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ReplyDeleteThe pets at my home have a good amount of right but not as many rights as humans. My family loves my dog, and he has pretty good rights. He is provided with food, shelter, love, and somebody to play with. And for dogs i think that that is a pretty good life with good rights. My dogs rights are limited very little. For example, he can go outside, but he cannot choose to go outside when he wants because he cannot open a door. Also, he doesn’t choose when he eats. He eats whenever someone puts food in his bowl.
I think that all animals should have a required amount of rights. Even if they are going to be used for food, they should still be able to have a good environment to live in before they are killed. i think they should have a good supply of food, good living conditions, and space to move around and to live free for a while.
I think that farm animals should be treated in a good way before they are killed for food. When you think of a farm with animals do you think of a building with no windows filled with animals stepping in their own feces and other dead animals? Nobody should think of that when they think of a farm. They should think of green grass and healthy animals. After seeing the film I looked at the word farm differently. Most food companies should say that they have Factories instead of saying they have farms.
This statement means that they are more worried about making more money that they don’t care about the chickens. The chickens are looked at as more of a food item than a living animal. I agree that that’s what the companies are doing, but i don’t agree that it is right in regards to what they are doing. This perspective takes away all of the chickens rights.
I think that the government should take control of the food companies because the food companies don’t care about the animals, they just care about making more money in less time. We the consumers should take stand against the food companies so that the animals are treated like animals, and not treated like a product.
I think that if nothing is done about the way animals are treated, that its going to get worse and companies will try to make animals mutated even more just they can earn more profit in less time. And i think something will go wrong and people may be hurt.
As consumers, i think we have the right to know how the chickens we eat are being raised but companies won’t let us because they know that some people will be so disgusted by the way they are treated that they won’t eat their product. If i knew what i was going to see before i saw it i wouldn’t want to see how they are raised.
People want healthier foods. So in reaction, companies like Pepsi or Coke make diet and nonfat sodas. Companies like Doritos make Baked chips to try to be more healthier, and they make chips with less calories and less fat.
http://www.aspca.org/Fight-Animal-Cruelty/farm-animal-cruelty/birds-on-factory-farms
ReplyDeleteJonathan L. EDA Period 5
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gracelinks.org/274/animal-welfare
Has a whole bunch of information on Dairy cows and how they are raised.
-Anonymous
http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2007/05/the-difficult-lives-and-deaths-of-factory-farmed-chickens/\
This is about chickens and how they are raised on farms.
—L. Murray
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/01/health/genetically-modified-hypoallergenic-milk
-Amanda Gardner
Talks about how genetically modified cows could be why some people are allergic to milk.
Hanna M. EDA Period 2, Ms. Pelfrey (Part 1)
ReplyDeleteAt home, I have three fish and a tortoise. I wouldn’t exactly say my fish have the same rights as we do, considering they’re fish; they need to stay in the water to survive. Our tortoise wonders freely in our backyard everyday, grazing and sunbathing. You could say the fish’s rights are limited because we decide when they eat, every morning and night, and they have to stay in their tank. Our tortoise loves lettuce, but we decide when to give him some because a tortoise’s diet is mostly made up of grass. He has a doghouse with a heat lamp inside, so most of the time he sleeps overnight in there, unless we take him in the house if it’s too cold outside.
I believe animals should have a right to a happy life. They should be cared for properly; meaning they are well-fed and loved. Animals in possession of a human should be fed healthy foods, to keep the animal strong and able to function normally. So, the opposite of how they are treated on the farms. Animals should also have some time to wonder the outdoors to get some exercise and fresh air, all aimed at keeping the animal healthy. Lastly, animals should be loved, not just treated as food. Just because animals on farms are used for food, that doesn't mean they should live in such harsh conditions. Harsh conditions could also possibly be unsafe for us and other animals. Perhaps a disease comes about from chickens and cows on farms from practically living in their own feces, and there is another e coli breakout? Not only could it make us fatally sick, it could be a huge lawsuit for the companies, and there’s nothing they like better than their money.
The way farmers raise chickens with hormone injected food have hit such an extreme, half of the chickens can’t even walk, their organs not capable of keeping up with their bodies; I’m pretty sure no chicken would chose to live that way. I totally think farms animals deserve a nice life as well as animals of the wild, or even pets. Even though these animals are raised for food, they should be treated with respect, and treated just like a normal animal.
I think all farm animals should be free range. As in, they can graze among the huge fields, get some exercise, and importantly, some fresh air. It made me very upset to see all those chickens stuffed in the chicken houses with no wing-room, and most of them were getting trampled. they should have a pen outdoors, big enough for all of them to run around. They should be eating natural chicken feed so their muscles and organs can grow up strong to support the rest of their body.
