The previous issue of PoultryPress urged people to write to the pueblos that held rooster pulls last summer and tell them to stop this cruel dismemberment ritual. This is an ideal opportunity to demonstrate the many virtues of your culture. But killing animals in the name of tradition is not one of them. And if you really want to regenerate life, why not plant trees.
Trees grow and stay alive for centuries, providing oxygen, shade and beauty for generations.
They provide a haven for birds, and create entire ecosystems of life by their very presence. While this may not be culturally familiar, culture need not be static or stagnant. But I firmly believe it is the oppressed peoples who must lead by compassionate example. Other cultures see this as hypocritical, morally inconsistent, and racist, and can invoke it as an excuse for complacency about their own societal cruelty to nonhuman animals.