Factory Farming: Misery For Animals

There have been many studies done around the world and many new findings that have came to the surface. Though, there are quieter studies that many of us do not shed light on and fail to understand. Have you ever wondered how animals feel? Or yet, a better question, do animals have “feelings”? Should we care about the way they are treated in certain circumstances and take into consideration the rights they have? As you think of the answers to these questions, studies have proven that our fellow creatures are more like us than we imagine. They feel pain, suffer, affection, excitement and love; therefore, they deserve humane rights.
The idea that animals have rights may sound odd to others because we do not compare the worth of their life to the worth of ours. Animals surely deserve to live their lives free from suffering and exploitation. When deciding on a being’s rights, the question is not can they speak or reason, but rather can they suffer. …show more content…
Many people are oblivious to the fact that our fellow creatures are raised and killed in cruel conditions. In the article “Factory Farming: Misery for Animals,” peta states, “The giant corporations that run most factory farms have found that they can make more money by squeezing as many animals as possible into tiny spaces, even though many of the animals die from disease or infection.” These animals are being born and raised in places where their rights and needs are being stripped from them. Although one may argue that they are going to die anyways and we should not cater to them, they are still living beings and there is an ethical way to go about the way we raise and kill them. Jay bost references Aldo Leopold’s land ethic in “Give Thanks for Meat” when explaining, “ A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends