This is eber flamenco remember when you looking at the very nice kite and I was talking to you and I told you of the video of you when you climbed down the building in hawaii with the window cleaners contractor and your my hero but I do have a computer business, the ones that come in full of roaches and dead rats inside. You come to my store and I want to make a video. Check my presidential bid video eber flamenco at youtube and promote me I do have the power for all the problems and needs.
@OnThatPowder Grow up and stop being a whimp. It's okay to do to him what you said here but don't you dare do it to an animal. This has been done for thousands of years and you come along getting sick and spewing out garbage...what a guy!.
@diesbl Well, in some middle eastern/african cultures Female genitalia is mutilated between infancy and teen years. Est. Over 130 million times in the passed 15 years. "oh it's been going on for thousands of years" Fuck you and your argument. Die slow, preferably with a rubber band tight around your nuts
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you people need to chill out jst saying... bitching at videogames for a rat being stabbed? grow the hell up focus on REAL animal abuse not animated...
I remember castrating bulls in my agriculture class in high school, then I had a very nice gearshift cover in the form of a bull scrotum. Should've seen the reaction on a dates face when I'd stick her hand on the gearshift and say rub them balls baby!
Castration is unpleasant, but is necessary with livestock (and pets). Whether cutting or banding, both are ethical and humane. The process used must consider the animals welfare and the proper procedure must be used. Mike tells a good story, but the greater point he is making is the need to value work; dirty, often unpleasant work, because is needs to be done and it contributes to the good.
@mhuffman1000 Let's look at it this way. If your castration were necessary for some reason, how would you like to have it done? I bet you'd ask for anesthetic, at least. Pets are certainly not neutered in the same way these lambs were. And cutting and banding are not "ethical and humane" just because you say so. Think about the definitions of those words before applying them without justification.
One wouldn't think Mike Rowe is anything more than a humble entertainer with a good voice -- which is quite respectable in and of iteself -- but to find him an intellectual deep thinker -- a pragmatic philosopher is a wonderful surprise. He's by no means "a regular guy" but he understands what a regular guy feels.
@alphakid42 No; that's the whole point - Mike Rowe *is* a "regular guy". MOST "regular guys" ARE deep thinkers and pragmatic philosophers. Only those who believe they are not "regular guys" and limit themselves to what they think are their own "peers" fail to see how the rest of us are... which is largely smarter and more thoughtful than those who self-identify as "more smart and thoughtful". Which is sad.
@cpmkw I really wish you knew what you were talking about. Did you not hear him talking about how much he didn't want to hurt the lambs in the first place? Not to mention he ended up castrating the lamb in the most humane way possible. Honestly it's about as cruel as giving newborn babies shots every few months after they're born. It's better for the lamb throughout its adult life to be castrated, as it cuts down on aggression towards other lambs and problems with overpopulation and inbreeding.
@cpmkw You're a disgusting pathetic excuse of a person. Go do these painful abusive games on yourself before commenting about them or the person that did it.
Im not German, my battery power on my laptop is lower than 10%(want to see this vid before sleep), Im 17 now and Im not going to buy a Mercedes. Please for the love of God stop showing useless ads such as a German Mercedes Commercial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@bunionblood8 its a trip Mike Rowe can make you laugh on a show so hard and its natural to him yet you see this and realize he's a genius, i agree with you bunionblood8
I doubt they are laughing at the castrating off the lambs. They are laughing at Mike! Biting is one of the most humane ways of castrating. Of course, every way is going to be painful. But it's better than the band and having it expanded out over the course of a week. Using a knife causes unnessesary bleeding. Cuts bleed worse then rips or tears.
PETA (2000++DOGS AND CATS KILLED EVERY YEAR RUNNING FOR 25 years 85-98% KILLER) = PEOPLE EUTHANIZING THE ANIMALS (FOR MONEY) Then has the NERVE to call NOKILL RESCUES, BREEDERS FARMERS ANIMAL ABUSERS.. GOOGLE PETA EUTHANIZATION RATES FOLKS ~
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I wonder why this guy didn't have the "balls" to refuse hurting the animals at all. And what's wrong with the audience laughing as if the subject was funny.
@vicentemoretti8 Sorry your offended, but there are things in the world more offensive then castrating lambs the old fashioned way. Granted we didn't bite them off we used a castrating knife. I also suspect much of laughter is nervous laughter at a somewhat uncomfortable subject to those who have never farmed.
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Mike Rowe for president? The man who attempts to justify (to profit on the air) the unbelievable act of extreme terror and torture for a living and feeling animal? Then makes jokes and makes it not important. Good luck with your real presidents you elect you idiots. The past is not hard to explain now... Terrible and terribly laughable. He also says it is "Impressive" when the farmer draws the knife and puts in on the testicles. You really know who would take good care of u in the future lol.
@ashthegreat he also pointed out that the right way by Osha standards made the animal quiver and in pain, while the wrong way had the animal back to it's normalcy almost immidietly. He also pointed out he always calls osha, peta, etc to find the right way to do things when it comes to animals. This man is what america needs more of, and that is someone who admits publicly that he was wrong about a certain maintstream way of thinking. and i respect him.
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The conclusion is that both methods are terrible. Simple. Don't be fooled by his regular jokes and poetic references. He is only trying to justify an extremely torturous act and lower your logical seriousness to nothing but mere jest. Think of it. The castration act is only done to prevent meatgrowth and development of uneaten and unsold organs which would mean more profits by more meat per lamb for the inhumane butcher. I am not with PETA but I do know revolting terror when I see it. replace it
@ashthegreat ok so when a wolf mauls a deer and rips its innards out while the deer is still alive isn't cruel? wouldn't being shot in the head by a hunter be a more humane way to go? it's nature, get over it and try to remember you are a homosapien and not an animal.
"Follow Your Passion" is what parents say when they secretly hate you, despise your 'Art', and think your 18 year-old-bride-with-a-mullet-and-a-gunt- really *is* the best you will do.
Sensible parents smack you upside the head and make you get an engineering degree.
