To

All animal rights activists/freaks.

You people need to get your priorities straight or maybe your heads examined.

The are count less millions of living breathing human beings suffering all over the world cause of war, feminine disease and oppression ; all the while you guys spend
you time championing/funding animal rights.

Heck in some countries animal rights organisations get more public funding than the ones that champion the safety and security of our children…I mean c’mon that just sick and twisted on so many fucking levels.

The cartoon is very good. It's amazing that so few people know about factory farming and the realities of slaughterhouses. Kids actually still play with toy farms, read "Old McDonald's", and believe it.

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About the horses, maybe people need to follow more responsible breeding (which to me equals very restricted breeding) and ownership standards, rather than relying on auctions and slaughter houses as a dumping grounds. Lets stop the practice of incentive funds for breeding!

And as far as organic meat--think again. Organic meat is usually full of worms and parasites, I know this first hand. We rescue animals that were raised organically and trust me, they are FULL of disease. And all meat animals are subjected to slaughter house atrocities, please read "Slaughterhouse" if you don't belive me. When you eat this meat, your body absorbs all of the negative energy fileds of the animal that suffered for your fork.

I love it! How can I embed it somewhere so others can see???

I love it! How can I embed it somewhere so others can see???

If only this was fiction! My family and I are vegan and our empathy for the Doreens of this world is one of the reasons we choose this healthy way of life. I hope kids everywhere get to see this really great cartoon, it shows just how cold blooded,dirty and inhumane this whole industry is.

All I can do is laugh. There are so many ignorant and inaccurate statements in the cartoon and in these posts, that there is little to no credibility in what is here. I defend anyones right to a vegan lifestyle, and I do understand the health benefits that one can realize. That does not justify making innaccurate accusations against those that raise our food. Thanks to advances made in food production, we have reduced everyone's food costs and significantly reduced or eliminated starvation in many parts of the world. Eating meat is a choice one can make in a free country, and the meat supply in the US is both delicious and safe.

HELL YEA!! LOVE IT!!

ANIMAL LIBERATION NOW!!
VEGAN POWER!!

Meat is murder.

"She's a cow! not a hippie!" awesome comment, and I agree with some of the above posters, this is definitely one of Mark's best pieces ever, it gets to the point very directly. This and a myriad of other fine pieces will educate people to what so much of today's beef supply can be like.

p.s I don't eat much meat or drink much milk myself. I still like cheese, however found a local source that is free-range and organic.

I've been a vegetarian for four years and couldn't have made a more important or better decision! It has improved my health, introduced me to new tasty foods I wold have never tried before, and that makes me feel better about myself. I also stopped drinking milk and have recently been trying to drastically reduce my dairy intake so soon I can be completely vegan. I can't even imagine going back to meat and milk! Go Veg!

I'm not a vegan or a vegetarian but I am considering becoming one.

A plant based diet is healthier. You never hear about meat curing or treating any illness but you always hear about the healing nutrients found in fruits and veggies.

I do consume mostly organic and natural food. I never ate pork and I am gradually getting away from beef. If I do eat beef or any meat for that matter I have to buy it myself. It has to be organic or as natural as possible.

The crap that they put in our food today should be a crime. Americans are the most obese people on the planet and degenerative diseases in this country are sky-rocketing even among young people.

We need to wake up and really pay attention to what we are eating.

If you are what you eat then people who eat beef are walking chemical time bombs.

I bet vegans and vegetarians have lower rates of heart disease and colon cancer. It's a fact that processed meats like bacon, sausasge, and hot dogs cause cancer due to the sodium nitrate that is added.

I still say a plant based diet is healthier. There are too many issues and risks associated with eating meat.

eating beef isn't only kinda disgusting when you think about the cow. It's also a bit of a waste. ONE cow in it's life (before it's slaughtered that is) eats A LOT of grain. (not that it's necessarily built to) The grain that it eats could feed LOTS AND LOTS of people. Once the cow is slaughtered, it's meat won't feed nearly as many people. This is why it's a waste.

