The Scotts Go Free Range
Its a well known reality that we often know what’s right but only when we are really faced with it do we accept a real decision has to be made.
What makes me say this?. Well I’ve known how standard chickens are reared for many years as has my wife and even my children have at least been partially aware of the terrible conditions in which chickens are bred. However despite knowing this we have continued to purchase standard chickens from the supermarket because you can often get two for £5 where as you will pay £7 for one free range bird.
The power of money out weighs the power of right!.
The reality is we prefer not to think about what gets in the way. Yes, we think it’s wrong to mistreat animals that we are going to eat but as we don’t see it everyday we somehow manage to put it out of our mind just enough that when at the supermarket we can continue to buy chickens reared in bad conditions while whole heartedly agreeing with people at dinner parties that mistreating animals is wrong.
This week channel four have been showing a series of programs called Hugh’s Chicken Run that has presented over three hours on this subject. After watching this as a family we have decided its time to stop being hypocrites, stand up for what’s right and only buy free range chicken.
The reality is our family budget will not allow us to eat the same amount of chicken at higher prices which means this meat loving family has taken the difficult decision to simply eat less meat.
Will we miss it?, of course we will. But its doing the right thing with the the little things and not just the big ones that will eventually make the world a better place to live for man and chicken.
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