@TheJohn8765 Sensible parents encourage kids to follow their passions while also gently (but firmly) also encouraging some sort of practical vocational learning. I would rather my son be a well adjusted, happy, gettin' by grocery store clerk by day, who proudly spends his spare time pursuing his passion for performance art/slam poetry during his time off.
I wonder about why everyone goes for engineering degree or finance degree or some DEGREE and not welders ticket or plumbers ticket or CDL.
i know first hand how right he is about peta and the humane society. they try to tell people that they know what they are talking about when they actually never do the work or get involved with the animals.
@CDLver The TRUTH about the terrorists who attach good people.
The are SHAC, PETA, HSUS, ELF ALF.
Macpherson, a mother of two, recently received a letter from PETA vice-president Dan Matthews, warning that she would become a "target" for agreeing to promote Blackglama."By making yourself the new face of fur you are also making yourself a top target for PETA and animal activists around the world," PETA vice-president Dan Matthews, warning that she would become a "target"
i worked at a lumber mill pulling green chain, and that is one of the most physically demanding job out there period. safety is not whats first on your mind even after i was almost killed when a 26ft 12X12 that slid out of control over our catwalk. the thing on your mind is production. and getting the job done fast and efficient. safety comes naturally when the need is at hand. nothing can be done to prevent things like that, but ppl make alot of money telling you that there can
what i wouldnt give to have one of those shitty ass jobs... anything for the pay, id rather shovel shit all day than deal with the mayo and ketchup at fast food... i hate being afraid of condiments...
Like you need more money rowe! Seriously< and you little attempts at humor during most episodes of dirty jobs is becoming .....oh how shall we say........boring!
@NinjaGhostScorpion that comment is the absolute perfect definition of "internet tough guy". who are you talking to? is peta reading every morons' comment on every video? fuck no. lol. PETA would, as a matter of fact, say something to your face. They do it all the time. And if you punched them in their face, you would get punched right back. Apparently you think you're the only person in the universe that will throw a punch. Not to mention you would be imprisoned for assault and battery.
I bet if you asked him if he would trade his current job for a blue collar job that paid more he would say no . . .which makes a lot of this a bit contradicting....
but still, he makes some respectable observations.
I have to disagree with Mike on his "war on work". Productivity in America has skyrocketed for the past 30 years while wages have remained stagnant for the middle and lower class. We work harder and harder but earn no more money whilst other work less while much more vacation time and benefits.
@MoneyIsSilver Or perhaps your too retarded to come up with any reply so you throw dumbfuck rhetoric. Get the dick out of your ass kid. Take a look at Germany or Sweden. They have a higher standard of living and take much more vacation time. Stop believing everything a celebrity tells you.
@dantaeos same difference dum dum. I don't need to look at your gay ass link to know that productivity or production in this country has been on a steady decline
@dantaeos I love that dantaeos wrote " your retarded" it's "you're", you retard- haha!! BUT, dantaeos makes some great points, albeit in angry fashion.
@yoyoboogey Complaining about spelling on a youtube video is moot. I wasn't criticizing his spelling, I was criticizing his retarded ideas. No offense to tards. Also...shit ton of spelling mistakes in your own message.
@dantaeos It's not spelling, it's grammar, get it right- I love the "no offense to tards" though, hilarious irony. Are you working right now? I'll hire you to be the spokesman for my company. I like your blatant "no PC" "offend everybody" style it rocks!! I'm serious.
Mr. Rowe is pretty much correct with regard to the war on work, with the exception of how much Americans work. Americans are overworked, over taxed and under paid. We have become a neo-feudal society of get rich schemes worshiping the banking gods on wall street and the celebrities in hollywood. All this while the private central banks loot the nation and take away our freedom.
The most important thing to realize is, A nation that doesnt work and produce MOSTLY dirty jobs, is a nation that has no economic value. People always judge farmers, particularly animal farming, yet they dont have the "balls" to kill their own steak.. Those who cant do a job seemingly are the ones that are the most critical of how SOMEONE ELSE does that job. Like PETA, HSUS and ASPCA.. They dont farm but they are EXPERTS on how WE should do our jobs...
PETA..dont call them "People Euthanizing The Animals" for nothing.. PETA is a dog/cats worst nightmare...They r a dog/cat killing machine.. RUN LASSIE RUN! Before the PETA , HSUS or ASPCA dog killing truck comes to your neighborhood! THese ignorant bastards are the REAL reason why people who get into trouble dump their animals on the side of the road. They KNOW that if groups like these killers get their hands on them , 9 times out of ten they are going to murder them! Hell of? a rescuer!
this is one of my very favorite videos. its a great example of how important it is, to be willing to be wrong. peta should try out some science and critical thought.
Anywhere animals are killed or used as sport, food or business, you’ll see sociopathic, dismissive tendencies. It not only attracts a type, it’s business. That’s why it’s so easy for the Humane Society or other animal protection groups to gather video evidence of wretches abusing animals.
All you sheep humpers need to quit whining about animal cruelty. Mike wants to see things take a turn for the best while you animal whores are too busy whining about what the sheep farmer is doing to your f***buddies. Try doing something constructive. If you love animals more than people that's your prerogative, but don't harass other people with your views.
PETA DOES NOT CARE ABOUT SAVING ANIMALS, PETA KILLS ANIMALS 24/7.
PETA KILLS THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS PER MONTH.
Of the 2216 animals taken to its main facility in Norfolk Virginia, 2124 were killed or put to sleep - almost 6 PER DAY. Homes were found for just 7. In 10 years, PETA Slaughtered more than 20,000 pets & animals, that was 96% of the animals it took in.
I like and watch Mikes shows but here his video shows he still isnt seeing the facts. The war he say on jobs is bullcrap in todays world Insurance companys and lawyers play a big part to keep cost and accidents at bay.
I understand what mike says but this will also give Airheads think this is credibility to there abusive acts on animals.
Fact livestock allows people to continue to not be responsible for their inhumane handling and Not even a slap on a wrist. for there crimes.
The PETA part was no the entire point of the conversation it was a segway to his primary point that true work is in decline for industry workers and that people fear rsi from typing when the people that build the great countries of the world suffered silently. I'm in an industry that is in serious decline. It's not that there is no demand, it's purely put down to the fact that we would prefer to get things made in a country with cheaper labour costs at the expense of human rights.
