Persuasive Speech Outline On Animal Abuse

Ristia Sastra
Mr. Rama Kurniadi
Senior Thesis
27 May 2015
Humane Livestock Handling
Animal Cruelty Everyday, animals are fighting for their lives in order to survive. A lot of them are beaten and kept in chains to complete human’s needs and wants. Some of them are confined to tiny cages so that humans can kill and eat them. They are tortured, mutilated, shot, burned, strangled, forced, poisoned, and cut up or skinned alive. Animal abuse is very heartbreaking and doesn't show any humanity. It’s even more so when we realise that the everyday choices we make such as what the food we eat for lunch, the kind of cosmetics we buy or the clothing we wear may be directly supporting animal abuse. Cruelty to animals is a human infliction of harm upon
animals and is one of the sickest crimes in the world that is still happening globally. There are two main types of animal abuse. One is passive which can be defined as neglecting or failing to take care of an animal. There are many things, such as failing to provide food and water, failing to provide shelter in or failing to provide medical care. An example of passive animal abuse is abandonment. Second is an active animal abuse that can be defined as an intentional act that causes injury or death to an animal. Torture, beating, mutilation, shooting, burning, strangled, forced poisoned, and cut up or skinned alive is considered as active abuse. Active abuse is one of the most serious problems to discuss for further prevention. The major problem focused to write on is regarding active animal abuse towards slaughter them in the purpose for food processing. This is still happening in a lot of countries especially in Asian region. Indeed, a solution is needed to overcome animal cruelty, which is to treat animals in a humane way although slaughtering for livestock purposes. In expansive terms, there are three applied ways to deal with the issue of cruelty to animals. The animal welfare position holds that there is nothing wrong with utilising animals for human purposes, such as food, clothing, entertainment, and research, yet it should be done in a way that minimise unnecessary pain and suffering, sometimes referred to as humane way treatment. Animal rights theorists claim that the words "unnecessary" and "humane" are subject to show different understanding, and that animals have basic rights. They say that the only way to guarantee protection for animals is to end their status as property and to ensure that they are never used as commodities. Sometimes it is essentially that mankind don not comprehend that what they are doing to an animal is causing suffering. Different times, individuals who have been abused themselves will be cruel to animals in light of the fact that they believe that is the best way to treat others. The worst cruelty situations are when people hurt animals knowing that it hurts the animal, and they do it to bring the animal pain. It is difficult to say why someone would do this, yet regularly they see the animals as objects instead of creatures with emotions.
Animal Welfare Animal welfare is the well-being of animals.
The standard of an animal welfare is variable as it may be referred to different contexts that are still debated, created and revise by animal welfare groups and legislators worldwide. So far, the science of animal welfare utilises different kinds of measures from longevity, reproduction, behaviour, to disease of a certain animal. In spite the fact that which of these measurement that indicated the best information is still debated. There are two prospect of concept that are hostile to one another on animal welfare. Looking back centuries, the vision declares that animals are not aware and unable to experience poor or good welfare. While the other vision is lies on animal rights that animals should not be interpreted as a property of any uses by mankind. Although, a few of animals rights argue that a better prospect was to increase and continue the utilisation of animals. Consequently, some authorities consider animal welfare is against animals rights. While others also see that the rising concern of animal welfare is an augmentation towards animal rights
too. Animal welfare is the belief that non-human beings are sentimental and capable of feeling. Animals are very responsive and should be considered when they are suffering especially when it comes under the care of humans. These concerns are compromise on how animals are slaughtered for food, used in scientific research, kept as pets or in zoos and how our activities may impact the welfare of wild species animals to survive. Focusing on the issue of raising livestock for human profit conflicting the relationship between the status of animals and obligations of mankind. Animal welfare is the perception of how animals under human care must be treated in a humane way so that they do not suffer unnecessarily. Generally, the animal welfare perspective is based on an interpretation of scientific research on farming practices. By contrast, animal rights is the viewpoint that using animals for human benefit is, by its nature, generally exploitation, regardless of the farming practices used. Animal rights activists would generally be vegan or vegetarian, whereas it is consistent with the animal welfare perspective to eat meat, depending on production processes. Animal welfare bunches by and try to create open examination on livestock raising practices and secure greater regulation and investigation of domesticated animals industry practices. Every living creature's common sense gathers o the abrogation of domesticated livestock farming, although a few of others may perceive the need of accomplishing more stringent regulation first. Animal welfare groups (e.g. RSPCA) are frequently in first world nations, given a voice to the develop the policy by the government. Animal rights groups find it harder to find methods of input, and may go further and recommend civil disobedience or violence. Various animal farming practices have been the subject of battle campaigns in the 1990s and 2000s and have led to legislation in a few nations. Control of animals in small and unnatural spaces is regularly accomplished for economic or health reasons. Animals may be kept in the cage size of confine or pen with almost no space to freely move. Where livestock are used as a source of power, they may be pushed beyond their limits to the point of exhaustion. The public visibility of this abuse meant it was one of the first areas to receive legislation in the nineteenth century in European countries, but it still goes on in parts of Asia until today.
