Animal Cruelty: What They Don T Tell You
What They Don’t Tell You
“Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty,” according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Recently, there has been a lack of attention toward animal20abuse and very little study has been made into the relationship between domestic violence and pet cruelty. Animals for store bought meat and dairy products bought go though harsh labor, abuse, and unfit lives. This cruelty has been overlooked for an extended amount of time, numerous animals are being treated inhumane, and are living under obscene circumstances. It is significant to see these problems, work together, and stand up for living animals that can not speak for themselves.
The history of animal abuse started off in ancient times. The first encounter, dog fighting, traced back to the 12th century. The British, after losing a war with the Romans, began dog fighting as a new sport. Dogs were thrown into pits to fight for their lives against much larger animals such as wild boars or bears. This form of cruelty was their fun; this is what the people of the 12th century participated in to occupy their free time. It then went from dog fighting for entertainment to progressing into animal factories for fast easy money. (“Feedlot” 1) The abuse of farm animals in factory farms, however, did not see an influx until the early 19th century. This is when small family farms and customary ranches started to give in, and become pressured by the larger institutional farming practices. This caused fact ory farms to become the new role model for farms everywhere. (“Feedlot” 2)
Days wandering the green pastures and affectionate little barnyard settings are a fixation of the past. Today, a real farm barely exists. When I think of a farm I think of a cute little barn on a green luscious green land where there are cows prancing about freely. Instead there are animal factories, which include; animals crammed together into grimy, muddy, windowless, undersized spaces, where they will never see the outside world or inhale fresh air until the day they are loaded up onto trucks bound for the slaughter house. These animals will go through unnatural situations. They will never get to a make nest, have a family, dig holes, sun bathe, or even run. Most of these animals’ receive steroids to enhance growth. These steroids usually cause the animals to become crippled the drugs they are given. The drugs make their bodies grow so fast that their legs just give out beneath them. Usually they die inches away from reaching food and water. Animals in factories are also given antibiotics. This is to fend off illnesses that are likely to occur in their unsanitary conditions. Their final trip is to the slaughter house killing these creatures are often performed in a manner as inhumane as the condition in which they are forced to exist until that day. Many animals are still conscious when they are pitched into the scalding water of the defeathering or hair-removal tanks. If animals do not go through the process of the scalding water they are usually still alive while their bodies are being skinned or hacked apart. (“Cruelty” 1)
“Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty,” according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Recently, there has been a lack of attention toward animal20abuse and very little study has been made into the relationship between domestic violence and pet cruelty. Animals for store bought meat and dairy products bought go though harsh labor, abuse, and unfit lives. This cruelty has been overlooked for an extended amount of time, numerous animals are being treated inhumane, and are living under obscene circumstances. It is significant to see these problems, work together, and stand up for living animals that can not speak for themselves.
The history of animal abuse started off in ancient times. The first encounter, dog fighting, traced back to the 12th century. The British, after losing a war with the Romans, began dog fighting as a new sport. Dogs were thrown into pits to fight for their lives against much larger animals such as wild boars or bears. This form of cruelty was their fun; this is what the people of the 12th century participated in to occupy their free time. It then went from dog fighting for entertainment to progressing into animal factories for fast easy money. (“Feedlot” 1) The abuse of farm animals in factory farms, however, did not see an influx until the early 19th century. This is when small family farms and customary ranches started to give in, and become pressured by the larger institutional farming practices. This caused fact ory farms to become the new role model for farms everywhere. (“Feedlot” 2)
Days wandering the green pastures and affectionate little barnyard settings are a fixation of the past. Today, a real farm barely exists. When I think of a farm I think of a cute little barn on a green luscious green land where there are cows prancing about freely. Instead there are animal factories, which include; animals crammed together into grimy, muddy, windowless, undersized spaces, where they will never see the outside world or inhale fresh air until the day they are loaded up onto trucks bound for the slaughter house. These animals will go through unnatural situations. They will never get to a make nest, have a family, dig holes, sun bathe, or even run. Most of these animals’ receive steroids to enhance growth. These steroids usually cause the animals to become crippled the drugs they are given. The drugs make their bodies grow so fast that their legs just give out beneath them. Usually they die inches away from reaching food and water. Animals in factories are also given antibiotics. This is to fend off illnesses that are likely to occur in their unsanitary conditions. Their final trip is to the slaughter house killing these creatures are often performed in a manner as inhumane as the condition in which they are forced to exist until that day. Many animals are still conscious when they are pitched into the scalding water of the defeathering or hair-removal tanks. If animals do not go through the process of the scalding water they are usually still alive while their bodies are being skinned or hacked apart. (“Cruelty” 1)