@christopheye Where's the guilty conscience when it comes to human right in China? The people loosing fingers and family members in 3rd world countries don't even have the same help that a sheep gets in yours.
@TheSeersTower hey tanis we're talking about your hog brethren getting their balls painfully chopped, maybe you should come down from that ivory tower of yours and join in. being a whitebread loser who wanted to meet a pedophile for casual sex at an anime convention doesn't eliminate you from getting something useful from this edifying information.
@purpdrank83 Are you honestly sticking up for OSHA? If you go to any factory and ask the WORKERS themselves, they cant stand OSHA. They're not about safety, they're about money. Mike is right, Safety is 3rd in the real world. Getting shit done is #1, Getting shit done is also #2, Safety is only an issue if an OSHA rep is on site.
@MrFixedBlade Meat packers sustain more injuries in the US than in any other factory setting. I'm sure logically vacant libertarian sentiments from an ex-QVC salesman about getting rid of government policies to protect workers is the right way to go about reducing that problem.
You can google the human rights watch report "blood sweat and fear" for more information about worker abuse in this industry. Otherwise I'm not going to spend more time explaining why this video is infuriatingly stupid.
@purpdrank83 I'm sure the critically acclaimed "BLOOD SWEAT AND FEAR" is full of non-biased facts. I'm not going to waste my time watching something so infuriatingly stupid. You only heard what you wanted from this video, I'm sure the governments liberally vacant sentiments are truly based upon saving human lives and not making a fat check off of exaggerated fines & unreachable policies. Have you ever had a job that didn't involve a computer???
@MrFixedBlade You mean that a human rights organization is tampering with statistics (provided by the government, no less) and testimonies from packing industry workers themselves in order to undermine Mike Rowe's opinions. Can you even begin to substantiate why you think this.
@purpdrank83 I didn't watch "Blood Sweat & Fear", I was saying you only heard what you wanted from the Mike Rowe video. You only heard "OSHA Bad"... He was just saying that in the real world, OSHA isn't what gets stuff done. It doesn't matter what OSHA or anyone does to try to prevent accidents. MOST workers deliberately ignore the rules for one reason, if you followed every rule of OSHA, NOTHING WOULD EVER GET DONE. Mike was just pointing out that he realizes that. Relax
@purpdrank83 Well I read some of the report & got kinda bored, so l looked up some videos representing poultry processing plants & "Blood Sweat and Fear".... Uhm, I didn't see anything that made me think it was a human rights violation. Actually, besides the cryptic animal rights music, it seemed like everyone was relatively happy. It is WAY more dangerous in my line of work, and we're not bitching. But I'm sure someone will bitch FOR us and make rules that do nothing but cut production in half.
@purpdrank83 Great comeback, honestly. What would reading that document do for my outlook on work? Would it make me step back and say "Wow, OSHA really has it down"? No. I'm not against OSHA, I'm against some of the unwarranted rules clearly created for the purpose of warranting a fine. And there are a bunch of em'.
@purpdrank83 I work in the field mostly, if I go to a gas station to get gas I can just dress normal. If I go to the same gas station to meet my sub-contractor I have to wear a hi-vis vest & a hard hat. If I need to go higher than 6' I have to build scaffolding, even if I'm changing a light bulb that I could easily do on an 8' ladder. For every good rule OSHA has created, there is an equally stupid one. If you ever worked with your hands, not fingertips, you would understand.
@purpdrank83 To sum it all up, make any rules you want. But in the end it is still up to the worker to follow them. If you have a trench over 3 ft deep, OSHA requires shoring to get in. What if you drop your wallet in a 4 ft trench? Should I shut down a job? Should I spend thousands of dollars & waste an entire day for something that would take 5 seconds? No, you jump in, grab it, move on with your day.
It disturbs me that Mike Rowe's detached single-day anecdotes and strong-chinned car salesman charisma are normalizing some of the most horrific aspects of the animal agriculture industry for some (stupid) people.
I hate his snide demeanor and poverty tourism, too bad his career didn't end with QVC.
Also, unanesthetized castration etc happen on "small" farms too. The guy who runs Animal Sanctuary was an animal science major who saw several piglets die due to routine agribusiness procedures.
@TheCapn23 Do you have the first idea how the meat industry treats its workers? Mike Rowe is unintentionally insulting the lower class here by equating lower class jobs with happiness. He is calling these people stupid. He goes into these jobs for a single day and has no knowledge of systemic issues within the industries. It's just so insulting and laughable he'd primarily criticize OSHA, the governmental standards that sought to end the conditions from Upton Sinclairs The Jungle.
@purpdrank83 What are you talking about? You're "unintentionally" insulting these people by calling them lower class. Skilled labor workers make decent money, and have admirable careers. And just because he says people can be happy working as a plumber doesn't mean they're stupid. Do you think people who work in skilled labor are stupid because they're happy with what they do?
And do you really think Mike Rowe isn't aware that crappy things go on in certain industries? Get real.
@JeffVoss Half of this lecture is about his "experiences" in agriculture. Agricultural industries all have horrific track records of employee and animal abuse. Mike makes it very clear in this lecture that he's blissfully unaware of any of that to the point of suggesting we remove those formal protections for workers and animals.
@JeffVoss He also hilariously claims here that animals that have had their sex organs and tails mutilated are "frolicking" seconds after it happens. Animals often don't express pain quite as overtly as humans do but to claim that a mammal would be totally oblivious to having their testicles and tail (a portion of their spine) removed without anesthetic is unbelievable.
@purpdrank83 I appreciate that you care for the well being of animals. However, I can't help but think that you're letting your emotions cloud your judgment.
He never says there aren't problems with abuse in the animal industry. He's using a single experience from a job to urge people to rethink how they see right and wrong. It may sound like it's more humane to rubber band the lamb's testicles than to bite them off on paper, but it's quite the opposite in reality.
