According to the Chairman of Food Science, Dr. George Borgstrom, in order to produce one pound of beef, 2,500 gallons of water are needed. Since, most people consume meat and meat by-products (dairy, cheese, and eggs), this statement by Dr. Borgstrom reveals that people are not educated about the major effects of animal husbandry. The government constantly suggest that humans should reduce water usage by taking shorter showers, checking faucets and pipes for leaks, and turning off the water after wetting a toothbrush; while ignoring animal agriculture as one of the leading causes of water reduction. Furthermore, animal suffering and human illness are two additional effects of producing livestock. Education concerning the negative aspects of animal agriculture should increase around the world in order for humans to realize the damage to the earth, animals, and humans alike. Animal suffering, the most important effect of animal agriculture, involves the shipping of farm animals to slaughterhouses.
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Terrified and in poor health conditions upon arrival, the animals typically refuse to leave the trucks and must be pulled and/or poked with electrical prods to force them to move. Many people do not realize the animals have awareness of their own deaths; however, the animals’ reluctancy to exit the trucks proves they have a heightened sense of fear and perhaps do recognize what’s next. Also, while fully conscious, it is normal practice to cut off the testicles of male piglets, to slice the beaks of chicks, and to cut off the horns of calves after they are born in the meat industry. Once inside the abattoirs, the animals endure beatings, being stepped on, and thrown before they are slaughtered for their meat. These examples are limited explanations of the many negative ethical effects the industry has on defenseless animals. Since the earth has been undergoing major climate changes and an increase in cataclysmic occurrences, people need to know the correlations between animal agriculture and the environment. According to the documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, by Andersen and Kuhn, animal agriculture is the leading cause of habitat destruction. Additionally, the use of intensive grains and drinking water for the animals causes the meat industry to have a high consumption of freshwater. Because of the high intake of freshwater, animal agriculture accounts for one-third of all freshwater available. Moreover, without animal agriculture, all of the soybeans and grains used to sustain livestock could be used to end famine in the world. Without the demand for meat products and by-products, members of poor countries would have less of a need to sell their grain to the west. In return, these members could keep the food for themselves rather than starving. Finally, liable for “51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions,” animal agriculture and its by-products accounts for the majority of the world’s climate change (Andersen, Cowspiracy). If the majority of people were aware of the effects of animal husbandry on our ecosystem, many more individuals would choose to reduce or omit …show more content…
By ending animal agriculture, humans can strive to abolish the harsh unethical treatment of animals, the detrimental effects on the environment, and major illness in humans. Our future does not need to reflect our past and present behaviors. A society that follows the concepts of veganism would create an ideal structure for our
Terrified and in poor health conditions upon arrival, the animals typically refuse to leave the trucks and must be pulled and/or poked with electrical prods to force them to move. Many people do not realize the animals have awareness of their own deaths; however, the animals’ reluctancy to exit the trucks proves they have a heightened sense of fear and perhaps do recognize what’s next. Also, while fully conscious, it is normal practice to cut off the testicles of male piglets, to slice the beaks of chicks, and to cut off the horns of calves after they are born in the meat industry. Once inside the abattoirs, the animals endure beatings, being stepped on, and thrown before they are slaughtered for their meat. These examples are limited explanations of the many negative ethical effects the industry has on defenseless animals. Since the earth has been undergoing major climate changes and an increase in cataclysmic occurrences, people need to know the correlations between animal agriculture and the environment. According to the documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, by Andersen and Kuhn, animal agriculture is the leading cause of habitat destruction. Additionally, the use of intensive grains and drinking water for the animals causes the meat industry to have a high consumption of freshwater. Because of the high intake of freshwater, animal agriculture accounts for one-third of all freshwater available. Moreover, without animal agriculture, all of the soybeans and grains used to sustain livestock could be used to end famine in the world. Without the demand for meat products and by-products, members of poor countries would have less of a need to sell their grain to the west. In return, these members could keep the food for themselves rather than starving. Finally, liable for “51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions,” animal agriculture and its by-products accounts for the majority of the world’s climate change (Andersen, Cowspiracy). If the majority of people were aware of the effects of animal husbandry on our ecosystem, many more individuals would choose to reduce or omit …show more content…
By ending animal agriculture, humans can strive to abolish the harsh unethical treatment of animals, the detrimental effects on the environment, and major illness in humans. Our future does not need to reflect our past and present behaviors. A society that follows the concepts of veganism would create an ideal structure for our