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Persuasive Essay On Animal Food

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Yesterday I was checking the news feed in my Facebook and suddenly stopped at the tragedy picture, the image which poor pigs were heading to a slaughterhouse. Many comments claimed that it would be great if we can consume meat without slaughtering those animals. Now, this imagination is on the way. In 1932, Sir Winston Churchill, the orator and the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, once envisioned that in 50 years from now on we would be growing edible animal parts with a suitable method to “escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken”. During that time, populace thought that his vision is such an airy-fairy perspective until now. Notwithstanding Churchill’s prediction is 30 years late, but on 6th August 2013, it was upon us. On that day, the first fresh cooked lab-grown beef burger was served by Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University. The procedure is that he uses a stem cell from a muscle tissue of the cow and plants it in a petri dish, coupled with trots a growth serum regularly. Till recently, the artificial meat project has grown step by step, but still couldn’t hit it big because apart from a side that supports this idea, the majorities assume that it is not the right solution. According to EU survey of the public, 54% of participants said no to the lab-grown meat while 6% said they would approve. In the meantime, this innovation ranked 21st out of 22 schemes in order of popularity for ‘the future applications of science'. Furthermore, some

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