Charlottes Web

Animal cruelty and animals living conditions improving with the turn of the century? Yes, I think so... Today, I'm sure some crazy farmer still kills the runt of the litter of piglets, but in the US and other places I'm sure animal awareness has been raised greatly from the times of the early 1900's. New groups have come to order, in example PETA or Green Peace. Though Green Peace generally focuses on non-domestic animals. Anyways laws against animal cruelty have been passed. Dog fighting is no longer allowed in the US (Michael Vick is a CREEP) and animals that a slaughtered should be slaughtered in a way that is as humane as possible. Quickly, and in a sanitary way. Personally I hate meat and thinking of this is making me feel terrible because every once in awhile a case will show up in the courts of inhumane treatment and slaughter of animals. In farming communities sometimes malicious behavior is ignored and thought of as "everyday." Last month BBC reported a case in Iowa where the Farmers were picking up pigs with cranes to kill them. GAh seriously, This is making me sick but, as I read Charlotte's Web this issue kept coming back into my mind. In the begining when the Father said all of Wilbur brothers and sisters had been sold already. My imediate question was: WHERE? The ham factory? Poor babies.