Omnivore

In the year of 2013, 9.1 billion total animals were slaughtered in US barns (Humane Soc.). Most of these animals have lived in a cage for all of their lives. Most of these animals have been seen as only resources for the consumer. ” People in the United States eat 9 billion chickens and 150 million cattle, pigs and sheep annually” (ProCon). This really makes a dent into how many animals that the US controls, not only that, but the amount killed to keep up with America’s need for meat. If all…

Introduction Hook: Chicken Farming: a topic that seems funny at first, but how funny is it really? Bridge: Chicken farming , a topic seems to get almost no attention, is a very gruesome and cruel practice. For example, in an article exploiting this business it states “Most egg-laying hens spend their lives crammed in spaces so tiny they cannot turn around or spread their wings. While chickens raised for food have more freedom, they face horrifying deaths on assembly lines”(USA Today 7). Chicken…

The documentary Food Inc. ,shows how many food industries such as McDonalds and others alike control 80% of the beef industry. Many of consumers are left wondering what food industries are hiding.Many former employees of companies such as Tyson are breaking the silence about the place they worked at , providing the world with an inside look on the unsanitary and harsh treatment of animals with secret video footage shot by a hidden camera. Approximately 8.5 billion chickens are killed for their…

In the essay “Don’t Blame the Eater” written by the highly-acclaimed author David Zinczenko who is the editor-in-chief of the popular fitness magazine Men’s Health along with being the author of numerous bestselling books. This essay was originally published in the New York Times on November 23, 2002 though it is a mildly dated article the topic continues to be relevant and highly debated this topic being the concept of whether the consumer of food is to blame for their poor decisions in diet or…

Animal confinement houses are misunderstood in the world today. The general public has yet to decrease the animal rights grip on farmers causing a decrease in sales. The main battle is on the assumption of animal cruelty in a confinement house. Livestock Confinement facilities are acceptable to use and provide many benefits to the consumer and producer. Of which, the biggest benefits are shelter, health, environment, safety. One of the biggest reasons that confinement housing is used today is…

Are you still a picky eater? I don’t know if you remember but back in middle school you didn’t eat anything! You would only eat fruits, vegetables, and a little bit of junk food. Your favorite spot to eat was Wings on Brookwood and you loved Red Hot sauce. You also loved going to Texas Roadhouse but would only eat chicken tenders and fries. In fact, that’s what you mainly ate anywhere you went. There was another thing that you loved to eat and you ate it when you and your family went to Florida.…

You, have probably found yourself at some point in your life eating a juicy bucket of fried chicken. Of course we are all aware that, that chicken was once a living creature; many people try to defend the slaughter industry by saying, it’s the circle of life, or they don’t suffer they just kill them, but we seem to have an unrealistic view of slaughter because it is actually quite, cruel, unneeded, and bad for the environment. Vegans have heard many things from I don’t care; I do care but meat…

Did you know, pigs are probably the most intelligent domestic animals known to man? Even more so than cats and dogs! This is why it may come as a surprise to some when they read “The Story of the Three Little Pigs.” This is because the first two pigs, despite what is said about them, are shown as very unintelligent animals; they make houses out of flimsy material, allowing them to be blown down and the two pigs to be eaten by the Wolf. The third Pig, however, lives up to his pig name and built…

The raccoon is an omnivorous mammal and is the largest of the Carnivora family with a length of 16 to 28 in. and a weight of 8 to 20 pounds. The coat of the raccoon is looks like salt and pepper and mostly consists of a dense and insulating fur that protects it from very cold weather is called underfur. The most eye catching feature of the raccoon is its mask, this mask makes the animal look like a bandit. The diet of the raccoon mainly consists of invertebrates, plants, and vertebrates;…

People feed birds every day whether they leave bread crumbs on their patio or lay crackers on their front porch. No one could tell that what they were doing affected the bird that ate the food. The topic of whether humans should feed the birds or let the bird find the food it needs itself has been an ongoing debate. Humans should not feed the birds because the birds will soon depend on humans and certain foods can be hazardous to the birds. First, the birds will turn to humans in the…