Fighting for More Animal Rights in America
The way animals are treated in modern day society is appalling. American has seemed to have lost all its respect for human nature. No one appreciates how useful these animals are and we treat them horribly. Animals dying for human use are one issue that a lot of animal rights activists have been fighting, but what other people don’t realize is that if people had more respect for the animals more activists wouldn’t be so upset. An entire cow dies for every pair of leather motorcycle chaps and another one for a matching leather motorcycle vest. In reality, those cows could have been used for leather, food, and much more but instead ¾ of their bodies have gone to waste.
The treatment of the animals is the biggest problem with the industry in America. We view them as a way to make money not as a living creature. No one would allow pets to be treated the way livestock are, so why do we let them be treated that way. Almost all of the meat that is consumed in America comes from two or three major meat manufacturers. This monopoly is what causes the problem. Most animal cruelty issues stem from the big meat industries, because they want to run their slaughter business quickly and cheaply. Animals are given hormones so that they can be as big as possible, but are kept in cages almost their entire lives. This causes their bones to be extremely weak, and often since they are so fat there bones legs will break from the strain. The workers in the slaughter houses beat these animals severely also.
The methods by which these animals are exterminated are extremely inhumane. are treated the worst. They are hooked up to conveyor belts by their feet. Hanging from their feet upside-down causes ankles and knees to break and become dislocated. Pigs are sent through a process that slits their throats, which is meant to kill them but rarely does. They then proceed to a fire machine to singe of hair. Of course remember most of the pigs are still alive, so they are being burned alive. It is also not uncommon for this to not fully kill all the pigs. The process gets more gruesome from here, so I won’t continue, but it is easy to see that this process is more complicated and inhumane than necessary.
This is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to animal cruelty, but it is a subject that needs to be discussed. Meat-lovers and vegetarians can pair up together to help improve the conditions for animals used for food and clothing. It may seem like an odd pair, but truly it isn’t. The issue isn’t whether you believe in eating meat or not, but if you believe in treating animals like living, breathing creatures.