Animal Slaughter Research Paper

You, have probably found yourself at some point in your life eating a juicy bucket of fried chicken. Of course we are all aware that, that chicken was once a living creature; many people try to defend the slaughter industry by saying, it’s the circle of life, or they don’t suffer they just kill them, but we seem to have an unrealistic view of slaughter because it is actually quite, cruel, unneeded, and bad for the environment. Vegans have heard many things from I don’t care; I do care but meat is just so good; don’t we need protein?; too animals are soulless and were put by god for humans to kill, but there has been much research to prove animals do feel emotion and pain, though this is true it take no scientist to see the fear in the eyes …show more content…
Thrown, dropped, mutilated, and ground-up alive. This is the shocking reality faced by hundreds of thousands of chicks each day at breed hatcheries. The warm, comforting, and protective wings of these newly hatched chicks' mothers have been replaced with massive machines, quickly moving conveyor belts, harsh handling, and distressing noise. These young animals are sorted, discarded, and handled like mere parts in a machine.Weak chick or chicks that have fallen are thrown alive into garbage bags and discarded in dumpsters to suffocate . For male chicks their lives begin and end the same day. Grabbed by their fragile wings by workers known as "sexers," who separate males from females, these young animals are …show more content…
Broilers raised in this way are supposed to reach “slaughter weight” at just six or seven weeks of age if this was done to a human baby within six months the baby would have reached a whopping six-hundred pounds, the death toll is very high. The growth of abnormally heavy bodies causes crippling and painful skeletal deformities, and the overburdening of the birds’ underdeveloped cardiopulmonary systems often causes congestive heart failure before they are six weeks old. Some broiler chickens who do not succumb to these problems still die of thirst, because they are physically unable to even reach the water nozzles in their sheds. Broiler chickens are pace in a broiler house with tens of thousands of chickens each chicken is given less than a square foot of room so they are unable to roam. Many of these chickens, if not killed by their own crippling weight are killed, or severely injured by ammonia burn from the buildup of feces in their cage or shed. Many people, concerned by learning about