A Poll Conducted By The Aspca Revealed That 94% Of Americans

Never being able to stretch their wings or walk around again. Standing on wire floors which lead to serious health issues. Dropping there faeces to a tray below them which would rarely get cleaned. Until around 2 years later when they stop laying. No, they are not let out into open fields for the next 10 years of their life that they are capable to live. Instead, they are trucked to slaughterhouses. Many birds die within these 2 years, and survivors are often forced to live with their dead and dying cage mates. Hens can suffer in pain and agony caused by these appalling conditions, caged eggs should be completely

Factory farms have abused these animals in way that is so horrific, it is not often revealed to the public what really goes on inside these “farms.” Animals such as chickens are shoved together into battery cages to the point where they are unable to move. Their beaks are cut off without anesthesia, and they are propelled with antibiotics and excessively fed for the purpose of making their breasts larger quickly. The excessive feeding makes their bodies grow unnaturally and disproportionally – causing heart failure, respiratory troubles, chronic pain, and leg weakness; after a hen’s egg production reduces at a certain age, the bird will be shocked into its final laying cycle and then be sent to slaughter to be used as food scraps – if they are not already killed on-farm. As for mother pigs, they spend up to four months in gestation crates with only limited mobility during their pregnancy. "Her piglets are

It’s problematic that we don’t question the food we eat whether it be from McDonalds or a fancy upscale restaurant. We need to be more aware of what is going on around us especially when the food we eat is causing an array of health issues for us. The unsanitary conditions found within the factory farm industry contributes to the pathogens found in the meat we eat. As the saying goes you get what you pay for. Factory farming is based upon producing large quantities of meat at a very low cost. This driving force behind the system is not worth getting food poising or something detrimental. In the chapter “Influence / Speechlessness” the habitats of the chickens are displayed “jamming deformed, drugged,

Even though higher yields are met for demand and human consumption, factory farming is cruel to animals due to the fact animals are often subject to harsh living conditions, more susceptible to diseases and injuries and are treated inhumanely during the slaughtering process. Unfortunately, with an increase in human population worldwide, the strain on farmers to meet the demand increases as well. This in turn causes more animals to be subject to this cruelty.

“This is horrible! I can’t even watch this!” Those were my immediate thoughts the first time my eyes were opened to the inhumane animal cruelty on factory farms. Factory farming enables mass production to supply the demands of today’s society but also enables the cruel treatment of animals. We need to end the cruelty and abuse that these animals have to endure at the factory farms because it causes loss to the business, reduces the quality of the product produced, and endangers the health of those who buy the product. We can promote humane treatment of factory farm animals by prevention through education, by enforcing humane laws by being an example of humane animal treatment, and by donating and/or

The influential American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King, Jr once said “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” Dr. King is eloquently saying we the people have the ability to create change with the determination and passion of each individual by taking charge and speaking out. This quote relates with the tragedy still occurring in animal farms world-wide through research I have discovered the shocking nightmare animals go through with dealing with confined spaces, forced drug use, and altered growth against their will.

Layers practically spent their youth to maturity confined in cages no bigger than their bodies. The cages are densely packed next and on top of one another. Laying hens are frequently starved to maximize their eggs production. The goal is to maximize production with amount of effort. The way I see it: It is like life in prison for those hens. They cannot move and even flap their wings. Living in overcrowded area, it is a natural tendency for the birds to peck at each other. To solve that problem, new born chicks will get part of their top beaks cut off without any painkillers. Many chicks experience pain and unable eat for days. When hens can no longer produce eggs, they are killed and sent elsewhere. Why would one kill those hens? Can we still use them for

Chickens have to endure suffering that no living thing should have to go through. The egg laying chickens have to be forced into tiny cages without enough room to stretch their wings. Up to 8 hens are crammed in to a cage that is the size of a folded newspaper, about

Close your eyes and step into the world of an individual. You are born into a world where nights and days are never constant (attention getter). You are fed three to five times a day, but no one is there to nurture you. Not even the numerous others crammed into your living space. You grow frantic, scared, and sickly. Now open your eyes, to reality. What I have just described is one of America’s worst ghettos. You know this individual who is trapped in this environment. He is your breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is the meat you eat . Today’s farms not only abuse their animals they also produce harmful diseases and environmental hazards that affect each and every one of us, regardless of whether you consume animal products or not. The U.S. government should ban factory farms and require the meat industry to raise animals in their natural environments (preview of points and statement of purpose).