@JeffVoss Actually there is another option. Other mammals we designate as pets are not forced to endure the same tortures. Would you force your dog or your cat to be castrated with no anesthetic? I certainly doubt it.
@purpdrank83 I'm betting cost plays a role. A company would probably love to be able to say they castrate their animals painlessly with anesthetic. They'd get a lot of good press.
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This is a "paltry" video. =p
edbarr1128 3 days ago
Ooooh mike rows deep
jesseica 4 days ago
very intelligent and also funny... what a wonderful man.....
MissDaisy1967 1 week ago
wow, I salute you Mike Rowe
ngoniko 1 week ago
I know have an even bigger respect level for Mike Rowe.
loveisamistake 1 week ago
This is eber flamenco remember when you looking at the very nice kite and I was talking to you and I told you of the video of you when you climbed down the building in hawaii with the window cleaners contractor and your my hero but I do have a computer business, the ones that come in full of roaches and dead rats inside. You come to my store and I want to make a video. Check my presidential bid video eber flamenco at youtube and promote me I do have the power for all the problems and needs.
eberflamenco 1 week ago
They should make a law like "if you castrate an animal then you ARE going to get castrated you dick."
dumbdouches 2 weeks ago
@dumbdouches Grow up!
diesbl 1 week ago
i feel sick, this shit is sick. i wanna pull your balls off with a fuckin rubberband.... how you like that, jackoff?
OnThatPowder 3 weeks ago
@OnThatPowder Grow up and stop being a whimp. It's okay to do to him what you said here but don't you dare do it to an animal. This has been done for thousands of years and you come along getting sick and spewing out garbage...what a guy!.
diesbl 1 week ago
@diesbl Well, in some middle eastern/african cultures Female genitalia is mutilated between infancy and teen years. Est. Over 130 million times in the passed 15 years. "oh it's been going on for thousands of years" Fuck you and your argument. Die slow, preferably with a rubber band tight around your nuts
OnThatPowder 1 week ago
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SketchySpartan 1 month ago
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dwinkinney37e 1 month ago
Mike Rowe! i love this guy!
Rkill54 1 month ago 2
God. I bet Mike Rowe has a monster cock. XP I'd pay to have sex with this man.
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did you know your dog eats the leftovers of turkey, chickens, cows, pigs, and minks. so you are supporting it as well by owning a dog
mercercountystud 1 month ago
where is this video i want to see it ?
atvking04032 1 month ago
Mike Rowe is a good dude.
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spaceghost30082 2 months ago
I raped my dwag Lastnight.
darian19m 2 months ago
you people need to chill out jst saying... bitching at videogames for a rat being stabbed? grow the hell up focus on REAL animal abuse not animated...
So1arWarfare 2 months ago
I like it
huixera 3 months ago
Why were the lambs being castrated?
bigb47 4 months ago
@bigb47 - So they cannot make love with sheeps and become meaty
saad31 4 months ago
@bigb47 so they don't inbreed. same reason male cows get hauled off farm and only one bulls gets rotated from farm to farm.
r2084 2 months ago
I remember castrating bulls in my agriculture class in high school, then I had a very nice gearshift cover in the form of a bull scrotum. Should've seen the reaction on a dates face when I'd stick her hand on the gearshift and say rub them balls baby!
nmcowboy1983 4 months ago
Mike, cover my sister's mouth. It's the dirtiest job in two counties.
Ariel62073 4 months ago
Excellent speaker and very natural story teller- Thanks! I don't think I could have done it- haha
SourcedDirect 4 months ago 4
"And I heard him.. I heard all the words"
eleriel 4 months ago
Watching this video for the 50th time while listening to Sexy Bitch by Akon is so very enlightening. XD
UncleBert9731 4 months ago
I like Mike even more than before.
Great speech!
DrakeMagnum 5 months ago
Castration is unpleasant, but is necessary with livestock (and pets). Whether cutting or banding, both are ethical and humane. The process used must consider the animals welfare and the proper procedure must be used. Mike tells a good story, but the greater point he is making is the need to value work; dirty, often unpleasant work, because is needs to be done and it contributes to the good.
mhuffman1000 5 months ago 2
@mhuffman1000 ... I dont think that was the point of the speech.
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@mhuffman1000 Let's look at it this way. If your castration were necessary for some reason, how would you like to have it done? I bet you'd ask for anesthetic, at least. Pets are certainly not neutered in the same way these lambs were. And cutting and banding are not "ethical and humane" just because you say so. Think about the definitions of those words before applying them without justification.
captainsakonna 1 month ago
Mike Rowe for Secretary of Labor!
ssgcmwatsonusa 5 months ago 5
@ssgcmwatsonusa Mike Rowe for president!
yurismir1 2 months ago
let me cut your balls off
kevpascoag 5 months ago
I love him, he is so attractive, I will call him perfect, it is the man of my dreams
dogcatloverforever 5 months ago
@dogcatloverforever gez... you need a fucking man.
cptmuska 5 months ago
This guy would kick ass in foreign diplomacy
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lucianoteague706 5 months ago
ah ok then if there's such group as PETA then let's form a group too... People for the ethical treatment of plants... who wants to join?
renzo2407big 5 months ago
@cpmkw would u rather him do things the way they are supposed to be done or the more humane way?
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rheamcknight378 6 months ago
One wouldn't think Mike Rowe is anything more than a humble entertainer with a good voice -- which is quite respectable in and of iteself -- but to find him an intellectual deep thinker -- a pragmatic philosopher is a wonderful surprise. He's by no means "a regular guy" but he understands what a regular guy feels.
alphakid42 6 months ago 42
@alphakid42 No; that's the whole point - Mike Rowe *is* a "regular guy". MOST "regular guys" ARE deep thinkers and pragmatic philosophers. Only those who believe they are not "regular guys" and limit themselves to what they think are their own "peers" fail to see how the rest of us are... which is largely smarter and more thoughtful than those who self-identify as "more smart and thoughtful". Which is sad.
