Traditional leaders plan ritual animal slaughter at World Cup

"Hundreds if not thousands of animals are unceremoniously slaughtered in inhumane ways every day in North America" Actually, it's much much worse!!

I just looked up these facts: Americans consume a million animals an hour. Every second, 300 living beings are slaughtered for food. There are virtually no local, state or federal laws protecting animals, either throughout their lives or during slaughter. Factory farm managers and employees can treat animals in any way they wish in order to maximize profits, with no regard whatsoever for the suffering involved.

This is my #1 reason for being a vegetarian for 22 years. i'm not "perfect" i can't say i'm vegan and i take a nutritional supplement that's derived from shellfish, but i do my best. HAVE A CLEAR CONSCIOUS, LIVE LONG, GO VEGGIE!

ofcourse this specific story had nothing to do with the world bank, or drunken football fans, i was merely bringing up something that was totally relevant to south africa and the world cup, I thought thats what posting stories on current was about, creating discussions on the topic and sometimes these discussions go wider whilst still remaining on the main title.
"This is a cultural thing, they are not doing it to hurt the animal, it dies peacefully and quickly, and then they will eat the animal." so if it dies peacefully and quickly would you be willing to die being slaughtered, seeing as it's such an alright way to go? and helps bless a stadium?
btw im a vegetarian so animal abuse in any shape or form is sick in my books.
"Beautiful picture of Cape Town though" please tell me that was sarcasm, there's nothing beautiful about a multi million pound stadium with surrounding shanty towns where people dont have proper access to water and electricity etc.

This Stadium is built on top of an old stadium and part of my old golf club, Cape Metropolitan. There are no Townships anywhere near this area; I am unsure where these homes you are talking about are located. If you look at the picture you will see the stadium is very close to the City Centre. The townships tend to be away from the tourist areas, it is better for business. If anyone lost their home to build this they were well reimbursed. Houses in this part of town are very expensive.
For centuries your ancestors have dealt in cattle, traded cattle, sacrificed cattle, and gave dowry of cattle. It is a way of life. Their culture is based on cattle trading and breeding. The more cattle you have the more powerful you are, it is just the way it is.
When a big event happens, animals are killed, it may not be your (western) way of doing things, but the people are not wrong for doing it.
I understand that a vegetarian could find this distasteful, but these are not vegetarians, there are very few vegetarians in Africa through choice.
I agree with many of your posts and like what you have to say on the whole, but this one I am having trouble with. Sorry.
Finally, I would not like to be killed, thanks for offering all the same.

That other post was a mistake, I am still learning this internet thing, soz

You seem very good for a beginner.
I understand that this may seem very gruesome for a vegetarian. The statement "bless the stadium" may seem very strange or absurd to some of you who live in your 'perfect little worlds' and do not understand other people's culture, especially African culture. Perhaps the way they choose to do some of their traditions may come across as "out of this world" but it is only for good will.

I have never slaughtered an animal for a ritual or a blessing. I eat them. They do not die a ritualistic death. They die as humanely as possible at my farm. Sorry but anyone who kills animals as part of a ritual or a blessing is a sick piece of shit.

sorry Capolia, my reply was to the first 2 comments, I had not seen your post. Too busy typing. soz