Hens also peck each other because of insufficient space. To avoid injury in this form the chickens beaks are cut off soon after they are born. After 18-24 months egg production slows and those hens are ready for slaughter. The Food Empowerment Project states that “Transporting hens to the slaughterhouse is an extremely traumatic event. Before they can be loaded into the trucks, they must be physically collected. Workers disperse throughout the shed and forcefully pull the exhausted hens from their cages. In the process, many of the hens suffer broken wings and legs. They are then loaded into transport crates and stacked onto large flatbed trucks. During transport, the unfamiliar sights, smells, sounds and movements cause severe stress.” Prior to these animals being killed they are kept in atrocious conditions and sadly it does not get any better for these animals at the

Under the clear skies of Alabama, hundreds of chickens freely roam the several acres of grassy plains. Such an image would suggest a natural way of raising an ideal chicken for human consumption. But undercover investigations bring out the dark truth of factory farming. Mercy for Animals, a nonprofit organization, exposes companies such as, Tyson, who advertise their products in the naturalist form but fail to acknowledge the reality. Discoveries from undercover investigations reveal the, “abusive handling,” the, “physical alterations like teeth clipping,” the, “misuse of antibiotics to compensate for unsanitary conditions”(“Factory Farms”), and many more cruel and secretive procedures. Several consumers perceive factory farms as advertised, but few are aware of the suffering endured by farm animals. The fact that, “99% of farm animals in the U.S. are raised in factory farms,” proposes the question: Do consumers have a clear understanding of what goes on behind the walls of large industrial farms?

The treatment of factory farmed animals has always been questionable. These animals are born and bred to be killed and consumed. Although, these animals are obviously going to be eventually killed and eaten, the treatment of them while they are alive, and during their execution is unethical and should be illegal. With the rise of documentaries exposing the unethical and, quite frankly, disgusting treatment of factory farmed animals, the issue has never been more prevalent than it is in the present.

A factory farm is a large, industrial operation that raises large numbers of animals for food. “Over ninety-nine percent of farm animals in the U.S. are raised in factory farms” (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 3). Which focus on profit and efficiency at the expense of animal welfare.There are no federal laws governing and enforcing the conditions in which farmed animals are raised. The federal law fails to protect most farm animals, state laws are these animals’ last defense. The majority of U.S. states expressly exempts farm animals, or certain standard farming practices, from their anti-cruelty provisions, making it nearly impossible to provide even meager protections. While in common industry use, these exempt farming practices are often shockingly cruel. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, “ Investigations and whistleblowers have revealed abuse on farms and in slaughterhouses so horrific, most people cannot bear to witness them” (Factory Farms 2). Despite their vast numbers and severity

The cruel and disgusting conditions that animals have to face every day shouldn’t be allowed. In a nationwide survey of America 94% of people, a staggering majority agree that animals which are raised to be used as food should be free from abuse and cruelty, but do they really know what means. One of the main reason the business model of factory farms works so well is that almost everyone is ignorant to what is

Every year more countries join to protect the animal’s rights. The United States is one of them, although U.S. protect the animal’s rights, this country still need work in it, because in this country animals from the farms are treated so cruel. They don’t have enough space, some animals not even seem the sun. The article Fear Factories: The Case for Compassionate Conservatism-for Animals by Matthew illustrates the problems with animals in farmers. The author said that animals suffer cruelty abused in the farms. He points out that farmers see animals just like the way to make money. Farmers do not want to know