Humaneness of Slaughter
No, sorry, I didn't just misspell laughter.
The Ugly
Switched off their natural diets to a diet more profitable, animals need great amounts of medicine just to live to slaughter
Animals are often kicked, thrown, and shocked with electric prods to get them to walk to slaughter areas
Male chicks are ground alive because factories have no use for them.
A number of farms promising proper, religious slaughter techniques do not deliver on said promises.
Pigs thrown, alive, after a failed stunning attempt, into dumpsters
Gestation crates too small for pigs to move
Ever get KFC? Their supplier has had incidents of employee's stomping on chickens to kill them.
Castration methods:
Surgical castration: The scrotum is cut with a scalpel, the testicles are dissected out, the cord and veins connecting the testicles are cut and the testicles are removed by twisting, cutting or tearing.
Rubber ring castration: A tight rubber ring applied to the scrotum above the testicles results in lack of blood flow, killing the testicles, which fall off after two to four weeks.
Crushing castration (Burdizzo method): Crushing castration is performed by crushing the spermatic cord and blood vessels of each testis with a pliers-like clamp, without breaking the skin. The clamp is held in place for several seconds and may be applied twice per testicle
The Bad
It is estimated that around 150 billion animals are killed each year
People consuming more meat than ever before, along with wasting more
People have alternative means of getting the nutrients they need
Often animals aren't stunned by the first bolt and butchered alive.
The Good
Many companies have plans to improve the quality of their slaughterhouses
Thanks to activists and pro-compassionate slaughter promoters, slaughterhouses have been made more with the animals safety and fears in mind
Organizations are being held to the highest standard yet
Ethical Questions
“Does the pleasure we enjoy from eating a chicken outweigh the pain we would endure were we to be raised and killed for that meal?” (J.G. Matheny)
With documented proof of the horrors that go on in the meat industry, how must we change a society, unwilling to let go of their childish ignorance on the topic?
Is it just to use animals as a means to an end?
Beyond the consumption of meat, is the consumption of all animal products unethical?
Can animals be raised to be eaten in proper, natural conditions? Is said practice just?