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God wouldn’t bless this barbaric tradition
5:31pm Monday 18th December 2006 in Letters
Millions of turkeys are mistreated before they end up on the Christmas dinner table Buy this photo »
ONE of God's creations was the wild turkey. A wonderful bird that lives in open forest, can fly up to 55mph, roosts in trees and can live up to 10 years.
Mankind has created a selectively bred turkey that can weigh up to four times that of his wild relatives, cannot fly and may be killed as young as 13 weeks old.
Millions of turkeys eaten this Christmas may have come from a squalid, windowless unit, or from the pole barn system where most birds have their beaks removed because the conditions lead to cannibalism.
I appeal to all religious people to question celebrating a holy time by gorging on the carcass of a mistreated animal.
Ask yourselves, would God or Jesus approve of this cruelty? Would they bless this Christmas meal?
There are plenty of vegetarian alternatives that millions of people already enjoy.
Robert Roach, Sidcup
