Nathan Dalenberg was quite annoyed this week to find a letter from Kathryn Dalenberg (no relation) in the Gadsden Times in Alabama lamenting the inhumane handling of livestock at US slaughter facilities.

In his own letter today, Nathan points out that not all facilities are the same and cites the extensive steps his facility takes to ensure humane handling by all employees. "I myself am a big animal lover," he says, "and would not tolerate animal cruelty in my facility."

Nathan goes on to say that "just because I kill animals for a living and also eat them doesn’t mean I don’t love them."
 
Kathryn is an admitted vegetarian. Unfortunately for her, that doesn’t make her food any safer. As Nathan wrote: "Hope she never ate any of the E. coli contaminated spinach."

Here’s another line from Nathan that I also enjoyed: "When people speak or write about things they don’t know or haven’t seen firsthand, it makes them seem somewhat foolish."

Yep. Even animal lovers can get E. coli. Or Mad Cow… So whatever you choose to eat, please handle it properly. And don’t eat poop.