How I Learned to Love Shrimp Tomasz Herok on working undercover in factory farms
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Jan 31, 2024 Tomasz Herok, who worked undercover in factory farms, shares his experiences and challenges as an undercover investigator. Topics covered include the complexities of being an investigator, trauma and mental health, successful campaigning, changing views on insect consciousness, transitioning to veganism, paradoxes of factory farm workers, manipulation and intimidation, and book and podcast recommendations for animal ethics.
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Unexpected Compassion
- Farmworkers often showed surprising compassion towards animals, despite their job.
- Some expressed sadness about chicken deaths and tried reducing their meat consumption.
Coworker's Compassion
- Tomasz's coworker on the first farm rescued frogs and snails around sheds.
- She felt it was morally wrong to harm them, even unintentionally.
Heatwave Deaths
- During a heatwave, chickens died en masse, and Tomasz's assistant manager was saddened by it.
- Her coworker dismissed her feelings, saying they were "just chickens."