The Emotional World of Farm Animals

On Monday night, SOS showed "The Emotional World of Farm Animals" as part of our ongoing movie fest. This movie follows author Jeffrey Masson as he does research for his book The Pig Who Sang to the Moon. He travels to different sanctuaries where he meets rescued animals and talks with the people who run the sanctuaries. Each and every animal has a unique personality and a story to tell. Anyone interested in volunteering or starting an animal sanctuary should visit www.sanctuaries.org
After the movie, Rae Sikora led a discussion about how humans see these animals as just food even though it is obvious that they are thinking and feeling beings. It is interesting how people think more fondly of domestic companions (cat, dogs, rabbits, horses) while farm animals are considered to be just stupid animals. However, there is overwhelming evidence that animals such as pigs and chickens are actually very intelligent. Hopefully we will soon be able to abolish the stigma against farm animals and embrace them as unique, smart and emotional animals.

This past Monday, SOS showed LAST OF THE SPANISH MUSTANGS, a movie about the plight of the Spanish mustangs- our country's wild
horses are being wiped off their range to support the foreign horse meat market. After the movie, Liz Cherry, a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Georgia, discussed her experience witnessing the popularity of horse meat in France during the year that she lived there. Liz also talked about the current efforts to end horse slaughter through creating more effective legislation- H.R. 503 and S. 311. For more information and to find out how you can help, please visit this HSUS site.

For more information on our ongoing movie fest, please visit our FilmFest page.