Livestock

The Debate on Meat For many years, there has been an ongoing discussion on whether animal protein is an essential aspect of the human diet. In today's world, meat is seemingly served with every meal: for instance, bacon for breakfast, grilled chicken for lunch, and a hamburger for dinner. However, recent studies have proven that although many people are accustomed to consuming fellow beings of this earth, it is not needed to sustain a healthy life. Following an herbivorous diet provides…

David Hillis is an evolutionary biologist just outside of Austin Texas. From around 10 to 15 years ago, and up until now, Dr. Hillis began researching the evolutionary history of the Texas longhorn. The Texas longhorn is found all over Texas- becoming both a symbol of the state and a mascot. The cattle have evolved to grow horns that can pass 7 feet across. Dr. Hillis found that in addition to their massive horns, the Texas longhorns also have an unusual history. The Texas longhorn was…

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarians,” said Paul McCarthy. Fifty-six billion animals are brutally tortured and killed every day globally. To break that down, 3,000 animals are killed in factory farms every second, without including sea life. It is only morally right and natural for a human to not eat his fellow animals. Factory farming is done to produce the greatest amount of meat at the lowest cost, always at the expense of the animals. Animals are normally…

While in the introduction Sinclair is described as a “realist,” it is difficult to ignore the fact that some things he describes wouldn’t have as much of an impact if it weren’t for his skill as a writer as well. For example, on page 65 he describes the changes in the scenery as Jurgis gets closer and closer to the stockyards and his writing has a way of making the imagery much more vivid. This is not to say that what he is writing about has no truth to it, but it wouldn’t be as effective a…

Would you eat the meat of an innocent animal, which has more potential than to end up on a plate? When you see a horse, do you think of as a meal? Or to fulfill someone's dreams of the perfect, innocent horse which only wants one thing and that is to please. Would you break the law to slaughter masses of potential olympic athletes or kill the dreams of horse racing? Majority of us would deny eating or even trying horse meat but to europe it's a delicacy, the french appetite for horse meat…

My topic is “I believe poachers shouldn’t poach animals because they are and people are getting impacted.” I’m going to be talking about impacts on life poaching has.People get brutal diseases because they keep doing one thing. If poachers keep it up they will get money, but for what cost. Is killing 4-5 living things really necessary to get “dirty” money. I’m also going to be talking about social impacts and economic impacts. My first reason is people get sick if they eat poached meat. “Ebola,…

Despite what people say on the internet, harvesting rabbit wool should not be harmful to the animal. The wool is cut off much like people get their hair cut. The animal might look a little weird after harvesting the wool but there should be no damage to the rabbit or its quality of life if the animal is shorn correctly. Other than being used for production, meat and wool rabbits can be used for showing as well. To compete with meat rabbits at a show, they would be entered in a meat pen. This…

In 1824, AACo was established as a land development company with the assistance of the British Parliament’s Crown Grant of 1,000,000 acres in the Port Stephens area of the Colony of New South Wales. An image of the original Royal Charter is shown above. In 1831 Shorthorn bulls were imported from England to develop the company herds. By 1850, despite droughts, depressions and some heavy stock losses, the company’s sheep numbers had risen to 114,118; cattle numbers to 8,306; and horse numbers to…

Viviana Esteves Biology 1A Lab October 19, 2015 Mad Cow BSE Mad Cow disease is otherwise known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Bovine means that the disease affects mainly cows and cattle. Spongiform refers to the spongy look of an infected cows brain, prion causes holes and tissues to fold. Encephalopathy is any form of disease to the brain. BSE is found in more in younger cattle and cows. Other forms of BSE are found in humans, cats (feline spongiform encephalopathy), sheeps…

About 3.2% of the United States is vegetarian, which is equivalent to about 7.3 Americans, according to a Vegetarian Times article written in 2015 on vegetarianism in America. One of these vegetarians is my aunt, Jowell, who I have had the pleasure of conversing with about her reasoning to decide to make such a dramatic change in her diet. There were many things she took into consideration when making this decision, and it came down to her beliefs and what was best for her. Some of her reasons…