Survey Result A survey is conducted to test whether people are aware of livestock animal cruelty or not and resulted that most of them are aware and would likely do something to stop animal abuse although a few is not concern to care enough about this problem.
Livestock Farming Livestock are animals raised for profit that are in an agricultural surroundings that produces materials such as foods, textile, fertiliser and labor. Livestock is sometimes referred to as “stock,” indicating the idea that the animals are property in addition to living beings. These animals are both living stock, or inventory, and the stock, or basis, of life for farmers and the people who rely on them. Raising animals is an important part of life for people all over the world. Common examples are horses, pigs, goats, cows, sheep, and chickens and several other semi-wild animals including reindeer, yaks, camels, and emus could also be considered livestock. Humans have coexisted with domesticated animals for centuries coping in raising and keeping animals is a part of modern agriculture where it has been implemented in various human culture as a major shift. The world’s of today civilisation witnesses the rapid global expansion of production and consumption of animal products whereas is believed to kept on growing. Traditional livestock systems impart 70% of the world's rural with the technology and international trade for the rapidly growing markets for meat, milk and eggs where livestock production is recently one third of the global crop land that produce feeds for animals. Tragedy for the animal frequently begins much sooner before the slaughter procedure starts, and even before the transportation to the slaughter house. Factory farming includes animals put away in confined, hot, disease ridden confines, containers or other limited spaces to create eggs or other sustenance for human consumption. Livestocks animals don't get the veterinary help as they require the fact that it costs too much and owners don not want to reduce their profits. Slaughter house slaughter of farm animals is legal, it is not considered animal abuse according to the law. There are innumerable recorded cases of other animal cruelty and abuse in slaughter house. This is the place where labours cause animal pain to be legal. A significant worst case is that Australian Cattle have been subjected to the most horrific abuse in Indonesia slaughter house of meat industry.
Case Study : Australia Cattle Cruelty in Indonesia Australia has traded an total of 6.4 million dairy cattle to Indonesia and Indonesia is the biggest importer of Australian cattle and has held this position for 13 of the previous 15 years. Undercover footage for a project called Four Corners Tonight on the Australian ABC1 Channel demonstrated cattles being kicked and beaten. A portion of the cattle were conscious when they were abused. Painful handling techniques, such as the use of physical force such as poking, hitting, kicking, and tail twisting to force the cattles to move were observed in 90% of locations. Techniques that cause extreme pain and injury Their throats were hacked at, their eyes gouged, tendon slashing and their tails broken were used when difficulties arose moving or handling animals. Handling during rope casting involved every animal being subjected to multiple painful procedures. The Indonesian labours did not seem to understand how to encourage cattle to move forward without causing animal pain, nor were they at ease dealing with Australian animals. This is the reality of what happens to Australian animals who are sent overseas to slaughter. Based on the survey, a lot have no idea what going on whereas Indonesia is one of the worst case of livestock processing.
