[.uk] Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, ... (ISBN 1591024501)

We wish we could ignore it but we can't!:
I read this book and did not know what to expect. It has definitely changed the choices I make when it comes to food and where I buy it. It has also inspired me to eat more meatless dishes and learn more about other types of foods I probably would have never tried.

Read this book:
This book was written over ten years ago, population then, and meat consumption was not as high as it is today. Imagine how the profiteers behind the meat market have to rush these animals through the massacre to provide for the needs of a ever hungrier and misinformed population we have now. This book was the last drop into a series of books that made me give up eating meat entirely. No wonder they never allowed it on that 60 minutes show, but after all these years the truth is coming out, slowly but surely. All that is told by Gail is something that will mark you. Read it, learn it, change your ways.

More inspiration:
I've watch the PETA videos,"Meet your Meat" etc. So I'm already familiar to the horrors of the slaughterhouse industry. I haven't read the Jungle book yet, but was surprised that even this day in age the dangers of those working in the slaughterhouses. My initial intent was to read it as more inspiration for me on my Vegan journey. (I'm additicted to cheese) And daily doses of reading this book helped me awake to my new lifestyle. The information was so helpful for me when people would attack my belief system on choosing to not consume meat OR dairy. When I would mention the reality of the number of cattle that are missed, the lack of addiquite testing control, the horrid details of what e coli REALLY does to children, and the blatant niave thinking on the part of the USDA with its consumers, I was immediatly understood by my peers. I wasn't seen as a nut bag whose thinks that "pets have feelings" but someone with a sound mind who is just worried about the saftey of a meat industry that is obviously NOT being regulated appropriatly when the country thinks it is! A GROSS misconception. I'm am so very thankful for this book.

A must read for animal lovers of any kind:
I had this book for about six months before I got up the nerve to read it. I have always been a meat-eater and was afraid that if I read the book I would have to give it up. I've read the book and haven't touched meat since. In my case ignorance wasn't bliss. Ignorance was just plain stupidity. I've been around animals of all types all of my life and after reading this book I know I can never eat another piece of meat knowing that an animal suffered just so I could selfishly have a steak. Even if you don't read this because you're an animal lover, read it because you love yourself and your family enough not to feed them the filth and disease that comes out of the meat factories. If you can look past the sad eyes of the cow that is being skinned alive, then if nothing else just stop a moment to think about the things that have come into contact with the meat you're eating. This book describes the filth and disease that make it all the way to that meat on your plate. I'm a Registered Dietitian and I had learned to trust the USDA. If there was a USDA certification on my meat label I was safe. My "trusted" USDA now recommends that I cook the meat that I buy to a safe temperature to kill everything that they missed. Why else do you think you can't buy a rare hamburger anymore? It's because it's dirty and diseased and it has to be practically burnt to remove risk of that filth/disease from the factors being passed on to the consumer. Please have the courage to read this book.

Slaughehouse:
Awesome documentary!! A must read for anyone who has any interest in nutrition, especially regarding animal products.