I chose to write about eating meat because I would love to hear everyone’s opinion. No one ever considers what they are eating when they eat a piece of meat, whatever it is. They eat it because it tastes good and because that’s just what everyone does. Disregarding the fact that our bodies are not meant to eat meat and do not need it, how can anyone eat it while knowing at the same time these animals are poorly treated and killed. Personally it makes me sick. Maybe people don’t realize how inhumanely the animals are treated, or maybe they just don’t care. Before cows are slaughtered, protocol calls for them to be stunned which involves a metal bolt shot in the skull. If every farm did this properly the cow would be knocked unconscious before killed. However, the farm’s goal is to kill as many animals as possible, so they do not take the time to make sure every animal is stunned properly. More often than not, the animal is not stunned properly because farmers miss their mark while the animal is struggling and panicked. So whether they are unconscious or not, they are tired to the ceiling with chains attached to their legs. Next they have their throats stabbed open, and if the worker does not get a good cut, they remain conscious. Then they travel along the “bleed rail” where they bleed to death. Finally, their heads and legs are cut off and the remaining parts are thrown in scalding hot water. This description does not include the process of slaughtering chickens which are not required to be stunned when their beaks are cut off and throats slit. Just from hearing this, doesn’t it gross you out A LITTLE?? Most people probably think this is all made up, but I can’t take the chance of contributing to this.