Location of slaughterhouses and details of restraint and slaughter in Indonesia ;

Below picture shows how Australian cattle are mistreated by Indonesia ;

Animal Law Slaughtering livestock overcome cases of abusing and torturing animals that happen often, especially in Indonesia. This kind of case is a major problem as it ignores the international standards laws of animal rights. Indonesian Veterinary Association chairwoman Wiwiek Bagja said that animal welfare laws in effect since 2009 did not work because they do not actually lay out what punishments people should face for animal cruelty. Referring to the Australian cattle cruelty in Indonesia, RSCPA helps to eliminate the animal slaughtering abuse. RSPCA Australia (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is an Australian peak organisation established in 1981 to promote animal welfare. Each state and territory of Australia has an RSPCA organisation that predates and is affiliated with RSPCA Australia. RSPCA Australia defines its purpose as being the leading authority in animal care and protection, and to prevent cruelty to animals by actively promoting their care and protection. Here is to assist Indonesa’s cattle processing in a more humane way. At every step of their lives, all animals should be treated with compassion and protected from suffering. Then there are these food processing/farming industries that exhibits cruelty to the livestock for financial gain purposes. Unfortunately, billions of these livestock animals lack even the most basic protections under the law. All animals deserve a life free from abuse, whether a beloved family pet, or a nameless farm animal. Animal law is a mix of statutory and case law in which the nature legitimate, social or natural of nonhuman creatures is a vital variable. Animal law encompasses companion animals, wildlife, animals used in entertainment and animals raised for food and research. The developing field of creature law is frequently analogised to the natural law development. While fighting for stronger laws, we can make a difference today through a more humane way of slaughtering livestock and in handling the food processing as well as a welfare conscious shopping and reduced consumption of animal products.
Temple Grandin ; Cattle Handling System If animal laws does not seem to be able to be applied in regions like Indonesia, it is best to refer to other sources.
If it did, the next step to do is applying a procedure where it does not cause the animal pain. A system designed by Temple Grandin in a very humane way of handling cattle. Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American professor of animal science at Colorado State University, a best-selling author, an autistic activist, and a consultant to the livestock industry on animal behaviour. She is considered as the world’s leading expert on humane livestock handling in meat packing plants. Her autism gives her unique ability to understand how animals see the world and evaluate it to show how people can handle livestock in the most humane way possible. She wrote dozen of books on animal welfare and on how to handle livestock. This is the best guidelines to be develop as animal welfare on how to process cattle in
Indonesia. Temple Grandin method started from when the cattle arriving at packing plant they should be unloaded calmly and prevent slips and falls, if an animal fells down it may get bruises and injured. a non slip flooring is essential to prevent it. Cattles are usually resting in pens for several hours before the go into the slaughter line. this allows them to settle down calm down and will make them easier to handle. It is important to manage the pen properly and give some room for the cattle to move (75% full recommended) which also gives labor working place. so it should be just be forced pushing them. When cattle are abused before slaughter they get stressed and causes adrenaline release and result in tougher meat and dark cutters and bruising which is not suitable for food. Keeping animals calm means its handle just a right thing to do. A simple trash bag filled with air is gentle but effective and low stress toll to move cattle rather than pushing them. After cattle have rested in the pen they are brought up in small groups into the slaughtering line. Bringing up small groups is way much better than large groups as it requires more walking and will manage the cattle properly. Use high solid side so the cattle wont see what are activites are ahead, cause if they see it they wouldn't want to go. Animals also have a natural tendency to go back where they come from. They are easily distracted so better to keep it organized. Cattle have tendency to go from a darker place into a lighter place and this is the reason to put lights on the entrance of the strainer so they would head towards the light. and will end up in a moving conveyer to make it work. Should have non slip entrance and exit floor to make things right. When they enter the conveyer, the cattle are shot in a captive bolt gun that instantly destroys the brain. After the animal are shot it is still on the conveyer and then is lifted up. The cattle will show unorcodinnated kicking caused by spinal reflexes. The cattle is still hanging up and after the brain is destroyed the animals are bled and the head is dead. The tongue is completed extended soft and flacit then it is dead. After the animals is bleeding to drain all the blood, the go to the main slaughter hall where the internal organs and skining. Then it goes to the chillier before it cuts up into meat. This is done in a humane way possible and should be as well applied as a system to process cattle livestock in Indonesia. Animals do have rights and humans have humanity, don’t they? Torturing animal is an act of humanity violations. A lot of people are engage in animal abuse in different countries around the world, for many different reasons and none of them are truly acceptable. Animal abusers come from all professions, and all classes for different purposes. People are allowed to kill and eat animals, but why torture them too? Reconsidering, there are livestock animals, which needs to be slaughtered as it fulfil human’s food supplies and balancing the nature’s food chain.

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