Livestock

the major contributor to this global meltdown takes on the form of the pot roast on your dinner plate. Multiple complications arise from the animal agriculture industry, whether that is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the lifeline of the livestock or the consequences that inevitably appear such as, water pollution, deforestations, and biodiversity loss. If society is willing to put aside their steak…

dominate the meat competition producing more than half of the world’s meat. These industrialized farms developed for the growing human population. The direct relations between people and meat request induced the process of mass producing animals. Livestock are bulked up and immediately slaughtered in order to fulfill quotas and bellies. Animals are compacted together in the minimal space possible and fed cheap grains. An inexpensive substance produces a more desirable and expensive product.…

1. Transhumance- the seasoned migration of livestock between mountains and low land pastures. Example: Transhumance was practiced in the Swiss Alps, located in Switzerland. Seasonal droving of grazing livestock, such as cattle, occurred between the valleys in winter and the high mountain pastures in summer. Transhumance throughout the Alps has drastically impacted its shape. Without transhumance, the Alps would consist predominantly of forests. To this day, seasonal migration to high pastures…

consumed they have the same health effects. Both meats are high in protein and have positive health effects. In reference to livestock farms being a danger to the environment, without the farms and the farmers who tend to them many people would not eat. Farms are the foundation of our foods in this country, along with every other country. Most farmers not only produce livestock, but also the fruits and vegetables. I believe that with the current rise of meat intake around the world, people…

living there as well. Providing jobs is an important advantage to living in a farming state. “Swine is produced in every county in Missouri, with the primary concentration being found in areas with large acreages of corn and other grains” (Ibid). Livestock is an integral part of Missouri’s agriculture, especially pigs which are raised in every county…

Another animal which is a part of factory farming is the pig and about 30 million of them must experience lives full of misery in Canada each year. Female pigs have their children separated from them at birth and are forced to spend their whole lives in 2 foot wide metal crates which are so small that they can’t lie down properly and can’t turn around. Isn’t it sad that these pigs will never be able to feel the sun on their backs or breathe in the fresh air but instead have to live their whole…

happens when the feral swine bites the neck region or even crushes the head of the animal. Although meat is only a small portion of their daily diet in a usual scenario, it still causes an economic loss to the farmers and land owners that raise the livestock for monetary reasons. For example, in Australia, there has been a significant impact of death in the sheep population. The feral swine have attacked the newborn lambs and have killed the full grown adult, which has impacted the farmers by…

Industrial farms are pumping our livestock full of antibiotics and it's harming societies all over the world. Since the likes of farmers and pastures are shrinking and feedlots and monopolies are growing, the process of meat production has gotten much less intimate and a whole lot more like factory farming. This means that since meat companies want to make as much profit as possible by squeezing as many livestock as they can into one space, they have to find a way to reduce sickness and death…

The head of Beyond Meat, Ethan Brown is trying to sell a meat substitute that smells and tastes just like a real thing. Yes, it's a sort of 'fake meat' that is so unbelievably delicious. What Does Damage the Environment? The UN once stated that livestock takes up 18% of the blame for all gas emissions associated with greenhouses. It's more than all dirty planes, cars running…

fresh air. The animals are also often times mutilated in order to adapt them to factory farm conditions. These mutilations can include cutting off the beaks of chickens and turkeys as well as cutting off the tails of pigs and cows (“Industrial Livestock,” n.d.). Deplorable conditions and practices such as these are a large part of why consumers decide to purchase their meat and dairy products from non-industrial farms; however, these farms are not innocent either. Farmers that raise their…