Animal Cruelty Cases In The Media

Each day the number of animal cruelty cases in the media is only the tip of the iceberg. Most animal cruelty cases are never reported and the animals suffering goes unrecognized. Some of these types include; fur trade, animal testing, dolphin and whale slaughter, animals in sport and even in zoo’s. There are many types of animal cruelty, some of which people do not even recognize as being cruel towards animals. Forty to fifty million animals are killed each year for their fur ("Speak out for Species Web"). Rabbits, raccoons, dogs, foxes, chinchillas and many more are killed in ways that are repulsive and heartbreaking. The animals are killed in ways that will not cause a mess so their fur is clean and the seller will get the most money possible.
Every day people are eating animals and not even thinking about it. The way animals are killed is repulsive and mind blowing that humans can do such horrible things to innocent animals. These animals are neglected, mutilated, put on drugs that cause pain and crippling, transported through all weather extremes and killed in gruesome ways. The most common animals killed for food include; chicken, turkey, cattle and pigs. Chickens and turkeys are treated the same in the way that they are slaughtered. When selling chickens and turkey the size of them matters, the bigger they are the more money the farmers receive. Most farms will genetically mutate them to make them bigger. A lot of the animals end up having a heart attack and dying from the chemicals before even going through the transportation process to the slaughter house. If the chickens or turkey are badly injured or sick they are killed by being beaten with a metal rod. Generally the animals are crammed into sheds with thousands of others not allowing them to move. These living conditions also cause a lot of the chickens and turkeys to be injured. If the animals do survive until the transportation process they are moved in semis with thousands of others with very little food and water. Once they arrive to the slaughter house their throats are slit, while still conscious, leaving them to have a slow painful death. Cattle are also killed in the slaughter house. They are normally shocked on the forehead between their eyes which will knock them unconscious. During this time the worker will hang the cow upside-down, they have to move quick because the cow regains consciousness in only a few minutes (“PETA Web”). Once the cow begins to gain consciousness the worker will slit the cow open and begin to skin them. By this time the cow has gained full consciousness and is feeling everything. The cow eventually dies from bleeding out. Pigs are