Agriculture
Raising and Confining Animals Is a Stain on Human Civilization
Comedian Dolf Jansen criticizes State Secretary Erkens for failing to enforce animal welfare standards, such as banning tail docking or restricting fast-growing broiler chickens. Jansen argues that political inaction protects agrolobby interests rather than upholding human values. He calls for an end to intensive farming practices like 'chicken plopping' and veal fattening, asserting that treating millions of animals this way is a moral stain on civilization that must be abolished through societal realization rather than legislative compromise.
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