Documentary Summary Of The Documentary 'Death By Cow'

Drama 88
Day 3
Death by Cow The treatment of animals in animal farms is greatly disrupted because of major food industries and the financial costs. Cows are genetically and evolutionary modified to eat grass but the farm owner are forcing the cows to eat corn because it is cheaper and corn makes them fat more quickly. This is just one example of the many of the mistreatments of farm animals that was talked about in this documentary. Since cows are meant to eat grass and not corn this high corn diet results in E. coli formation. E. Coli formation is not only a product of the diet but also a product in farm animal lifestyle. The cows stand ankle deep in their manure for most parts of the day if not the entire day, meaning that if one cow was to develop the disease than the entire cow population on the farm will also acquire the disease. This disease is then carried form the farms to the slaughterhouses and form the slaughterhouses to our grocery stores. The documentary reports that this transfer in disease resulted in a death of a young boy from eating a burger at Jack in the Box.
This manipulation of farm animals will result in more detrimental consequences if action is not taken soon. Not only will is cause death, as seen when the boy died from eating the burger, but if these methods are not regulated it can result into an epidemic causing millions of casualties. It is necessary to set boundaries and regulation for these farms so than cows have a better diet and a better lifestyle which will only help us in the future by not contracting diseases form the meat products produced from those