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So disgusting that this clown can be so lighthearted when describing this painful abuse he made a game out of participating in. Disgusting person.
cpmkw 7 months ago
@cpmkw I really wish you knew what you were talking about. Did you not hear him talking about how much he didn't want to hurt the lambs in the first place? Not to mention he ended up castrating the lamb in the most humane way possible. Honestly it's about as cruel as giving newborn babies shots every few months after they're born. It's better for the lamb throughout its adult life to be castrated, as it cuts down on aggression towards other lambs and problems with overpopulation and inbreeding.
dappleback 7 months ago 5
@cpmkw i can say without a shadow of doubt, you're overreacting and completely wrong in this case.
JeremyRodriguez06 6 months ago
@cpmkw I think it's terrible when people judge others on the basis of one inconsequential youtube video, don't you agree?
thisismynamehahaha 6 months ago
@cpmkw You're a disgusting pathetic excuse of a person. Go do these painful abusive games on yourself before commenting about them or the person that did it.
Kokomokox 6 months ago
@cpmkw If you are going to have your balls removed would you rather have it done quickly or let them rot of over the week?
I wouldn't want his job but at least he wanted to do it the way that was best for the animal.
DraigonBoy 6 months ago 3
He speaks with a lot of experience and wisdom, he is without a doubt a great man
IvanKesja 7 months ago 26
Just because it's the most humane way doesnt mean I'll go around biting the balls off if sheep. Great vid. Gotta love mike.
SpyinGirly 7 months ago
I would do awful, awful things to Mike Rowe. XD
TheNilesEdge 7 months ago
thanks, brother.
Mike Rowe is the guy that -after my fourth marriage collapsed, I'd call him first...and he'd probably introduce me to my 5th and final wife.
bunionblood8 7 months ago
Im not German, my battery power on my laptop is lower than 10%(want to see this vid before sleep), Im 17 now and Im not going to buy a Mercedes. Please for the love of God stop showing useless ads such as a German Mercedes Commercial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gadaffi94 7 months ago
I wish he were my dad. Coolest. Dad. Ever.
ChrisWithACam 7 months ago
My goodness his voice is soooooo low.
leadoffeohippus 7 months ago
I thought he was going to say "South Park" @ 00:57 lol!
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Freedomloveandtruth 7 months ago
Mike Rowe should have his own podcast
RobertGraaf 7 months ago
wow this is one of the few times I've wanted to clap from a video online.
hippybullshit 7 months ago
I have so much unconditional and devoted respect for Mike Rowe after these incredibly short 20 minutes...
bunionblood8 7 months ago 5
@bunionblood8 its a trip Mike Rowe can make you laugh on a show so hard and its natural to him yet you see this and realize he's a genius, i agree with you bunionblood8
booza650 7 months ago
I doubt they are laughing at the castrating off the lambs. They are laughing at Mike! Biting is one of the most humane ways of castrating. Of course, every way is going to be painful. But it's better than the band and having it expanded out over the course of a week. Using a knife causes unnessesary bleeding. Cuts bleed worse then rips or tears.
MomoHawk009 7 months ago
i wonder how can the lamb which has its testicles yank off which sounds pain to me can appear painless .....imagine having urs biten off ....
ChangHuii 7 months ago
@WEIMA112 fuckin liberal lol
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TheExposingthelies 8 months ago
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I wonder why this guy didn't have the "balls" to refuse hurting the animals at all. And what's wrong with the audience laughing as if the subject was funny.
vicentemoretti8 8 months ago
@vicentemoretti8 Sorry your offended, but there are things in the world more offensive then castrating lambs the old fashioned way. Granted we didn't bite them off we used a castrating knife. I also suspect much of laughter is nervous laughter at a somewhat uncomfortable subject to those who have never farmed.
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Mrs912009Sarah 8 months ago
i got to hear more of this gold
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legnuci 8 months ago
He's more common sense and is more in touch with true goings in society than self-interested policitians claiming to know what's best for us.
ducpetiaux 8 months ago 4
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Mike Rowe for president? The man who attempts to justify (to profit on the air) the unbelievable act of extreme terror and torture for a living and feeling animal? Then makes jokes and makes it not important. Good luck with your real presidents you elect you idiots. The past is not hard to explain now... Terrible and terribly laughable. He also says it is "Impressive" when the farmer draws the knife and puts in on the testicles. You really know who would take good care of u in the future lol.
ashthegreat 8 months ago
@ashthegreat he also pointed out that the right way by Osha standards made the animal quiver and in pain, while the wrong way had the animal back to it's normalcy almost immidietly. He also pointed out he always calls osha, peta, etc to find the right way to do things when it comes to animals. This man is what america needs more of, and that is someone who admits publicly that he was wrong about a certain maintstream way of thinking. and i respect him.
Kosmo2409 8 months ago 4
@Kosmo2409 Gold!
What you wrote is gold.
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ashthegreat 8 months ago
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The conclusion is that both methods are terrible. Simple. Don't be fooled by his regular jokes and poetic references. He is only trying to justify an extremely torturous act and lower your logical seriousness to nothing but mere jest. Think of it. The castration act is only done to prevent meatgrowth and development of uneaten and unsold organs which would mean more profits by more meat per lamb for the inhumane butcher. I am not with PETA but I do know revolting terror when I see it. replace it
ashthegreat 8 months ago
@ashthegreat ok so when a wolf mauls a deer and rips its innards out while the deer is still alive isn't cruel? wouldn't being shot in the head by a hunter be a more humane way to go? it's nature, get over it and try to remember you are a homosapien and not an animal.
Kosmo2409 8 months ago
this is THE BEST 20:34 minutes i have ever spent!!!
Mike Rowe for Preident!!! many times over!!!
psychodelicdragon 8 months ago
"Follow Your Passion" is what parents say when they secretly hate you, despise your 'Art', and think your 18 year-old-bride-with-a-mullet-and-a-gunt- really *is* the best you will do.
Sensible parents smack you upside the head and make you get an engineering degree.
TheJohn8765 8 months ago
@TheJohn8765 Sensible parents encourage kids to follow their passions while also gently (but firmly) also encouraging some sort of practical vocational learning. I would rather my son be a well adjusted, happy, gettin' by grocery store clerk by day, who proudly spends his spare time pursuing his passion for performance art/slam poetry during his time off.