I feel if someone of the National Chicken Council makes a statement showing he doesn't care about the chickens, why should his employers? If farmers treat the chickens as if they were only meant to be food, what is a real chicken? What does it take to respect these fine creatures? They are food, but at the same time, they’re animals, and not all animals are food. I can't remember the last time I've had cat. I disagree with the statement above because the chickens they are raising aren't natural, and what if the chemicals and bacteria mutate in some form and hurt our bodies? I’m still disgusted by the fact they live in a mixture of all of their feces. If the conditions aren't good enough for us humans, why should we expose our animals to it?
Hanna M. EDA Period 2, Ms. Pelfrey (Part 2)
ReplyDeleteI believe the head of the companies have the power to change the living conditions of these animals. They are multi-million dollar companies, and they can stand to see a downfall in their products. At the same time, the individuals, the consumers, have a huge part in allowing the farming process continue. If consumers realized what the animals are put through and stopped buying their meat, the companies would see a decline in sales and do anything to increase revenue. You would think the health department would not allow the living conditions of the animals, considering they live in their waste, eat unnatural chemical injected food, which could in the end, harm us.
I think the conditions the food animals live in could possibly benefit the farmers and the leaders of the companies. Farmers take many loans from the bank and only get paid about 18,000 dollars a year, which it seems it would be very hard to support themselves or maybe a family and pay back the bank on that kind of income. The chicken houses can be quite expensive, but the way the chickens are stacked in there, the companies don't have to pay for lots of houses for them. The money made off of the products benefits the head of the companies, not so much the workers who give their one hundred percent and the farmers who are dedicated 24/7 to their job.
As consumers, we have the right to know what is in our food. We chose to buy and eat it, we should be told what goes in them and how they are raised. Why would someone want to eat a chicken who lived in the dark, sat in poop, and couldn't even walk? If companies do this to their animals, why should we support it? While buying a bag of Tyson chicken, I don’t think anyone knows or thinks about what those animals are put through, or what’s put in them. These chickens grow two times bigger than normal chickens in half the time. Genetically modified chickens? This is what the world has come to? Apparently. These multi-million dollar companies make these chickens grow so fast due to their need for increased revenue. They can’t wait for chickens to grow naturally, because then they will see a downfall in profit.
You would think cheap food would be nice considering all the people who don't make enough money to fully support their families. When really, cheap and fast food are the worst for you. Perfect example, McDonald’s. Yes it can be delicious when you crave a cheeseburger, but when you really think about what’s in that cheeseburger, you may not want to eat it on a daily basis. Unfortunately, some families have to due to low incomes and the rising prices of healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables. Then again, people who regularly eat fast food most likely chose a burger and fries, when there are also salads for the same price. The dressings cause the increase of sugar and calories, but they come in packets in the side with the option of a reduced sugar/fat dressing. Exercise also plays a big role in the link between fast food and obesity. A fast food meal has so many calories and if that is ingested by a single person each day a few times a day, chances are they do not exercise to burn off the unnecessary calories.
The workers have unsafe conditions. They work around dangerous bacteria that can be very harmful to the body, such as e coli. While butchering the meat on the assembly line, the workers weren't even wearing gloves to protect open wounds, and it only seems sanitary. It was said, the fluids from the animals get under the nails of the workers and cause infections. I am also wondering, if the employees are sick, do they get paid sick days or are they expected to come into work? I feel these companies are in such high demand, and not enough attention is being paid to the workers.
Hanna M. EDA Period 2, Ms. Pelfrey (Part 3, last part)
ReplyDeleteThe company definitely has the most rights over anyone, they create the rules. They have a bunch of farmers and workers playing their game. Some of the workers are illegal immigrants who live in trailer parks but really need a job. The animals pulled the short straw on this one, the condition they have to live in, the genetically modified food they eat, they become injected with chemicals, we eat them. The heads of the companies are valued most, they get to say it’s “their company.” They make the millions while they have other people doing the dirty work. The workers and animals probably have the least rights, they are told what to do. Animals are told where to live and what to eat, the workers are told what to do, don’t have very good living conditions, and get low pay.
Due to my morals I was raised to believe in, I do not think animal cruelty is okay, and I definitely think that is what’s going on in the food industry. I often wonder how companies can be so uncaring to people who make them their money. Don’t they worry the workers will realize they shouldn’t be treating animals in this way and rebel? Or if they get tired of these conditions they have to put up with on a daily basis between themselves and the animals?