environment discussion four

Feedlots and Animal Rights

Review chapter 10 that starts on page 240 in then online version of the text. Animal rights activists denounce factory farming because they say it mistreats animals. Chickens, pigs, and cattle are crowded together in small pens for their entire lives, fattened up, and slaughtered.

Many people believe that non-human animals themselves have rights.  Most of us extend rights to our pets, such as cats and dogs. Some countries have given primates, i.e., our closest surviving kin, such as gorillas and chimpanzees, rights similar to humans. Some people think we should consider all animals to have these rights. Where do you draw the line? Is there a line?

What level of rights should we extend to our farm animals? Should they have any rights? Is factory farming cruel compared to traditional farming of animals? Is factory farming necessary for feeding the world? What are your opinions about these issues and why?

Direction: answer the following questions using the text book in 250 words at least.

Then response to two people in 150 words each response.

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Response 1:

Harley Montoya

TuesdayJun 22 at 10:07pm

This one is kind of hard because I’m kind of on the fence with should they and should they not. If we didn’t give farm animals rights these current conditions they live in would stay the same. Mass producing these farm animals right now may seem like its the best option to make sure that we keep up with the upkeep of meat on the market and other needs from the animals but also at what cost? Most farm animals aren’t grown on a natural farm. Most are jammed into a tiny holding area were they are forced to sleep and grow on their own feces and urine. That personally I don’t think any living thing should have to go through.  I also am not a firm believer on using chemicals to enhance these animals nor the production. I understand that it increases the growing process in some instances and may even make that animal larger but then we are slaughtering these animals prematurely and processing these animals that are full of chemicals that we are then eating.  I know that not much of this will change especially over the years however one thing i would like to see change for these animals in a sense of “having rights” is a good living habitat. Most farm animals especially factory farming we don’t get to give these animals that experience however this change may not even be possible as the full maturity process for some of these animals could take years and as the climate changes and some places having droughts it could also hinder these animals in other ways than these factories are. 

Response 2