I am not here to “convert” you to veganism or vegetarianism or any other -ism. However, I will attempt to convince you to follow a cruelty-free diet or at least lessen your consumption of animal products. If you’re concerned about your health, world hunger, the environment, or animal rights, this may interest you. And if you decide to become a vegan along the way, I’m not complaining.
These issues are tough to fix. There is no single solution. But your individual choices directly impact our world. If everyone went vegan, the problems above could be eradicated.
HUMAN: Not everyone is concerned with animal rights or the environment. That’s alright; you are entitled to your own beliefs and priorities. But most people I know want to solve world…show more content… We attempt to combat this, opting for “free-range” or “cage-free” poultry and eggs. But these are only meant to comfort the consumer. Free-range or cage-free chickens are packed together in tiny metal buildings, with only a sliver of sunlight from a window. They live in each other’s feces, urine, blood. Injury and illness are rampant.
Farmers manipulate heat and light to trick layer hens into unnatural biological rhythms. They produce far more eggs than natural and often die prematurely because of nutrient depletion.
Broiler chickens—the ones we eat—are genetically modified to get big, fast. many can hardly stand or move because of their weight. They are killed at only 42 days old. Yes, the full-grown chicken you is only a baby.
Chicks face the cruelest treatment. Only hens are seen as valuable—they lay the eggs, they bring the cash—and a lot of them are needed because of their short life expectancy. So chicks are dumped onto crowded conveyor belts and sorted male and female. Females become layers. Males, if they are lucky, are tossed into meat grinders while fully conscious. Many others are smothered and
