Animal Slaughter House Factories Analysis

Anna Lyons Lyons 1
Professor Gray
EN101-43
December 4, 2014
“Animal Slaughterhouses” Humans have been hunting and consuming animals for more than a millennia. The methods they used to kill the animals, though, have been completely different through the ages. For a good portion of that time, humans killed the animals by simply shooting them or stabbing them, quick and easy. Now, we have created factories known as slaughterhouses. Many people that have seen what goes on in these factories consider what some of the workers do to be very inhumane. According to the article “Meat and Milk Factories” by Peter Singer and Jim Mason, for years, pig production had been a big part of the slaughterhouses, but as time went on, the
She figured out that the cows are actually warning each other when something is going to happen. Her professors wouldn’t sign off on her thesis. She switched her thesis to control systems and cattle and why some work better than others and how they can tell the difference. To see what the cows see, Temple went through the chute cows go through and was able to figure out what scared them and makes them uncomfortable. She soon wrote many articles on her findings (“Temple”). A farmer read her articles and liked her ideas and asked her to design a dip for his farm. The dip she designed starts with a chute that is curved so that the cows feel like they’re going in circles, which calms them. They follow each other into a tunnel that makes them into one line and they go down a concrete ramp that allows them to go into the dip at their own pace to keep tem relaxed. The day before it was going to be shown, a reporter witnessed it and called it brilliant. The day it showed though, the farmers changed it and had already killed three cows by the time Temple got there (“Temple”). Lyons
She then became a professor at Colorado State University and lectures worldwide on autism and animal handling. In North America now, half of the cattle is handled by the systems made by Temple Grandin (“Temple”). Today, a lot of Temple’s beliefs are used. She believed that the correct stunning is extremely important, it leads to better meat. If the stunning is done incorrectly, bloodspots in meat and bone fractures can happen. She stated that an agitated steer can be very 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. Ranches and facilities must have non-slip flooring. Lastly, workers should keep the animals calm, when the animals are calm, they move more