Saturday, April 14, 2007

Animal Slaughter

The simple thought of becoming a vegetarian to some people is physically impossible for them to ever consider. The thought of giving up foods such as hamburgers, bacon, steak, and more would be complete hell to them. The problem is that some so called "animal lovers" still insist on eating meat. What they don't know is that even these farm animals such as Cows, Horses, and Pigs are experiencing a horrifying level of animal cruelty that will make anyone reconsider ordering any kind of meat.

So what really does happen before the food makes it to your plate? Well before you eat that nice slice of steak, this calf will spend the only weeks they have to live in a wooden box. The catch is, the box they are placed in will be too small for the calf to be even able to move an inch. By limiting movement, the development of muscle will be retained so that the calf's meat will remain tender. To add to the process, the animal is fed an iron-deficient diet to cause anemia in order to produce a pink meat, which us consumers seem to love. When this 26 week process has come to its end, the calf will see light for the first time and led to its destiny...the slaughter house. Now how's that for a medium rare 7 oz steak?

Pork chops you say? Well, before you can stab your fork into it, that pig that has been locked up in the dark for 6 months in a crowded pen will have its little tail clipped off, without anaesthesia of course, and see light light. But after their 15 min. of daylight, off to the slaughter house it is. Imagine that...pigs being forced to have breed just to feed us. But not only do they have to suffer in a cage, they have to force themselves to make a safe environment for their offspring in order to give them the nutrition they need...or in this case, nutrition we want to eat.

If we love animals as much as we do, why would we put them through the hell they are now experiencing. It's not that we "can't live" without meat, we just prefer not to. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian is something that will not only benefit your body, but also the animals. Why keep putting something in your body that takes 7 years to decompose? Why not just eat healthy and put an end to all the slaughtering and injustice occuring around the world. And what happens when we eat all the animals possible? What do we eat next? Eachother?









1 comment:

Miranda said...

Please add that steak comes from full grow cows, VEAL comes from the calves, thats why the meat is so soft and apparently a "delicacy" although i can stand the thought of those calves going through that, it makes me sick to think that such crultey is allowed just because people have nothing better to do than torture little baby animals.