Author of Book on Slaughter Industry to Speak in Ferndale

A news release:

The Michigan Humane Society and the Animals and Society Institute will welcome Dr. Timothy Pachirat, assistant professor in the Department of Politics at The New School for Social Research, to the Kulick Community Center in Ferndale at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 21m as he presents “Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight,” a discussion about the slaughter industry and how society actively turns a blind eye to what goes on behind closed doors at these facilities.

In his presentation, Pachirat talks about the routine killing of animals for human consumption from the perspective of those who take part in it. Having spent more than five months undercover employed as a liver hanger, cattle driver, and quality control worker for Great Plains slaughterhouse, Pachirat explores not only the slaughter industry but also how society facilitates violent labor as it hides away that which is found too repugnant to contemplate.

Tickets for this event are $20 and will be available online through Nov. 20 at www.michiganhumane.org/speakers. To receive the discounted student and/or senior rate of $10, call (248) 283-1000 or email jswaney@michiganhumane.org.  Tickets may also be purchased at the Kulick Community Center between 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Nov. 21 (cash only).

Copies of Pachirat’s book  will be available for purchase for $20 plus 6 percent  sales tax ($21.20). Proceeds from the sale of books will be donated to MHS and ASI by EVERYbody Reads, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912-3011 (www.facebook.com/everybodyreads).

The Kulick Community Center is located at 1201 Livernois Street (corner of Pearson and Livernois streets), west of Woodward, east of Pinecrest, and just south of Nine Mile Road in Ferndale.

The Michigan Humane Society is the largest and oldest animal welfare organization in the state. MHS works to end companion animal homelessness, provide the highest quality service and compassion to the animals entrusted to our care, and to be a leader in promoting humane values.