I wonder about why everyone goes for engineering degree or finance degree or some DEGREE and not welders ticket or plumbers ticket or CDL.
MannyfromCanada 8 months ago
i love me some mike rowe
Clackergille 8 months ago
Bite em off
What!!!
Bite em off...
fishfood22 8 months ago
i know first hand how right he is about peta and the humane society. they try to tell people that they know what they are talking about when they actually never do the work or get involved with the animals.
sangarider 8 months ago
@CDLver The TRUTH about the terrorists who attach good people.
The are SHAC, PETA, HSUS, ELF ALF.
Macpherson, a mother of two, recently received a letter from PETA vice-president Dan Matthews, warning that she would become a "target" for agreeing to promote Blackglama."By making yourself the new face of fur you are also making yourself a top target for PETA and animal activists around the world," PETA vice-president Dan Matthews, warning that she would become a "target"
FACT PETA TERRORIST.
waratahNSW 8 months ago
Mike, quit hitting on our women, you assdonkey.
parafleet 9 months ago
Discover how Mike and mikeroweWORKS are helping out the trades.
LDStad 9 months ago
i worked at a lumber mill pulling green chain, and that is one of the most physically demanding job out there period. safety is not whats first on your mind even after i was almost killed when a 26ft 12X12 that slid out of control over our catwalk. the thing on your mind is production. and getting the job done fast and efficient. safety comes naturally when the need is at hand. nothing can be done to prevent things like that, but ppl make alot of money telling you that there can
nickshagnasty 9 months ago
@AChildMolester3 Everyone needs a hobby I guess lol
intheshitter 9 months ago
Oh wow one of the best video's ive watched, This guy has his head screwed on.
intheshitter 9 months ago
what i wouldnt give to have one of those shitty ass jobs... anything for the pay, id rather shovel shit all day than deal with the mayo and ketchup at fast food... i hate being afraid of condiments...
OrogDeMalfur 9 months ago
God i hate PETA, what a waste of time
1111Davo1 9 months ago
@AChildMolester3 I concure! Animals all over the kingdom can go suck on bob barker's crispy bell end!
smithitt 9 months ago
It's ironic that he talks to Tim Ferriss, writer of "The 4-hour Workweek"...
num3ric 9 months ago
Watch the video on the main page of this guys channel wrsylvester
jndogss 9 months ago
Like you need more money rowe! Seriously< and you little attempts at humor during most episodes of dirty jobs is becoming .....oh how shall we say........boring!
VERMONTSKUNK 9 months ago
@VERMONTSKUNK stfu you peta faggot.
noobhealz402 9 months ago
Rowe for president!
j25727lego 9 months ago 156
@j25727lego ROWE 2012!!!
Arivmario 6 months ago
Mike Rowe has the best voice.
500019579 10 months ago 103
@500019579 The best everything!
KnoxBlondie 8 months ago
@500019579 This is normal! He comes to castrate a lamb with his teeth ^^
wildworld2008 5 months ago
Mike your one helleva fella, Rock on, keep doin what your doing and spread the word to these college geeks
SuperOldfart1 10 months ago
PETA, I will continue to eat meat and wear leather. And if you got a problem with it, you have three options:
1-You write a scathing letter, only for me to use it as tinder for my barbecue pit.
2-You say something to my face, only to risk getting punched in yours.
3-You get the fuck over it, and nothing happens to you.
NinjaGhostScorpion 10 months ago 4
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@NinjaGhostScorpion FUCK YOU
eccclips 9 months ago
@NinjaGhostScorpion that comment is the absolute perfect definition of "internet tough guy". who are you talking to? is peta reading every morons' comment on every video? fuck no. lol. PETA would, as a matter of fact, say something to your face. They do it all the time. And if you punched them in their face, you would get punched right back. Apparently you think you're the only person in the universe that will throw a punch. Not to mention you would be imprisoned for assault and battery.
WampWamp17 9 months ago
Join Mike over at mikeroweWORKS. Lots of great conversations in the WATERCOOLER, including one Mike started, "Farmers vs Teachers."
LDStad 10 months ago
I bet if you asked him if he would trade his current job for a blue collar job that paid more he would say no . . .which makes a lot of this a bit contradicting....
but still, he makes some respectable observations.
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jackety9 10 months ago
all liberals should be forced to do dirty jobs!
MoneyIsSilver 10 months ago
Sounds like Mike learned the lesson of "Arbeit Macht Frei"
MoneyIsSilver 10 months ago
I have to disagree with Mike on his "war on work". Productivity in America has skyrocketed for the past 30 years while wages have remained stagnant for the middle and lower class. We work harder and harder but earn no more money whilst other work less while much more vacation time and benefits.
dantaeos 10 months ago
@dantaeos You're so completely oblivious you have to be either really young and brainwashed, or you work for the state and believe your own bullshit.
MoneyIsSilver 10 months ago
@MoneyIsSilver Or perhaps your too retarded to come up with any reply so you throw dumbfuck rhetoric. Get the dick out of your ass kid. Take a look at Germany or Sweden. They have a higher standard of living and take much more vacation time. Stop believing everything a celebrity tells you.
dantaeos 10 months ago
@dantaeos That was a pretty stupid reply to the fact that you're stupid to think production has "skyrocketed"
MoneyIsSilver 10 months ago
@MoneyIsSilver I said productivity. Apparently you're illiterate as well. epi.org/publications/entry/the_sad_but_true_story_of_wages_in_america
dantaeos 10 months ago
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@dantaeos same difference dum dum. I don't need to look at your gay ass link to know that productivity or production in this country has been on a steady decline
MoneyIsSilver 10 months ago
@dantaeos I love that dantaeos wrote " your retarded" it's "you're", you retard- haha!! BUT, dantaeos makes some great points, albeit in angry fashion.
yoyoboogey 10 months ago
@yoyoboogey Complaining about spelling on a youtube video is moot. I wasn't criticizing his spelling, I was criticizing his retarded ideas. No offense to tards. Also...shit ton of spelling mistakes in your own message.
