Fauxmage
04-11-2006, 12:51 AM
Neighbors Complain About Live Butcher Shop
From Associated Press
April 10, 2006 3:17 PM EDT
FRESNO, Calif. - A proposed shop that would sell and butcher live chickens faces opposition from neighbors who fear the sounds and stench from the slaughter.
Businessman Foung Vang wants to cater to the city's Asian community, but his request was met with resistance from some city leaders and residents in the neighborhood of homes and businesses.
City zoning dating back almost half a century allows "retail poultry and rabbit sales (with incidental slaughtering and dressing)" in the area where he wants to open the shop.
Neighbor Shirley Lindsay said she was afraid of the smells, the potential for diseases and noise from the shop.
Manure and wastes from slaughtering would be sealed in plastic barrels and disposed of, Vang said. The smell would be controlled with air filters.
"Their concerns are uninformed," said another businessman, Bobby Vang. "It's ignorance of the culture."
A hearing is scheduled April 26 before the city planning commission.
Well, ignorance of the culture goes both ways, since this isn't China. But I get very irritated by people who want the luxury of obtaining dead animals' body parts for eating without being confronted first-hand by the birth-to-slaughter process. Is Shirley Lindsay afraid of hearing the chickens screaming? Maybe a little culture-clash will do these people some good. :rubchin:
From Associated Press
April 10, 2006 3:17 PM EDT
FRESNO, Calif. - A proposed shop that would sell and butcher live chickens faces opposition from neighbors who fear the sounds and stench from the slaughter.
Businessman Foung Vang wants to cater to the city's Asian community, but his request was met with resistance from some city leaders and residents in the neighborhood of homes and businesses.
City zoning dating back almost half a century allows "retail poultry and rabbit sales (with incidental slaughtering and dressing)" in the area where he wants to open the shop.
Neighbor Shirley Lindsay said she was afraid of the smells, the potential for diseases and noise from the shop.
Manure and wastes from slaughtering would be sealed in plastic barrels and disposed of, Vang said. The smell would be controlled with air filters.
"Their concerns are uninformed," said another businessman, Bobby Vang. "It's ignorance of the culture."
A hearing is scheduled April 26 before the city planning commission.
Well, ignorance of the culture goes both ways, since this isn't China. But I get very irritated by people who want the luxury of obtaining dead animals' body parts for eating without being confronted first-hand by the birth-to-slaughter process. Is Shirley Lindsay afraid of hearing the chickens screaming? Maybe a little culture-clash will do these people some good. :rubchin: