Eating Meat Is Ethical Research

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The question of whether eating meat is ethical has been on the rise lately. More commonly, a vegan or vegetarian life-style has become the new trend of today sparked by the controversy surrounding animal welfare. Groups like PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, have convinced the public that consuming meat is unethical, and to not support agriculture and farming. However, I grew up surrounded by livestock production, 4H and FFA, and meat on my dinner plate almost every night. Livestock, specifically beef, provide useful fertilizer, necessary protein, and are raised and treated humanely. Consuming meat is ethical. Cow manure creates useful fertilizer. Unlike processed and synthetic fertilizer, cow manure is completely …show more content…

Specifically here in the Northwest, cows, lambs, or goats would not be provided protection from predators or have an unlimited supply of water and feed in the wild. Angelique Chao describes that animals are not just killed for food; they are bred, raised, and killed for food. “Therefore, if you decide to stop eating meat because you don’t agree with killing animals for food, you are not just stopping animals from being killed. You are also stopping them from being bred and raised. To put it bluntly, you are creating a smaller market for their existence” (Chao). Chao then states that if life is worth living, then it is ethical to give livestock a life, even if it’s a short life. For every animal we don’t eat, the birth and life of another animal would not occur. Meat consumption guarantees the existence of livestock for many years to …show more content…

In fact, “Agriculture employs over 1.3 billion people throughout the world, or close to 40 percent of the global workforce” (Agriculture’s Key Figures). Agriculture professions can range from feedlot managers to horticulturists. There’s no denying that agriculture is the largest job sector around the world, and in some countries more than half of their population is employed in an agriculture profession (Agriculture’s Key Figures). Livestock production is a big percentage of the agriculture industry. Actually, “Livestock contribute 40 % of the global value of agricultural output and support the livelihoods and food security of almost a 1.3 billion people” (Animal Production). Without meat consumption, these jobs would not exist, and many of these workers would be

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