Persuasive Essay On Animal Food

With the ever-growing population of animal lovers on earth, a more viable, humane solution for food consumption needs to be made, but why make a solution when there has already been one? Meat consumption has been proven time and time again to be unnecessary, but that doesn’t stop the average person from eating a double cheese burger with bacon. Unfortunately, many people are apathetic to what happens to animals in farm factories and continue to support them by buying their products, however, consumers should consider switching to a vegetarian diet because it’s more humane to animals, less farm factories being built can save the planet from deforestation, and with a proper balanced vegetarian diet anyone can maintain a healthy life without the

For instance, the Humane Society of the United States, the nation’s largest animal protection organization, shared a report they did on the welfare of confined farm animals, “… 283 million egg-laying hens are reared in barren, wire battery cages so restrictive that the birds cannot even spread their wings.” (The Humane Society, 2) But the cruel living conditions doesn’t end there. The Humane Society continues to explain that more than 5.8 million pigs are used for breeding, and the majority of breeding sows are confined to two feet wide gestation crates, which are narrow enclosures that prohibit the pregnant animals from even turning around for nearly the entirety of their pregnancies. (The Humane Society, 2) A human rights and social injustices journalist for the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, goes off to explain some inhumane butchering practices for poultry. Kristof points out, “… almost nine billion chickens will be dangled upside down on conveyor belts and slaughtered; when the process doesn 't work properly, the birds are scalded [or dumped in excruciatingly hot water to be de-feathered] alive.” (Kristof, par. 3) If it weren’t apparent that this was a method of butchering poultry, then one might assume this to be an immoral torture method; therefore, if it’s immoral to be done to a

Author, for a nutrition column at Better Nutrition, Vera Tweed notes, “… scientific research involving more than 140,000 North American and British adults has shown that vegetarians may live up to seven years longer than meat-eaters, with up to one-third less heart disease and diabetes, as well as fewer cancers.” (Tweed, 39) Having a prolonged life with little diseases occurring could be a really good outcome for anyone lucky enough to make it to a senior age. At this point, they’ll be able to take care of themselves instead of being taken care of by someone