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The aim of this article is to recognize that humans use animals as goods to increase their well-being, which has a negative impact on the environment. The impact on the environment can leave the land unsustainable, which impacts humanity’s well-being as well as the animals. Humans use livestock and other animals with to their own advantage with the aim of increasing their own quality of life, despite the negative impacts on the well-being of the animals. The increase in the production of animals is not just from farms, they could be house pets or livestock that work on the farm. This goal of increasing production to better …show more content…
The Stanescu article aims to point out the flaws in the previous article, by demonstrating that free-range cattle lead to at least as much, if not more, deforestation and damage to the environment than factory farming. Stanescu also asserts that free-range farms still engage in many of the same activities as factory farms, indicating that they do not provide natural livestock. Paying for this free-range meat that advertises “humane conditions” does not change the animal well-fare or the impact on the environment. What needs to happen is for people to change their diets to be more plant-based, in order to provide sustainable food and to increase “social justice” for …show more content…
Undue stress to the farm animals begins long before they arrive at the slaughterhouse. Some factors that increase stress prior to their arrival at the slaughterhouse includes animal transport, weather conditions, and the loading of animals into transport vehicles. While in the slaughterhouses, the stress and the practices of killing the animal may not always be humane; some of the practices of causing loss of consciousness prior to killing the animal are not always effective. In some instances, the animal may be conscious while workers perform the killing. Despite these facts, there is evidence to support claims that the living conditions of animals in slaughterhouses have improved over the last ten years. However, there still needs to be more research on the emotions of animals and the stress response of animals so that there can be increased welfare for the
The aim of this article is to recognize that humans use animals as goods to increase their well-being, which has a negative impact on the environment. The impact on the environment can leave the land unsustainable, which impacts humanity’s well-being as well as the animals. Humans use livestock and other animals with to their own advantage with the aim of increasing their own quality of life, despite the negative impacts on the well-being of the animals. The increase in the production of animals is not just from farms, they could be house pets or livestock that work on the farm. This goal of increasing production to better …show more content…
The Stanescu article aims to point out the flaws in the previous article, by demonstrating that free-range cattle lead to at least as much, if not more, deforestation and damage to the environment than factory farming. Stanescu also asserts that free-range farms still engage in many of the same activities as factory farms, indicating that they do not provide natural livestock. Paying for this free-range meat that advertises “humane conditions” does not change the animal well-fare or the impact on the environment. What needs to happen is for people to change their diets to be more plant-based, in order to provide sustainable food and to increase “social justice” for …show more content…
Undue stress to the farm animals begins long before they arrive at the slaughterhouse. Some factors that increase stress prior to their arrival at the slaughterhouse includes animal transport, weather conditions, and the loading of animals into transport vehicles. While in the slaughterhouses, the stress and the practices of killing the animal may not always be humane; some of the practices of causing loss of consciousness prior to killing the animal are not always effective. In some instances, the animal may be conscious while workers perform the killing. Despite these facts, there is evidence to support claims that the living conditions of animals in slaughterhouses have improved over the last ten years. However, there still needs to be more research on the emotions of animals and the stress response of animals so that there can be increased welfare for the