyone sees what I fix for dinners, PETA would go friggin nuts!
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Well, I guess there have to be people like them to make us feel Normal!

DeltaSigStan · #3 11-29-2003, 05:00 PM

I'm sorry, you can call me ignorant, but this is how I feel about these PETA idiots:

1) There's a food chain. We're at the top. We eat animals. Unless you're stupid, animals don't eat us.

2) Certain animals are here for US. Give me a break, what is a cow for besides a steak, a leather jacket, and a baseball glove? If they're not our pork chops and bacon, what else do pigs do beside wallow in their own filth? Sure, going into the wild to kill an elephant or mistakenly

3) Get over yourselves. Asking the Packers to change their name because it's offensive to cows? Asking the winner of the Indy 500 to drink soy milk because of the same thing? Sure, maybe slaughtering a pig is a bit much, but this leads me to my next point.

4) SOLVE EVERY HUMAN PROBLEM FIRST. Solve murder, rape, poverty, homelessness, terrorism, then MAYBE I'll give a rat's ass. Some PETA fudgepacker couple years back tried to tell me "If we don't fight for these animals, who will?" Well, I care more about my family in the PI who's in danger of getting killed by Abu Sayaf more than I do that someone is killing hundreds of cows to make food for OUR good.

DolphinChicaDDD · #4 11-29-2003, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
I'm sorry, you can call me ignorant, but this is how I feel about these PETA idiots:

1) There's a food chain. We're at the top. We eat animals. Unless you're stupid, animals don't eat us.

2) Certain animals are here for US. Give me a break, what is a cow for besides a steak, a leather jacket, and a baseball glove? If they're not our pork chops and bacon, what else do pigs do beside wallow in their own filth? Sure, going into the wild to kill an elephant or mistakenly

3) Get over yourselves. Asking the Packers to change their name because it's offensive to cows? Asking the winner of the Indy 500 to drink soy milk because of the same thing? Sure, maybe slaughtering a pig is a bit much, but this leads me to my next point.

4) SOLVE EVERY HUMAN PROBLEM FIRST. Solve murder, rape, poverty, homelessness, terrorism, then MAYBE I'll give a rat's ass. Some PETA fudgepacker couple years back tried to tell me "If we don't fight for these animals, who will?" Well, I care more about my family in the PI who's in danger of getting killed by Abu Sayaf more than I do that someone is killing hundreds of cows to make food for OUR good.

My thoughts exacutly...my idea:

I didn't climb to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian

PhiPsiRuss · #5 11-29-2003, 05:31 PM

People who are PETA activists simply have way too much free time.

Tom Earp · #6 11-29-2003, 06:25 PM

DS Stan, Are You on the Asskin diet!??? What a moronic thing. Eat Meat and nothing else! DAHA!

Hell Stan, the last time I was In SD area was at an eatery in Ocean Beach and ate Flipper!

HyDude, do me a Favor, go to the Old Town Mex. Resturnat and have a Margarita for me on the or in the patio Area! God I loved that place!

Git a big one and send me the Bill for the Pitcher that I know you will drink!

Shi* could we have a good time!

AlphaGam1019 · #7 11-29-2003, 06:27 PM

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Originally posted by Tom Earp
DS Stan, Are You on the Asskin diet!??? What a moronic thing. Eat Meat and nothing else! DAHA!

rofl!!

Quote:

Hell Stan, the last time I was In SD area was at an eatery in Ocean Beach and ate Flipper!

DeltaSigStan · #8 11-29-2003, 07:08 PM

Oh man, I love Old Town Mexican Cafe. They do such a great job of masking the tequila.

And I'm not on Atkins. I'm on a seefood diet (That wasn't spelled wrong either).

honeychile · #9 11-29-2003, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DolphinChicaDDD
My thoughts exacutly...my idea:

I didn't climb to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian

ROTFL!!!!

There are two ardent vegetarians on another board I use, and I cannot wait to use this on them!!!

Kevin · #10 11-30-2003, 02:50 AM

When PETA puts out news releases like this, they typically only make themselves appear to be the idiots they really are.

A pig to me is good for bacon. I love BLT's.

I'll bet a pig that had been raised and slaughtered outside one of those corporate farms would probably taste better.

Jill1228 · #11 11-30-2003, 05:04 AM

Can I get an AMEN?!
Sure PETA has some good ideas (no fur, no declawing of cats, cosmetics not tested on animals) , but they carry it to an extreme and as a group they are a bunch of fruitcakes.

I believe in animal rights (to an extent, but I will not donate a dime to them! I will donate my time, goods and money to my local no-kill animal shelter

Still my favorite acronym for PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals!

(Relax, I have a sister and one of my best friends who are vegetarians)

Quote:

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
I'm sorry, you can call me ignorant, but this is how I feel about these PETA idiots:

1) There's a food chain. We're at the top. We eat animals. Unless you're stupid, animals don't eat us.

2) Certain animals are here for US. Give me a break, what is a cow for besides a steak, a leather jacket, and a baseball glove? If they're not our pork chops and bacon, what else do pigs do beside wallow in their own filth? Sure, going into the wild to kill an elephant or mistakenly

3) Get over yourselves. Asking the Packers to change their name because it's offensive to cows? Asking the winner of the Indy 500 to drink soy milk because of the same thing? Sure, maybe slaughtering a pig is a bit much, but this leads me to my next point.

4) SOLVE EVERY HUMAN PROBLEM FIRST. Solve murder, rape, poverty, homelessness, terrorism, then MAYBE I'll give a rat's ass. Some PETA fudgepacker couple years back tried to tell me "If we don't fight for these animals, who will?" Well, I care more about my family in the PI who's in danger of getting killed by Abu Sayaf more than I do that someone is killing hundreds of cows to make food for OUR good.

Tom Earp · #12 11-30-2003, 12:03 PM

OOPS, sorry Stan!

Hate spell check and when raging dont go back and read post. Would scare the hell out of me too!

Yep, I could do the seafood thing too!

But a little change of pace is gooood also!

James · #13 11-30-2003, 07:42 PM

I think PETA members should volunteer to substitute themselvs in for pig roasts. Lets eat PETA members. . . .

Tom Earp · #14 12-01-2003, 06:33 PM

In the food chain of life,

Shit runs down hill, and at times, I feel Like I am at the Bottom of the Food Chain!

"I came, I saw I ate, I fell asleep in the Recliner in front of the Tube!'

"Quote Tom Earp, 12-01-03"

Feel free to use with out copy right infringement!

What, Dont Potatos have eyes to see you picking them?

What, Dont Corn have Ears to hear you picking them?

What, dont some trees have Dates, and you want to eat your Dates?

What, you eat Mexican, dont Lettuce gave heads?

If you eat Polish/Italian Sausage, are you eating someone from a Country?

Do you feel bad each time you go to you garden and pick something and do you not hear those littles squeels, dont pick Me!

OMG, F PETA! I want to start a movement dont eat veggies!

PsychTau · #15 12-01-2003, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tom Earp
What, dont some trees have Dates, and you want to eat your Dates?

What, you eat Mexican, dont Lettuce gave heads?

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! ROTFL!!!!!