dantaeos 10 months ago
@dantaeos It's not spelling, it's grammar, get it right- I love the "no offense to tards" though, hilarious irony. Are you working right now? I'll hire you to be the spokesman for my company. I like your blatant "no PC" "offend everybody" style it rocks!! I'm serious.
yoyoboogey 10 months ago
He seriously needs to voice an anime character. He'd be legendarily good if they found one who really fit him.
scarabmango 10 months ago 2
Mr. Rowe is pretty much correct with regard to the war on work, with the exception of how much Americans work. Americans are overworked, over taxed and under paid. We have become a neo-feudal society of get rich schemes worshiping the banking gods on wall street and the celebrities in hollywood. All this while the private central banks loot the nation and take away our freedom.
biped19 10 months ago
The most important thing to realize is, A nation that doesnt work and produce MOSTLY dirty jobs, is a nation that has no economic value. People always judge farmers, particularly animal farming, yet they dont have the "balls" to kill their own steak.. Those who cant do a job seemingly are the ones that are the most critical of how SOMEONE ELSE does that job. Like PETA, HSUS and ASPCA.. They dont farm but they are EXPERTS on how WE should do our jobs...
TheExposingthelies 11 months ago
PETA..dont call them "People Euthanizing The Animals" for nothing.. PETA is a dog/cats worst nightmare...They r a dog/cat killing machine.. RUN LASSIE RUN! Before the PETA , HSUS or ASPCA dog killing truck comes to your neighborhood! THese ignorant bastards are the REAL reason why people who get into trouble dump their animals on the side of the road. They KNOW that if groups like these killers get their hands on them , 9 times out of ten they are going to murder them! Hell of? a rescuer!
TheExposingthelies 11 months ago
PETA People Euthanizing The Animals
TheExposingthelies 11 months ago
I'm guessing that the 61 who gave this a thumbs down work for PETA or the Humane Society and don't like hearing that they're wrong.
pennstat 11 months ago
this is one of my very favorite videos. its a great example of how important it is, to be willing to be wrong. peta should try out some science and critical thought.
sethmusic 11 months ago
I <3 Mike Rowe.
ohheydarciemae1121 11 months ago
Anywhere animals are killed or used as sport, food or business, you’ll see sociopathic, dismissive tendencies. It not only attracts a type, it’s business. That’s why it’s so easy for the Humane Society or other animal protection groups to gather video evidence of wretches abusing animals.
gyrate4 11 months ago
I need Mike to come to where I work at and talk to the ELS people where I work at.
runwolf007 11 months ago
All you sheep humpers need to quit whining about animal cruelty. Mike wants to see things take a turn for the best while you animal whores are too busy whining about what the sheep farmer is doing to your f***buddies. Try doing something constructive. If you love animals more than people that's your prerogative, but don't harass other people with your views.
Danthemanlyman7 11 months ago
@purpdrank83 -your faith in the government and sectors like osha, and lack there of in a regular person like mike rowe astounds me.
bigalhorse1 11 months ago
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PETA DOES NOT CARE ABOUT SAVING ANIMALS, PETA KILLS ANIMALS 24/7.
PETA KILLS THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS PER MONTH.
Of the 2216 animals taken to its main facility in Norfolk Virginia, 2124 were killed or put to sleep - almost 6 PER DAY. Homes were found for just 7. In 10 years, PETA Slaughtered more than 20,000 pets & animals, that was 96% of the animals it took in.
thaindian. com/newsportal/world-news/peta-under-fire-over-putting-down-animals-claims_100175698.html
halcyon0830 11 months ago
@halcyon0830 Bullshit. Like we should take a moron who uses a childish explaination for what PETA stands for, seriously.
clipsryan 11 months ago
I like and watch Mikes shows but here his video shows he still isnt seeing the facts. The war he say on jobs is bullcrap in todays world Insurance companys and lawyers play a big part to keep cost and accidents at bay.
I understand what mike says but this will also give Airheads think this is credibility to there abusive acts on animals.
Fact livestock allows people to continue to not be responsible for their inhumane handling and Not even a slap on a wrist. for there crimes.
Airspace1 11 months ago
@Airspace1
The PETA part was no the entire point of the conversation it was a segway to his primary point that true work is in decline for industry workers and that people fear rsi from typing when the people that build the great countries of the world suffered silently. I'm in an industry that is in serious decline. It's not that there is no demand, it's purely put down to the fact that we would prefer to get things made in a country with cheaper labour costs at the expense of human rights.
christopheye 11 months ago
@christopheye Where's the guilty conscience when it comes to human right in China? The people loosing fingers and family members in 3rd world countries don't even have the same help that a sheep gets in yours.
christopheye 11 months ago
by the way the conversation on industrial animal cruelty for this video is fantastic.
ganeshaghost 11 months ago
@TheSeersTower hey tanis we're talking about your hog brethren getting their balls painfully chopped, maybe you should come down from that ivory tower of yours and join in. being a whitebread loser who wanted to meet a pedophile for casual sex at an anime convention doesn't eliminate you from getting something useful from this edifying information.
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purpdrank83 11 months ago
Hahaha I just watched the whole thing "what if OSHA got it wrong". Jesus christ fuck you, Mike.
purpdrank83 11 months ago
@purpdrank83 Are you honestly sticking up for OSHA? If you go to any factory and ask the WORKERS themselves, they cant stand OSHA. They're not about safety, they're about money. Mike is right, Safety is 3rd in the real world. Getting shit done is #1, Getting shit done is also #2, Safety is only an issue if an OSHA rep is on site.
MrFixedBlade 11 months ago
@MrFixedBlade Meat packers sustain more injuries in the US than in any other factory setting. I'm sure logically vacant libertarian sentiments from an ex-QVC salesman about getting rid of government policies to protect workers is the right way to go about reducing that problem.
You can google the human rights watch report "blood sweat and fear" for more information about worker abuse in this industry. Otherwise I'm not going to spend more time explaining why this video is infuriatingly stupid.
purpdrank83 11 months ago
@purpdrank83 I'm sure the critically acclaimed "BLOOD SWEAT AND FEAR" is full of non-biased facts. I'm not going to waste my time watching something so infuriatingly stupid. You only heard what you wanted from this video, I'm sure the governments liberally vacant sentiments are truly based upon saving human lives and not making a fat check off of exaggerated fines & unreachable policies. Have you ever had a job that didn't involve a computer???
