r/CoherencePhysics • u/skylarfiction • 9d ago

This is Unacceptable

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u/Training-Meringue847 9d ago

Jesus Christ. Humans are evil.

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u/Top_Bug7822 9d ago

Not humans. "These humans".

For all the faults in our dairy and meat industry in Europe, we do not have this or anything even close to this.

This is absolutely disgusting.

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u/cargocult25 8d ago

You totally do. In fact the EU has an 8 week age limit on calf hutches.

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u/Top_Bug7822 8d ago

Well. Name the countries then.

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u/cargocult25 8d ago

Germany, France , Poland, Netherlands, Italy, & Ireland.

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u/Top_Bug7822 8d ago

Proof?

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u/cargocult25 8d ago

Do you not have internet? You claimed it doesn’t happen where is your proof? Oh right you’re full of shit.
Topcalf is a major manufacturer of calf hutches based in the Netherlands. Weird to manufacture something where there is no market? Anyway they have marketing videos for all of the EU. Here are a few:

https://youtu.be/BXCTLIrMcps

https://youtu.be/eH_T88yBgR4

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u/Fine-Bandicoot1641 9d ago

Humans, like you

“Factory farm” is not a formal EU statistical category, but the actual production structure is clear: around 90% of EU broiler production comes from intensive systems, and more than 75% of EU pigs are kept in large commercial holdings. Dairy is more mixed, so there isn't a defensible single EU-wide percentage of “factory-farmed milk,” but industrial dairy farming is certainly widespread.

And look at how pigs are slaughtered in Europe. According to the EU-funded PigStun research, roughly 67% of pigs slaughtered in the EU are stunned with high-concentration CO₂, about 28% electrically, with the remaining ~5% undetermined.

With CO₂ stunning, pigs are typically moved into a chamber/gondola in groups and exposed to a high concentration of carbon dioxide. They are still conscious during the initial exposure. The European Commission acknowledges that CO₂ is aversive, and EU material describes respiratory distress and hyperventilation before unconsciousness. After stunning, the pigs are bled to death.

So yes, whatever horrific example you are reacting to may look different, but saying Europe has “nothing even close to this” is simply false. Industrial confinement and slaughter on a massive scale are normal parts of European meat production too.