Livestock

Why are Mrs.Saars chickens going missing? Well she has found evidence of it being a bird. She has narrowed it down to the Red-tailed Hawk, Bald Eagle, Great Horned Owl, and the Osprey. Out of these four bird the bird that is taking the chickens is the Red-Tailed Hawk. The red tailed hawk is the culprit. I know this because of the evidence found at the scene. One piece of evidence is that the Red-tailed hawk eats outside of the nest. This shows that since there were piles of feathers around…

Horse Slaughter:Rough Draft When people think of horses being slaughtered most people think of it as wrong.But, in actuallitiy its nessacessary because there are so many horses out there that are not wanted.In some ways people think it is inhumane to slaughter horses.There are many benefits from horses that are and arent slaughtered. But, Horses slaughter isn’t all bad there are some good aspects of horse slaughter like violin bows are…

Native Americans By~ Amal Banani There are many Native American tribes. Each has lived a life being judged by or misunderstood by. No tribe is kindred, each has a different way to survive. Native Americans have many kindred attributes and several differences. One of the many tribes is the Inuit. The Inuit {meaning The People} live in Alaska and Northern Canada, and in Arctic areas, where the temperature is…

Subsidies As a direct result of factory farms, CAFOs, and AFOs being so big, they go through a tremendous amount of feed. To help factory farms produce meat at a fast rate and a cheap price, the government provides them with direct and indirect subsidies. According to Richards and Richards (2012). Without these feed discounts accounting to a 5 to 15% reduction in operating costs, it is unlikely that many of these industrial farms could remain profitable.” Since these farms are not paying for…

Hunting Wild Horses: Analyzing Patrick Lane’s Poem “Wild Horses” Poetry in the work genre often examines relationships among humans, but many poems neglect to consider the impact of jobs on the environment and animals. Many of the jobs explored in work literature tend to focus on blue collar and white collar jobs, while few focus on outdoor jobs. The poem “Wild Horses” by Patrick Lane explores the consequences of hunters hunting wild horses. The poem takes place during winter in the meadows of…

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a book about meat production, and so much more. The Jungle follows the fictional story of Jurgis Rudkus' family, who are Lithuanian immigrants trying to make a living in Chicago. Throughout the book they are exposed to the nauseating work conditions of the Chicago meatpacking industries, corrupt politicians, and many more challenges. Jurgis constantly faces the problems that the American capitalist society has brought upon him and at the end of the book he is…

We react with complete repugnance to the idea of cannibalism, and would be disgusted if we were served dog meat or cat meat; yet, over 52 billion pounds of meat are consumed annually in the United States. What differentiates our mindset towards human beings, non-human animals, and pets that we co-exist with? Philosophers, namely Locke, Descartes, and Mutahhari, argue that the factors humans possess, such as consciousness and intelligence, seem to set us apart and distinguish humans as…

Liveability and Mortality Liveability is the expression or term used to describe the numbers of survivors in a flock. The opposite of liveability is mortality which is the term used to describe the number of animals which die in a flock (Poultryhub, 2016). Liveability and mortality are calculated at a flock level and are indicated in percentage. Mortality is higher at the beginning of a production period up until the layers reach peak production. The mortality also increases slightly when…

So some might ask what is “Animal Farm”? Well it is a book that talks about animals but talks about actual human interactions. That's all I will say not to spoil it for you so let's dish on animal farm. So in the book there are four themes but in this essay I will touch on there that really give you the most insight on the book. The three themes that will be discussed are In a society individuals are not treated equal,Being uneducated or ignorant can lead to oppression,and lastly Language can be…

The tragedy of common is the theory of Garrett Hardin where it is the acting of an individual person independently for his own interest and depletes the resources of common in a particular area of land. For example if an acre of community of forest which can hold forty cows are been shared within households of four with ten cows each, and if one of them add one more cow in the same given area of pasture for his own benefit to generate extra income, so does the others too but the pasture can’t…