MrFixedBlade 10 months ago
@MrFixedBlade You mean that a human rights organization is tampering with statistics (provided by the government, no less) and testimonies from packing industry workers themselves in order to undermine Mike Rowe's opinions. Can you even begin to substantiate why you think this.
purpdrank83 10 months ago
@purpdrank83 I didn't watch "Blood Sweat & Fear", I was saying you only heard what you wanted from the Mike Rowe video. You only heard "OSHA Bad"... He was just saying that in the real world, OSHA isn't what gets stuff done. It doesn't matter what OSHA or anyone does to try to prevent accidents. MOST workers deliberately ignore the rules for one reason, if you followed every rule of OSHA, NOTHING WOULD EVER GET DONE. Mike was just pointing out that he realizes that. Relax
MrFixedBlade 10 months ago
@MrFixedBlade Blood Sweat and Fear was an industry report released by Human Rights Watch, not a documentary. Youtube doesn't allow linking.
purpdrank83 10 months ago
@purpdrank83 Well I read some of the report & got kinda bored, so l looked up some videos representing poultry processing plants & "Blood Sweat and Fear".... Uhm, I didn't see anything that made me think it was a human rights violation. Actually, besides the cryptic animal rights music, it seemed like everyone was relatively happy. It is WAY more dangerous in my line of work, and we're not bitching. But I'm sure someone will bitch FOR us and make rules that do nothing but cut production in half.
MrFixedBlade 10 months ago
@MrFixedBlade Oh, well, my mistake for giving you the benefit of believing you could read a 10 page document, honestly.
purpdrank83 10 months ago
@purpdrank83 Great comeback, honestly. What would reading that document do for my outlook on work? Would it make me step back and say "Wow, OSHA really has it down"? No. I'm not against OSHA, I'm against some of the unwarranted rules clearly created for the purpose of warranting a fine. And there are a bunch of em'.
MrFixedBlade 10 months ago
@purpdrank83 I work in the field mostly, if I go to a gas station to get gas I can just dress normal. If I go to the same gas station to meet my sub-contractor I have to wear a hi-vis vest & a hard hat. If I need to go higher than 6' I have to build scaffolding, even if I'm changing a light bulb that I could easily do on an 8' ladder. For every good rule OSHA has created, there is an equally stupid one. If you ever worked with your hands, not fingertips, you would understand.
MrFixedBlade 10 months ago
@purpdrank83 To sum it all up, make any rules you want. But in the end it is still up to the worker to follow them. If you have a trench over 3 ft deep, OSHA requires shoring to get in. What if you drop your wallet in a 4 ft trench? Should I shut down a job? Should I spend thousands of dollars & waste an entire day for something that would take 5 seconds? No, you jump in, grab it, move on with your day.
MrFixedBlade 10 months ago
@purpdrank83 Thats my favorite part of the whole thing... Right On Mike!
MrFixedBlade 10 months ago
It disturbs me that Mike Rowe's detached single-day anecdotes and strong-chinned car salesman charisma are normalizing some of the most horrific aspects of the animal agriculture industry for some (stupid) people.
I hate his snide demeanor and poverty tourism, too bad his career didn't end with QVC.
Also, unanesthetized castration etc happen on "small" farms too. The guy who runs Animal Sanctuary was an animal science major who saw several piglets die due to routine agribusiness procedures.
purpdrank83 11 months ago
@purpdrank83 Lol what a joke this comment is. Have you even had a real job?
TheCapn23 11 months ago
@TheCapn23 Do you have the first idea how the meat industry treats its workers? Mike Rowe is unintentionally insulting the lower class here by equating lower class jobs with happiness. He is calling these people stupid. He goes into these jobs for a single day and has no knowledge of systemic issues within the industries. It's just so insulting and laughable he'd primarily criticize OSHA, the governmental standards that sought to end the conditions from Upton Sinclairs The Jungle.
purpdrank83 11 months ago
@purpdrank83 What are you talking about? You're "unintentionally" insulting these people by calling them lower class. Skilled labor workers make decent money, and have admirable careers. And just because he says people can be happy working as a plumber doesn't mean they're stupid. Do you think people who work in skilled labor are stupid because they're happy with what they do?
And do you really think Mike Rowe isn't aware that crappy things go on in certain industries? Get real.
JeffVoss 11 months ago
@JeffVoss Half of this lecture is about his "experiences" in agriculture. Agricultural industries all have horrific track records of employee and animal abuse. Mike makes it very clear in this lecture that he's blissfully unaware of any of that to the point of suggesting we remove those formal protections for workers and animals.
purpdrank83 11 months ago
@JeffVoss He also hilariously claims here that animals that have had their sex organs and tails mutilated are "frolicking" seconds after it happens. Animals often don't express pain quite as overtly as humans do but to claim that a mammal would be totally oblivious to having their testicles and tail (a portion of their spine) removed without anesthetic is unbelievable.
purpdrank83 11 months ago
@purpdrank83 I appreciate that you care for the well being of animals. However, I can't help but think that you're letting your emotions cloud your judgment.
He never says there aren't problems with abuse in the animal industry. He's using a single experience from a job to urge people to rethink how they see right and wrong. It may sound like it's more humane to rubber band the lamb's testicles than to bite them off on paper, but it's quite the opposite in reality.
JeffVoss 11 months ago
@purpdrank83 I'm interested to know what method of the two you prefer sheepherders to use. Neither isn't an option.
JeffVoss 11 months ago
@JeffVoss Actually there is another option. Other mammals we designate as pets are not forced to endure the same tortures. Would you force your dog or your cat to be castrated with no anesthetic? I certainly doubt it.
purpdrank83 11 months ago
@purpdrank83 I'm betting cost plays a role. A company would probably love to be able to say they castrate their animals painlessly with anesthetic. They'd get a lot of good press.
JeffVoss 11 months ago