Animal abuse is a topic that most people are aware of in this day and age. But to clarify this is not going to be a speech appealing to the pity of Sarah McLachlan's song during animal cruelty commercials. Believe me this topic is truly sad, but its gets worse when you look into the current problems. I will elaborate on what is currently being done. The SPCA is a very large benefactor in stopping animal abuse as many of you probably know by their numerous commercials asking for donations and public awareness but they cannot take this entire burden on their shoulders alone. The type of animal abuse I would like talk about is specific to farm animals. This is a particular topic that many people do not consider. The example i am going to use first is the life of a cow and then elaborate on chickens. A female cow on a dairy farm is repetitively impregnated, again, and again for the production of milk. Hundreds of cows residing on thousands of dairy farms across america are artificially inseminated to constantly produce milk for our consumption. After a time of nine months the cow gives birth to a calf, within hours or a day the calf is taken from the mom and transported to a veal …show more content…
There are two types of chickens, meat chickens and also egg chickens. Over 8.54 billion chickens a year are killed for their meat, while another 300 million chickens are held in tiny cages producing close to 100 billion eggs a year. 90 percent of the egg laying chickens are kept in battery cages. A battery cages provide less space per bird than a 8.5 inch by 11 inch sheet of paper. Battery cages have also been banned in the European Union. When chickens are bred only female chickens are kept, the male chicks are disposed of shortly after they hatch, they are killed by grinding, gassing, crushing or suffocation. These poor birds are killed as soon as their sex’s are