animal psychic

A few weeks ago, Radio 2 had an animal psychic on the afternoon show.  What was said has haunted me since.  It was on the afternoon show, it was treated very lightly and with some underlying derision I felt.  This programme is not one to look at subjects in any depth or with a serious approach.

But, it could have been an opportunity to promote the vegan and vegetarian cause.  It was the opposite.  After some discussion about the lady's communication with people's pets (I do not know her name, and some Google searches and review of the radio 2 programme content at the time did not reveal it),  the subject of farm animals was raised.  She said something like 'oh, the vegetarian thing' and proceeded to say that farm animals live in the present, and should have good welfare.  With that she had let everyone who eats meat off the hook, dismissed any concern for animals other than people's 'pets' as unnecessary. 

A few days later someone was at the house doing a particular piece of work here, and made the same comment about animals living in the present.  I do not know if she had heard the programme, but if not it was a strange coincidence, so those 'wise' words had been heard.  Whether animals have a concept of the future I do not know, but that they remember events of the past there can be no doubt.  Even if they do live in the moment, being in the hell of the slaughter house in the moment is not justifiable, it is just as horrendous, and frequently involves hours of waiting, just to smell and see the animal ahead of you die before you do.

I do not know if people can communicate with animals in any special way, but, if they can, then this has to extend to all animals surely?  Otherwise it is just an extension of spciesism and humanocentric, communicating with animals for the benefit and reassurance of people only?