The grain the cow eats is in a way transfered into beef. Say the cow eats 500 pounds of grain in its life. It might not even produce half that much. The grain could have fed LOTS OF PEOPLE. The cow can't.

that cruelty happened in the town next to mine...I havent eaten meat since.I dont want to ever be a part of animal misery ever again.

Hi

I also am a very healthy Vegan. Just like cows I get my prtien and million of other nutrients direct from the source. Sunshine, fresh air, water, exersize, and all the fruits, nuts, seeds, herbs, veges and green leafs and grasses the are provided in abundance. Protien is made up of 9 essential acids. Animal protien must be broken down to the raw acids and then absorbed which is taxing on the body.

A cow has 4 stomachs you might say but I have a vita-mix blender and i make yummy green smooties from all sorts of green leaves.
40% green leaves and 60% fruits make em yummy and so energizing.
Just add water to desired consistency.

The highest source of protien can be found in hemp leaf. One of the most diverse plants on the planet.

Try edible weeds such as dandelion, fat hen, dock and clover.

Let the lawns grow and heal the body. soil and enviroment

I truely believe that we are always evolving forward and slaughtering animals for food is only for the ones who are to lazy to do thier universal duty to tend to the soil.

Much love to all

Matty

Get to know some ranchers. Help them butcher so you know its done right. Go in with a few friends and buy an elk (excellent!). Find a Hutterite colony and get some eggs and chickens. Shop the local farmers markets. Do everything possible to support the family farm and farm coops- ITS MORE THAN JUST PRESERVING A WAY OF LIFE

You pull no punches.

Once again you shine light on an ugly truth that noone else seems to have the nerve to bring up. Then you show how issues are interrelated through reappearances of your iconic characters.

Doreen should take her show on the road to talk about the similarities with slaughterhouses and public schools. Too many "cattle" in too close of quarters, forced immunization degenerating the health of the cattle, not to mention the connecting tissue of recalled bad meat that just happened to be sent mainly to institutions (public schools) and fast food.

Looking forward to the sequel. We love you Doreen! You rock Mark!

great cartoon, mark. the satire is spot-on. poor kids, poor cows. i only wish there'd been mention that doreen is a milk cow who's been systematically raped and separated from her calves throughout her 5 short years of life. maybe the sequel can follow her son dylan and show us how to make veal.

i'm pale because my ancestors are scottish, not because i'm vegan. peace out!

Mark, about Doreen,

I think you should have slow motioned the offal (dead, diseased animal parts used to "enhance" chicken and cattle feed. If you are what you eat, then it's disgusting to think about what industry feeds and injects into their animals! I wonder what it's doing to our kids! I'm sure we all have some ideas on that one....

Hey, I have often thought about the waste of the fetuses of so many pregnant animals brought to slaughter. Well, it's not really a waste, they use them in medical schools. I wish the growers wouldn't slaughter the pregnant ones though.

I personally eat organic meats. I think it's a healthy thing to do, but if you can be vegetarian or vegan, more power to you.

I love eating fish.... funny that none of them ever complained while I chopping them up :)

I eat beef...organically grown pork and chicken...
you do need real protein other than beans and crap like that...
that is unless you wanna be some pale underweight freak.

The $64,000.00 Solution

...is of course (as others have suggested) to buy organic beef, which circumvents every problem addressed by the cartoon.

I really don't consider vegetarianism an option, as physicians (a good few of them) have repeatedly proven to me that vegetarians are among the unhealthiest people in general, owing mainly to the tremendous difficulty in putting together nutritionally-complete meals using North-American selection.

Many vegetarians also believe that soy protein is a complete substitute for animal protein, which is, speaking mildly, a crock.

Just be wary that long-term nutrient deficiency can be every bit as debilitating as all that toxicity one gets from years of munching on 'roid-pumped Doreens.

Thanks for the 'toon, Mark. :)

- U.S. Beef Industry Spokesguy (Not Really)