Factory Farming Factory farming involves raising livestock in a small‚ confined area on a large scale for the purpose of supplying food for human consumption. Hens‚ for example‚ are crammed into cages that are housed in large sheds where there is very little light‚ so that they can keep laying eggs. This makes it cheaper for farmers‚ since they don’t have to spend as much time looking after the welfare of their livestock. There are certainly ethical questions. It could be argued that factory farming
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Factory farming is becoming a huge part of today’s world. In total out of both family owned and operated farms and factory farms‚ 99.9% of meat chickens‚ 97% of laying chickens‚ 99% of turkeys‚ 95% of pigs‚ and 78% of cattle are born and raised in factory farms. A common definition of factory farming is‚ “A farm on which large numbers of livestock are raised indoors in conditions intended to maximise production at minimal cost.” Most food is produced in large factories called factory farms. Not
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The Horror of Factory Farming While driving past factory farms‚ anyone would assume that animals live a satisfying life style. At first sight‚ the animals look very robust and one would think that they have a healthy diet. Appearances can always be deceiving. What one observes while driving past these farms is not what factory farms actually are. Behind closed doors‚ many things go on that society would never expect. Every year‚ animals on factory farms encounter unimaginable suffering and go
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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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Since factory farming helps with the mass production of meat‚ is it still a good idea? I believe that factory should be banned. Factory farming is cruel‚ makes the meat low quality‚ the animals are seen as products‚ and factory farming contributes to making pollution. Factory farms treat the animals in a cruel manner. The farms help contribute to make pollution into our environment. The farms make the meat at a low cost‚ because the quality of the meat is not very good. Factory farms treat the
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The article “Factory Farming” gives a brief overview of factory farms. It talks about the corruption and animal cruelty that goes on behind their walls. The article presents factual evidence and isn’t opinion based. It is up to date and is scholarly reviewed. I can easily tie the writing into my essay. The article discusses topics such as animal cruelty and pollution. These two topics are my main supporting details for my essay. All the text in the article I agree with and doesn’t contradict my thesis
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If the remaining 99% of the animals raised in factory farms in the United States were instead raised in a free range system the increase in resource demands would be incredible. For example‚ cows in todays factory system are raised on a supplemented diet of corn and therefore require no pasture land. If instead‚ all of the 30.2 million cows killed annually were raised on a natural diet of grass it would take over 60 million acres of pasture to accommodate the animals. That is a area of land roughly
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agriculture were portrayed as beneficial. Two main critiques that will flow throughout is the overall cost-benefit analysis was not taken into account and the level of implementation of the positive aspects. One area of modern farming promoted by the affirmative is factory farming. The intention of this method is the increase output of livestock through concentrating the area used and more closely watching over the animals. However‚ studies of the implementation of this highlights severe ethical‚ humanitarian
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Factory Farms and Animal Slaughter The world today is becoming less and less conscious of the pain and suffering being inflicted on farm animals. As the outcome‚ animals are becoming even further tarred in society. Humans have and are continuing to handle these animals as if they are some kind of material goods. Farmed animals are the most exploited and least protected group of animals in the world. These animals have their own lives. They require love‚ happiness‚ and everything else that humans
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Ruby Dominguez Professor J. Williams English 100 11 July 2014 Industrial Salmon Farming Fish farming‚ also known as Aquaculture‚ is an industry that uses sea life for commercial purposes. One of the most common fish species that are farmed worldwide is salmon. Most of the salmon Americans consume are farmed in British Columbia and grow in open net cages placed directly in the ocean; creating environmental threats in all areas it takes place. The problem with open net cages that are placed directly
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