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many eggs as possible. When their laying cycle is over, food and drink is kept away from them for up to 18 days and the hens are kept in darkness until their bodies are shocked into another cycle. Most of the hens don’t survive this process and diseases common to layer hens include fatty liver syndrome, paralysis, and cage layer fatigue. However, not all chickens are layer hens and some are raised for poultry. In order to gain as much profit as possible, farmers breed the chickens to have…

Slaughterhouse Abuse Every day, thousands of animals are killed due to improper and inhumane ways of killing for their meat. According to Animal Rights Action, there is such a high demand for meat, workers don’t stop for anything. With improper and poor methods of killing, this can lead to unsafe work areas for the workers, fecal contamination with meat, bacteria and pathogens landing on meat, it makes you second guess where your meat, eggs and milk came from. A lot of times when slaughter…

I agree on the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural exemption. This is once again, dominant cultures forcing their "morals" on inferior cultures. I honestly feel like this is a new form of colonialism. As the great Christian philosopher so beautifully put, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under…

Primarily, Jack uses the Giantess’s kindness to his own advantage. She provides him with dinner and tells him if he behaves, the Giant will reward him with fortune, and even tells him about their gold egg-laying hen. Jack takes her kindness for granted and forces her to hide him from her husband. Instead of behaving and earning the money honestly, as per her advice, he steals the Giant’s bags of gold and does not even thank her. He uses her as a pawn in his crime…

One morning while she was outside, she saw some grains of wheat on the ground. She decided to plant the grains. She asked her friends to help her but none of them would help. So she planted the wheat herself. Soon the wheat grew tall. The little red hen asked her friends to help her cut the wheat but none of them would help. So she cut the wheat herself. After the wheat was cut it needed to be ground into flour. She asked her friends to help her grind the wheat but none of them would help. So…

Veganism is a diet and lifestyle trend that is taking over the world. Countless documentaries and scientific studies have been made to explore the different aspects of the newfound diet. Restaurants around the world are now offering vegan options as its popularity grows more and more and people choose to eat a more plant-based diet. Being vegan can be defined as someone who chooses not to eat or buy animal-based products; including meat, dairy, leather, fur or anything that is sourced from an…

Animal rights are defined as giving animals the consideration of their best interest. Weather it’s because they are “cute” or useful to the human race, and meaning that animals are not ours to manipulate. Recognizing that animals have just as much of a right to live on this planet without being threatened by humans hunting them or performing experiments on them. And it is not just wild animals, household pets and livestock are also a major part of animal rights becoming a global issue. The…

An Animal's Place All beings are aware of animal slaughter for food purposes. One may either look away with guilt and still consume meat knowing in fact the process within animal slaughter, or on the crontary, not consume meat at all. Michael Pollan makes several points throughout his journal from “ The New York Times Magazine”, in which he advocates the idea of equality, factory farming, and humane farming. Within his several points, he arrives to a conclusion in which he proclaims that…

However, the pigs never considered the other animals rights. In Animal Farm, the pigs “Ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death,”(Orwell 46). These pigs are being genuinely unfair to the hens by cutting off their food supply and are punishing the other animals that are trying to help them by killing them without reason. In August 28, 1963, King…

factory farming is a business, with a goal to maximize production and consequently profit. The text states in big white letters with a blood background, “ IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN IN A HEN PLANT, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT HELL IS. CHICKEN SHIT IS PILED SIX FEET HIGH, AND YOUR LUNGS BURN LIKE YOU TOOK A TORCH TO ‘EM”. This line displays a hen house to hell. It sets a mood of your gut exploding.…