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all those with a mindset, they are just cows, etc, are not gonna fare well on judgement day. We are part of nature, not above it.

This is actually true. I used to work for a specialist security company and we had a contract protecting BSE research labs near Straford upon Avon in Warwickshire UK. I was unlucky enough to see this first hand. I must add at least the ones in the UK had little protective windows in them. It was a shame to see the accelerated onset of BSE in the cows. I also witnessed a few being shot when they escaped. Not good but what price for food safety????

This cant be real... the cows would get instant infections with an open channel to the belly! I can see it in a controled lab but not outside, impossible.

just saw the cow with holes in the TV show Squeamish from Discovery... what a sacrifice they have ! but it also almost made me throw up my dinner / v \

Funny thing about this is that I remember seeing this video when i was in probably 4th grade or so...  I thought it was awesome!  Cows seem to be doing just fine.  I have an idea... let's take all of these bleeding hearts down here that are crying for the cows saying that we should do this to humans instead and let's put fistulas in them!.. or their family members and loved ones.  YA!!! THEN we'll be getting some research done without hurting an animal that is being raised to be eaten anyways.  i'm a flippin genius... who wants to go first?!?

this should be done to anyone animal or human. Maybe that's the point you're missing.

How about we just lock up idiots with limited intelligence like you and rid the world of stupidity? That sounds like a better idea to me.

I will try to explain why this is wrong without freaking out. 

There is a hole in a living being. 

The image of the child reaching in is especially disturbing. There has to be a less invasive way to accomplish the supposed goal. This only teaches and reinforces that 'lesser' creatures are only to be used and not respected as a life form. I love ribs as much as the next guy, but I don't agree with inhumane treatment. 

It's a cow.
And it's only some cows, used for study.
Or do we disagree with vaccines too?

"It's a cow." Is the kind of mentality I'm talking about.
to restate; there has to be a less invasive way to accomplish the ... goal.

Humans have had holes inside them too (from accidents rather than purpose admittedly) and have lived perfectly normal lives. In fact, one man with a hole in his side volunteered to let scientists watch his digestive process to allow them to learn more about human digestion.

What you are essentially saying is that cows cannot do this while humans can and have. Therefore you are saying that cows should be treated with more respect than humans, then asking for the same respect levels.

Please, do some simple background research before criticizing ethics.

accidentally is one thing, volunteering is something else. I'm not asking that the cows be treated better than people, but they shouldn't have holes put in them either. They didn't volunteer or ask for this. It wasn't an accident that's being taken advantage of. Someone else volunteered them. It was purposefully done. If this sort of thing had been done to a person, not accidentally or by their free will but forced on them by
someone else, this would not be such a minor subject of debate.

would you like to have a hole in your body?? coming from your stomach and then when someone wants to put their hand in your stomach because they are curious to see how you digest, (saying that they do this for the cows, i never heard such stupid excuses in my life) you will feel how horrible it is! don't animals suffer enough being tortured, experimented on and slaughtered everyday because somehow damn humans took control of this damn world! If it helps to find out about cancer then why don't they do it to people instead????  I don't think anyone would agree to that! they only do it to cows, just because they can. if cows do not feel nothing, doesn't make it ok. it's wrong!

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