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| Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Police. |
Only two days later a woman died after a tractor-trailer hauling pigs crashed into her car in eastern Illinois.
In the first accident, 79 pigs were being transported from Manitoba, Canada, to Bob Evans Farm in Hillsdale, Mich.
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Take a look at this second photo. Can you imagine how happy those two pigs must have been -- scared and confused, too, I'm sure, but happy to be in the sunshine, to be free? And then imagine how they were feeling on that second dark, crowded truck as they drove to their deaths.
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| Warren Skalski / for the Chicago Tribune. |
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In August I wrote about a semi carrying 34 bulls that had caught fire after the driver rear-ended another semi.
If those tractor-trailers had been school buses carrying children instead of animals, people would be outraged. Instead some laugh at how bizarre it is to see a pig on a highway or curse because they have to take an alternate route.
Let's avoid one more accident like this by refusing to take part in the objectification of animals. Please don't eat them.
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I hate seeing those trucks on the highway. I've always wondered what an omni thinks when s/he sees one, but I'm too afraid to ask.
I know one woman who stopped eating pigs when she saw them being transported down the highway. She still eats other animals, but at least it's a start.
I understand your outrage, but I don't think the comparison to kids is apt. Kids in a school bus would be going to school. These pigs were already on their way to be murdered.
This is not a funny accident. A woman died from some who is driving recklessly. Let this be a reminder to all to drive responsibly. My deepest condolences to the woman's family.
Tucson, thanks for commenting. I agree; neither of these accidents is funny. But I don't think my post or any of the comments implied they were. It's always sad when someone dies in a traffic accident--especially due to the actions of other drivers. Are you representing the woman's family?
I am the brother of the woman that died and am happy tho see this blog . To add to the fire Glenn friesen was in another accident a few months prior to the one he killed my sister in hauling pigs ! And to make things worse he's getting off!!! Just tickets !! I think I'm just gonna run red lights now apparently if you kill someone you get a 25 $ ticket
Anonymous, I'm so sorry for your loss. It's criminal that Friesen got off so easily.
My heart goes out to the woman's family. I believe it would help make it a little less difficult for the family if they take a look at www.deathletters.org. Knowing someone else is going through the same thing helped me cope when I went through the same ordeal.
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