24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
So, I buy cage-free eggs (and meat from outside-living animals). I guess some people would find it crazy. Why spend extra 40 cents on 12 eggs? Well, because I would rather not eat an egg produced by some suffering poor bird, who ate c%$p all of her life and never saw the sunlight.
I was particularly happy to find eggs from Amish farms lately at our local farmers market.
To all those who think that people who buy cage-free eggs are crazy, our actions are perfectly rational. My satisfaction from knowing I eat from happy chickens is actually more than those 40 cents so both sides end up better off.
But, to end my aimless talking, here is a story that I wanted to share originally. This man is staying in the radiation-contaminated zone in Japan to take care of some of the thousands abandoned animals after all the people evacuated. The only man living in the forbidden zone. Many of the animals have died of hunger. This awesome man is feeding the ones still alive, the dogs, cats, and others. I have a great respect for him. He is literally giving up his life for these animals (because he will likely die early due to all the radiation). He lives with no electricity, eating only rice and canned food. Oh, and he has an ostrich!
My 40 cents don't compare to his 20 years of life.
