Do Slaughterhouse Animals Lives Matter
Amelia Keany
ACBS 160D1
10/4/15
Should it matter how animals are housed and treated if they are going to be killed for consumption later?
The treatment of animals in slaughterhouses has been an on going controversy in the United States. Many individuals and animal organizations continuously voice their concerns on the treatment of animals in these facilities. The two major issues concerning these slaughterhouse animals are, the inhumane treatment of the animals, and the health hazards these factory-processed organisms have to us. Unfortunately their concerns often go unnoticed due to the powerful companies that own such facilities. These companies primary concerns …show more content…
However, because these companies main concerns are cost effectiveness these humane ways aren’t being used. For example, cows go single file through a shoot and are shot in the head with captive-bolt gun that is meant to stun them. Keep in mind that these animals are still alive at this point. Once stunned, chains are wrapped around the cows’ hind legs, which will then lift the cow up. Immediately following this step a worker will slit the throat of the cow bleeding the cow out. The cow will die then, or a few minutes after that. Another example of this cruel act is with the slaughtering of chickens. According to Deena Jones’s (2004) article, Crime Unseen: Chicken slaughterhouses currently shackle birds while they are conscious and then drag their heads and upper bodies through an electrified water trough called a stunner. Because of concerns for carcass quality, […] the birds are simply immobilized enough to keep them from thrashing about as their necks are cut. Some birds are still alive when they are plunged into scalding tanks for de-feathering (Jones, 2004). As you can see these industries don’t care or have any remorse for these animals all they see are dollar …show more content…
Due to the crammed living spaces, animals such as cowhides are caked with their feces. Because of the need to speed up production the proper safety percussions when striping hides isn’t properly being used. In Justin Cabas (2015) article, Its Not A Meat Problem; It's A Farming Problem, “Out of all 458 pounds of ground purchased by the research team, each and every pound tested positive for fecal matter”. If we would just properly care for the animals we eat all of the health hazards could be
Amelia Keany
ACBS 160D1
10/4/15
Should it matter how animals are housed and treated if they are going to be killed for consumption later?
The treatment of animals in slaughterhouses has been an on going controversy in the United States. Many individuals and animal organizations continuously voice their concerns on the treatment of animals in these facilities. The two major issues concerning these slaughterhouse animals are, the inhumane treatment of the animals, and the health hazards these factory-processed organisms have to us. Unfortunately their concerns often go unnoticed due to the powerful companies that own such facilities. These companies primary concerns …show more content…
However, because these companies main concerns are cost effectiveness these humane ways aren’t being used. For example, cows go single file through a shoot and are shot in the head with captive-bolt gun that is meant to stun them. Keep in mind that these animals are still alive at this point. Once stunned, chains are wrapped around the cows’ hind legs, which will then lift the cow up. Immediately following this step a worker will slit the throat of the cow bleeding the cow out. The cow will die then, or a few minutes after that. Another example of this cruel act is with the slaughtering of chickens. According to Deena Jones’s (2004) article, Crime Unseen: Chicken slaughterhouses currently shackle birds while they are conscious and then drag their heads and upper bodies through an electrified water trough called a stunner. Because of concerns for carcass quality, […] the birds are simply immobilized enough to keep them from thrashing about as their necks are cut. Some birds are still alive when they are plunged into scalding tanks for de-feathering (Jones, 2004). As you can see these industries don’t care or have any remorse for these animals all they see are dollar …show more content…
Due to the crammed living spaces, animals such as cowhides are caked with their feces. Because of the need to speed up production the proper safety percussions when striping hides isn’t properly being used. In Justin Cabas (2015) article, Its Not A Meat Problem; It's A Farming Problem, “Out of all 458 pounds of ground purchased by the research team, each and every pound tested positive for fecal matter”. If we would just properly care for the animals we eat all of the health hazards could be