At easter time this year i finally took a trip to Auschwitz. I became aware of unimaginable horrors on a scale i could never have dreamed up - but what disturbed me most was that, normally a very sensitive sort of person, i came away feeling not as moved by the horrors as i thought - instead a deep anger about another matter started welling up in me - i thought i would be laughed at if i ever tried to describe this to anyone but watching this film has enabled me to liberate the thoughts i had.....
... atrosities far worse than the holocaust and on a far greater scale are happening every single day, not just in far away places but on my doorstep - in the Bernard Matthews turkey farm, in the nearby slaughter houses, on the fish farms. The way we treat our own species is one thing, but how low are we to knowingly and carelessly inflict this on innocent, harmless, beautiful creatures that we should be honoured to live alongside and be using our intelligence to learn from. How arrogant are we that we think the holocaust so horrendous yet these other daily massacres are perfectly acceptable. People will look at me with disdain if i dared to compare the holocaust with a Bernard Matthews turkey farm - why - to me the suffering is the worse. We have become so conditioned to believe it is ok, normal, part of the cycle of life. We are truely base creatures - to have our 'intelligence' and to use it in this way.

I also feel frustrated that portrayal of animal rights activists has been manipulated by those want to perpetuate animal holocaust as terrorists, themselves evil - making it so much harder for those inclined to speak out about it to be heard.

I see myself as a peaceful person, my role models are Ghandhi and Tolstoi yet after this film i felt urged to harm the perpetrators in the same way they were harming the animals - of course this is the wrong approach, violence is never overcome with more violence - i'm just sharing my raw feelings with a like-minded audience. what a relief to know i'm not alone with these views.

Susan Bennett
Vegan
forensic psychologist
Earthling
age 38