Unmasking Animal Cruelty in Mass Production Farms

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In America, we fail to realize the common fallacies that occur around us; one being about that Burger King Whopper you may have eaten for lunch. Do you ever wonder how that Whopper came to be? Where it came from? Or even if that Whopper is really a cow? But that is another story. For now, we are going to pinpoint on the basics of ‘Animal Cruelty on Mass Production Farms.’ Mass production farms are masses of farms held established by small town- farmers in which well-known name brands or fast food restaurants own the farm and the farmer. Now, the vast majority of individuals think of farms as pastures, open fields, grass lands, and just freedom and roaming of all varieties of animals. Mass productions farms, well, are polar opposites; for instance, …show more content…

So that means throughout the entire machinery there are bits and pieces of fecal matter from the cows’ hooves which were left behind; in result each cow attains more and more fecal matter on their body, as they swivel through each stage. Veering from cow neglect, we move on to cow cruelty. The farmers have some type of anger or impatience with these animals and for some apparent reason they seem to feel as if they can take their anger out on these innocent animals and literal hit and punch them on the head, legs, every part of the cow you can think of, they abuse it. These cows do not know what is going on, why they are confined and mistreated; and since the farmers fill them with steroids, like the chickens they also become too weak to hold their body weight. Therefore, the cows’ legs bend over and they walk on their ‘knees’ which is difficult especially with the excessive weight; in result the cows cannot always walk or stand when the farmers need to; so that is when the farmers feel the need to beat them to almost death. The cruelty and neglect is unacceptable and …show more content…

coli and salmonella, along with other severe illnesses. Since the farmers have absolutely no say as to what should be a better alternative, they are forced to fill these animals with numerous chemicals that puts the consumer at many health hazards. For instance, Kevin Kowalcyk, a two year old boy who died from a foodborne illness in 2001; Kevin was on vacation at the lake with his family, at the end of their trip, they all decided to grab a quick and convenient burger from a local fast food chain. Kevin seemed fine, then the stages of his death occurred; his mother found blood in the stool, failing kidneys, sunken in eyes and physical appearance of malnourishment; Kevin was put on dialysis treatments for 8 days, but never returned home. Along with Kevin are 3,000 Americans who die every year from foodborne pathogens, and the numbers are increasing.; yet even with activists who stand up for food- safety bills, these food productions fail to realize the point, the food is not safe, although it is cheap and economical it is not beneficial to any factor. If companies would use the obvious alternative; open, nature filled farms or pastures, not only would the animals benefit from being in a natural, safe, and healthy environment but the customer as well.

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