The Battle for Animal Justice

The way animals are treated in modern day society is appalling. It seems that America doesn’t care how it gets its resources. 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 a problem with, 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. That one cow could have been used to make a plethora of things but instead ¾ of their bodies have gone to waste.

The biggest problem with the animal industry is the way animals in America are treated. We view them as a way to make money not as a living creature. Most Americans wouldn’t stand for a dog or cat to be treated the way cows, pigs, chickens and sheep are. Almost all of the meat that is consumed in America comes from two or three major meat manufacturers. That is where the problem lies. Giant meat companies are usually the ones to blame e for animal cruel, because they want to run their slaughter business quickly and cheaply. Hormones are fed to the animals so that they can be as big as possible, but are kept in cages almost their entire lives. Since they are so fat, there bones break under their weight because they are so weak. The way we kill animals used for food is disgustingly unethical. We can sympathize that it is too costly to drug each animal, but the methods used are far from considerate. Pigs and Chickens get it 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. begin their trip on death row by going through a machine that slits their throats, which is meant to kill them but rarely does. They are then sent through a fire pit to burn of the excess 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 unpleasant from here on out, so I won’t continue, but it is easy to see that this process is more complicated and inhumane than necessary.

These issues don’t even scratch the surface when it comes to animal cruelty, but it’s a start. 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 thing that bonds them isn’t if they want to eat animals or not, but if you believe in treating animals like living, breathing creatures.