Argumentative Essay On Cows Killing

For many of those, most do not know how most cows are slaughtered. Most do not wish to even imagine or think about how they are killed. But let’s just take a look at reality real quick, most cows are kept in crowded filthy feedlots where they are susceptible in getting a disease, they are given antibiotics to make them grow bigger and faster their bodies not capable of handling the growth spurt, some may even die, then they are transported to a slaughtering house where they get their necks sliced and on they go to meat processing. Although people don't normally think about these things frankly, it is the way of life. Temple Grandin had mentioned that cows in some ways are similar to us, they get startled and they start to panic making them feel scared because they don’t know what’s coming for them. Most slaughterhouse’s don’t really think about that, they just care about killing the cows and sending them off to the meat processing plant and making money. As bad as it sounds to this day most slaughterhouses still use the neck slicing method for the fact that it's faster and a much more cheaper method. Although there is a much more humane in killing these animals to meet our demands as consumers.
They avoid the sadness and the tragedy that the walls hide, cows are often in most times treated very very badly. According to The Humane Society of U.S.A. cows are slaughtered at the age of only 16-18 weeks and about 30% are kept in “housing-groups” which they are individually confined, which they are kept there till they have reached the slaughtering weight. It is often assumed that they are slaughtered in a humane, clean way however more than 40 million cows die every year, they are beat almost to death, dragged, often forced to starve and dehydrate, electrocuted, poked, branded, and pushed into processing lines terrified of what beholds the end of that line. Most slaughterhouses use the slicing of the neck method or the bolt gun method, although 40% of the time it is ineffective and leaves the animal conscious throughout the process of being dismembered and