My girlfriend is a vegetarian, so I’m accustomed to receiving stern lectures whenever I tear into a drumstick. But coming face-to-face with the Super Debeaker, albeit in JPEG form, gave me pause. You can be sure that, before I tuck into that luscious bird tomorrow night, I’ll give a moment’s thought to what his time on Earth must’ve been like. None-too-pleasant, I’ll wager, given that his beak was likely snipped off at a young age.
On the other hand, as the site makes clear, debeaking prevents cannibalism, picking, fighting, and egg loss. So I guess there’s a big upside, too. And the Super Debeaker claims to get the job done with minimal blood loss.
So, yeah, I’ll ponder the evils of factory farming for a second or two. Then I’ll leave my girlfriend to her Tofurkey, and start wolfing down some avian flesh. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.
