The Savagery Of Factory Farming Factory Farming is not only feeding us‚ but destroying us and our only world! Worldwide‚ about 70 billion farm animals are now reared for food each year. This mass production of food uses many antibiotics to speed up the birth process‚ but those antibiotics are still in the meat we eat. The waste and space from the factory farms destroys the environment and is also a danger to human health. The factory farming of animals has a negative impact on human health
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Leah Mattingly November 19‚ 2013 Factory Farming: The Truth Revealed Many people might not be aware of what really happens in factory farms‚ or if they do‚ they tend to turn a blind eye towards it. Our society has a fairytale image of how factory farm animals live: Cows grazing the luscious green fields‚ hens nesting in a warm‚ spacious barn‚ and pigs rolling around in mud enjoying the sunny day. This vision of farm life is far from reality‚ especially today with demand for cheap‚ delicious
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A Movie Critique on Industrial Agriculture: Insights from Robert Kenner’s Food Inc. Introduction Robert Kenner’s documentary‚ Food Inc.‚ gives insight into operations in the food industry. The documentary depicts the people’s desire for money‚ with resultant implications characterized by mass production through varying approaches. Indeed‚ Kenner seeks to sensitize the society on the manner in which animals are exposed to inhumane conditions‚ severe health conditions that result from mass production
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Have you ever thought about where your meat comes from or what kind of life the animal has lived? Almost all the meat stocked in grocery stores and food facilities come from factory farms which are large scale industrial operations that are the home to thousands of animals such as chickens‚ cows‚ pigs and turkeys. Such animals are raised strictly for food consumption and never see the light of day‚ according to (ASPCA 2015). Also‚ according to dosomething.org (2015) there are approximately 70 billion
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Animals and other living creatures in this world‚ share the same right as us to have their own independent existence and modes of living. Edward Freeman in his famous quote regarded to the relationship between humans and animals states “The awful wrongs and suffering forced upon the innocent helpless‚ faithful animal race forms the blackest chapter in the whole world’s history”. Even though the human race slaughters animals to fulfill resources needed to sustain the population‚ still is not satisfied
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The Pain of Factory Farming Even though 94% of Americans say that animals used in food production for humans deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty‚ 10 billion farm animals are in conditions that are lower than low‚ often leading to a painful death (Farm Animal). Animal rights refers to the philosophy that animals as a whole should maintain the right to live a life without human exploitation‚ suffering and hurting‚ and dying young. The chicken production system seems good when all people see
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dangerous and shouldn’t be tampered with. Also‚ an escaped cattle should never be chased. If you leave it alone‚ it will return. Lastly‚ stay away from the cattle’s blind spot‚ if it can’t see you‚ it might kick you. Temple has specific guidelines for livestock holding facilities. First‚ the animals should be moved in small groups. Also‚ the pens should never be overcrowded. They should be filled only half way. Handlers should understand the basic concepts of flight zone and the point of balance on a cow
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During the 1970’s‚ the top five meat packing companies controlled only about a quarter of the meat packing industry and thousands of slaughterhouses produced most of the meat being sold. Today‚ there are only four meat packers that control over eighty percent of the market‚ and most of the meat being sold in our stores is produced by only 13 slaughterhouses (Kenner). Most of the plant and animal products that are available for us to buy in grocery stores haven’t been raised on farms; they have been
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Image having to decide how many chickens to trade for one cow‚ this would be very difficult. This is one of the challenging tasks people living thousands of years ago had to endure. This was done in order to maintain trading and economic transactions. Since the earliest of times currency has grown to be widespread and highly demanded. The use currency has made significant effects on the United States economy‚ allowing the transition from barter to banknotes. Since the influence of currency has
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Selecting cattle‚ calving seasons‚ and weaning dates for efficient range beef production systems in the Northern Great Plains Wade Anderson Chadron State College Chadron‚ Nebraska Abstract The prevalence of late spring/early summer calving (May-June) and the use of early weaning with environmentally adapted cows is not a new concept‚ however it is not a common occurrence in Northwest Nebraska nor the Northern Great Plains. Over time smaller framed cows with less milk production have
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