The
video From Farms to Fridge shows the inhumane act of the meat
production industries in the United States. Slaughter houses are large
factories that are equipped to rise at least couple billions of animals that we
eat. Pigs, poultries, and cattle are tortured from birth till death or at the
right time to be produced into food.
In the slaughter house pregnant pigs are locked in separate cages until delivery. The piglet
tails are choped off and are monitored by growth. If the piglets are slow growers they are killed in
various ways such as electrocution or they are bang on the ground until death. The adult pigs are taken
to the slaughter house and are slaughter by workers desperate for a job.
From the video poultries are raised by thousands in confined, filthy sheds and are denied
their natural behaviors to roam freely and exposed to fresh air. The beaks of females chicks are
trimmed by hot blades or razor while male chicks are killed because of slow growth and also because
they don’t lay eggs. Birds are usually killed and lined assembly on large machines while taken to the
meat production compartment.
Besides pigs and poultries, cattle are also raised in so-called slaughter houses. Similar to
pigs, cows also get their tails cut out at birth. In the slaughter house cows are usually skinned alive
, their legs are pulled apart from the body, the remain of the body is then cut in half and are later
made into various types of food as shown in the video.
All animals in the slaughter
house are raise in confined areas and are look upon as objects.
They are all
denied their natural rights and are forced to adapt to the new
environment where
they are tortured daily. Is this what we want from our food? Questions are
being asked and what we need to do as consumers is to be considerate about
ourselves and the
living things around us.
