Thousands of Skittles intended for cattle feed spill

[pixy0stix]

kdvr.com/2017/01/19/thousands-of-skittles-intended-for-cattle-feed-spill-on-wisconsin-highway/

[2doxies]

Whoa. I had no idea they were using this for feed.

[onomatopoeia]

A former farmer told WBAY that candy-makers and bakeries often sell rejects to be used as cattle feed because they provide “cheap carbs.”


I had no idea this happened.  Huh.  Learn something new every day.

[mdgirl]

Lucky cows get the red ones!

[mbcdefg]

I wonder how the No Skittles For Poor People assholes feel about cows getting free Skittles.

[meshaliuknits]

Cows eating Skittles is the new thing I learned today for sure.

[JLV]

The more you know.

[pixy0stix]

Jan 19, 2017 16:25:24 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Cows eating Skittles is the new thing I learned today for sure.

I also learned that skittles can add good road traction if the roads are iced over.

[mryrcn]

Taste the rainbow. Moooo

[Aquatica]

I'm really grossed out by this. Why not sell the rejects like the hostess store at discount prices? Feeding it to cows is going too far for me.

[al320]

This makes me want to only eat grass-fed beef. It tastes better, and jfc i dont eat skittles, i dont want my food eating that shit either.

Eta: that sounded really fucking entitled, huh? Im just a little grossed out. Sorry.

[josieposy]

So do they burp rainbows?

[mrsd2006]

Jan 19, 2017 17:47:34 GMT -5 josieposy said:

So do they burp rainbows?

I think they poop them. 

[sushi]

I heard an NPR piece about 5 years ago on feeding cows candy. It made such an impact on me that I know exactly where I was driving when I heard it. (coming back from whole foods of all places)

[epphd]

I have a friend who began a business on this premise (food byproducts sold to feedlots). He's making a really good living, in rural Indiana. I guess this doesn't surprise me.

[Dig Ophelia]

Not surprising. The meat and dairy industries know no bounds when it comes to animal cruelty.

[sangria]

I had no idea. This makes me sad I think I'm almost there on pulling the trigger to give up meat.

[niemand88f]

Jan 19, 2017 20:48:47 GMT -5 sangria said:

I had no idea. This makes me sad I think I'm almost there on pulling the trigger to give up meat.

I did at the beginning of January. It was so much easier than I thought it would be, although I haven't given up dairy yet. This article is sad & gross

[whiskeytails]

I live close to where this happened. At first I was sad too, then I read follow-up article from someone who works on these farms.

The report is deceiving, it's not a whole meal. It's like a cow snack. So like feeding a dog a pizza crust or petco fake cookie.

Apparently cows love twinkies too. They trot after different trucks that arrive with their junk food snack, very excited.

[Pom]

This is bizarre. I grew up on a cattle farm. We fed grain and grass.

[claudiajean]

I wonder if the cows were as annoyed as I was when they changed the green.

[atexan]

@


I was all set to be grossed out but then realized, well, I eat Skittles and then breastfeed, so.

[wawa]

I'm only surprised it's cattle. I knew pigs got a wide assortment of food industry byproducts. Didn't know cows did too.

[susiebw]

Jan 19, 2017 22:43:39 GMT -5 claudiajean said:

I wonder if the cows were as annoyed as I was when they changed the green.

Green apple is so grooooooss.

[AAM2012]

Jan 19, 2017 22:36:51 GMT -5 whiskeytails said:

I live close to where this happened. At first I was sad too, then I read follow-up article from someone who works on these farms.

The report is deceiving, it's not a whole meal. It's like a cow snack. So like feeding a dog a pizza crust or petco fake cookie.

Apparently cows love twinkies too. They trot after different trucks that arrive with their junk food snack, very excited.

Sugar is addicting to humans and animals...that doesn't mean we should be feeding it to them.

#MAGA!

[Dig Ophelia]

Jan 19, 2017 22:36:51 GMT -5 whiskeytails said:

I live close to where this happened. At first I was sad too, then I read follow-up article from someone who works on these farms.

The report is deceiving, it's not a whole meal. It's like a cow snack. So like feeding a dog a pizza crust or petco fake cookie.

Apparently cows love twinkies too. They trot after different trucks that arrive with their junk food snack, very excited.

This is really disgusting.  Animals shouldn't be fed processed bullshit human food.  

Another example of how fucked up humans are to think we can treat other sentient beings any way we want and it's no big deal.

Fuck animal cruelty and animal husbandry.