Thanksgiving Essay
If you wouldn’t eat your own pet, then don’t eat turkey. Many people consider turkeys to be smart animals with their own personality and characteristics. We do the same thing as any other bird and animal. We care for our babies, we make our homes, we eat, we play with each other and our owners, and we sit down and relax. But, we can’t do any of this if we get killed! How would you feel if you killed your dog and then ate him or her! Not very good now will you? Let me tell you two reasons why you should not kill me and eat me for dinner! Let’s start with mentioning that turkeys are not treated nicely. According to the Huffington Post, “Yet turkeys raised for food are killed when they are only 5 or 6 months old, and during …show more content…
You don’t want to be sick can you? Well according to a PETA investigation,“Turkey flesh is brimming with fat and cholesterol. Just one homemade patty of ground, cooked turkey meat contains a whopping 244 mg of cholesterol, and half of its calories come from fat. Turkey flesh is also frequently tainted with salmonella, campylobacter bacteria, and other contaminants. And a vegan meal won’t leave you sprawled on the couch, belt buckle undone, barely able to move.” I don’t want to cause you diabetes or another disease that will end up killing you! Think about it, if you end up killing me and eating me, I could end up giving you diabetes. However, if you don’t kill me, I will be completely harmless! Doing my own things and not bothering you. All you have to do if provide me with food. That’s not so hard now is it? You want another reason now do you? Well I have another one for you. The Huffington Post said, “Dosing turkeys with antibiotics to stimulate their growth and to keep them alive in filthy, disease-ridden conditions that would otherwise kill them poses even more risks for people who eat them. Leading health organizations—including the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association—have warned that the farmed-animal industry is creating possible long-term risks to human health and will spread antibiotic-resistant super germs. That’s why the use of drugs to promote growth in animals used for food has been banned for many years in Europe.” More reasons that I can make you sick. But you see, if you keep me and just feed me I won’t do anything wrong. Just what I want to do such as play, eat, and raise young birds of my own. Do you really want to end up in the emergency
If you wouldn’t eat your own pet, then don’t eat turkey. Many people consider turkeys to be smart animals with their own personality and characteristics. We do the same thing as any other bird and animal. We care for our babies, we make our homes, we eat, we play with each other and our owners, and we sit down and relax. But, we can’t do any of this if we get killed! How would you feel if you killed your dog and then ate him or her! Not very good now will you? Let me tell you two reasons why you should not kill me and eat me for dinner! Let’s start with mentioning that turkeys are not treated nicely. According to the Huffington Post, “Yet turkeys raised for food are killed when they are only 5 or 6 months old, and during …show more content…
You don’t want to be sick can you? Well according to a PETA investigation,“Turkey flesh is brimming with fat and cholesterol. Just one homemade patty of ground, cooked turkey meat contains a whopping 244 mg of cholesterol, and half of its calories come from fat. Turkey flesh is also frequently tainted with salmonella, campylobacter bacteria, and other contaminants. And a vegan meal won’t leave you sprawled on the couch, belt buckle undone, barely able to move.” I don’t want to cause you diabetes or another disease that will end up killing you! Think about it, if you end up killing me and eating me, I could end up giving you diabetes. However, if you don’t kill me, I will be completely harmless! Doing my own things and not bothering you. All you have to do if provide me with food. That’s not so hard now is it? You want another reason now do you? Well I have another one for you. The Huffington Post said, “Dosing turkeys with antibiotics to stimulate their growth and to keep them alive in filthy, disease-ridden conditions that would otherwise kill them poses even more risks for people who eat them. Leading health organizations—including the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association—have warned that the farmed-animal industry is creating possible long-term risks to human health and will spread antibiotic-resistant super germs. That’s why the use of drugs to promote growth in animals used for food has been banned for many years in Europe.” More reasons that I can make you sick. But you see, if you keep me and just feed me I won’t do anything wrong. Just what I want to do such as play, eat, and raise young birds of my own. Do you really want to end up in the emergency