of animals raised for food‚ live miserable lives in intensive confinement in dark‚ overcrowded facilities‚ commonly called factory farms. Factory farming has led to institutionalized animal cruelty‚ massive environmental destruction‚ as well as animal and human health risks which can be reduced by natural‚ free-range farming. According to an article in The Real Truth‚ factory farms “produce much more food at cheaper prices than smaller farms” (Farrel). Some would argue it is
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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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Factory farming is a form of farming for livestock in a controlled environment using extreme methods. Factory farming has become awfully popular in today’s world‚ taking over the traditional farming businesses. This method of farming is a very unhealthy and inhumane way to farm livestock. It is not only harmful to the animals‚ but to humans as well. To maintain the export of food needed to keep up with demand‚ these factory farms need to have large amounts of animals to produce such a high quantity
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Factory Farming Do you ever wonder how the grocery markets and major food stores like Wal-Mart keep a huge inventory of meat on hand at all times? More importantly‚ where is this food coming from? Many people do not put much thought into where food comes from or how it is treated before it arrives in a grocery store. Today’s mass consumption of meat directly correlates with the cycle of how livestock is raised‚ slaughtered‚ and served to consumers. The process may be surprising to the average
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Factory farming Imagine this factory farmed animals crammed thousands into dirty‚ windowless sheds and confined to wire cages and gestation crates.what sense would be affected first? smell- horrible‚ rotten‚ death‚ the sound of squealing in fear.This is a typical factory farms. I strongly believe that factory farms should be illegal. In my report I will be looking at pollution- caused by factory farms‚ the use of hormones and chemicals and the cruelty of factory farms. Another reason for I
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Factory farming should be illegal Imagine yourself being born into a world where nights and days are neither constant nor promised. You are fed three to five times a day‚ but no one is there to nurture and love you. Not even the numerous others crammed into your living space. You spend each day growing more and more frantic‚ scared‚ and sickly. This is life as you know it - from the day you are born‚ until your last dying breath. What I have just described is one of America’s worst ghettos. The
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I am exploring the topic of factory farming. A factory farm raises large quantities of livestock in confined spaces for maximum profit. The livestock are treated with hormones and antibiotics to prevent disease and maximize their growth. Farm factories use feedlots to feed livestock grain to cause quicker weight gain prior to slaughter. The antibiotics are causing antibiotic resistant bacteria that is finding its way into meat causing health issues that will be untreatable. Farm sanctuary’s’ website
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them. This has become evident in factory farming because man is mistreating the animals in order to produce the cheapest and most productive system for vast amounts of meat no matter the moral standing to animals and the land. This has to be changed to keep the contract intact‚ which Peter Singer and Jim Mason are trying to do in The Ethics of Eating Meat. They are trying to convert as many people as possible to vegetarianism and veganism to stop factory farming and what it is doing to the world
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dairy. But do you really know where that meat and dairy you consume comes from? Most of America’s farms have converted to factory farming. A factory farm is a facility housing thousands of animals (such as cows‚ chickens‚ and pigs) in confined spaces. “If a factory means efficient‚ large scale production‚ then that is what it is” states David Leyonhjelm. As a result of factory farming‚ there is a large supply of meat and dairy for a cheap price. According to Leyonhjelm‚ “the world will be consuming two-thirds
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There have been minimal attempts to end factory farming or alleviate the harmful effects of it. Most of these few attempts have been essentially ineffective in convincing people that factory farming harms humans and their environment. Therefore‚ further action must be taken to get the message out to those who are unaware of the dangers of their diets and end the atrocity that is factory farming. One major attempt at resolving the issue of factory farming has been multiple environmental organizations
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