When I wonder why am I so negative all the time I am reminded by the variety of injustice in our world. Cruelty to animals is one of the most sickening things a person can witness in their lives. “Animals and humans suffer and die alike…[T]he same pain, the same spilling of blood, the same stench of death, the same arrogant, cruel, and brutal taking of life. We don’t have to be a part of it.” (Dick Gregory)Looking into the eyes of an animal, who has been so abused that they shudder at the very noise of your footstep, is so heart wrenching.
I have never really considered becoming a vegetarian before, but looking at the images that Peta had up were really disturbing. The amount of damage that does not only to the animals, but to the environment is enormous. The representative of Peta said that it slaughterhouses do more damage to the climate control problem (global warming) then all the transportations (pollution) across the world does. We murder billions of animals a year, way more than we need to feed the population.
The United States is one of the leading contributors to the problem, with fast food chains like McDonalds. “In the slaughterhouses that supply McDonald’s with chicken, birds are dumped out of their transport crates and hung upside-down by their legs in metal shackles, which can result in broken bones, extreme bruising, and hemorrhaging.”(Peta2) Then we complain about how the obesity rate is reaching an all time high, the obvious reason for overconsumption is the massive quantities of meat that has become available to us.
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