... truck, where they are subjected to weather extremes, overcrowding, hunger, and thirst."" (http://www.cowsarecool.com/animals.html). The entire purpose of a slaughterhouse is to produce the most meat, milk, and eggs using the least amount of space, time, and money. For these reasons, slaughterhouses do not ... use any humane treatment on animals at all. Once the animals arrive at the slaughterhouse they endure mutilation, for example cows are dehorned and branded, without any sort of anesthesia. Also: Since it's easier to bleed a bird that ... bleeding and scalding, so they won't have to...

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... decides the animal is ready for it to be turned into a product for human consumption it then is shipped off to the slaughterhouse. When being shipped to the slaughterhouse "the only law regarding transit to slaughter refers to transport by train, although 95 percent of the animals are moved by truck ... , where they are subjected to weather extremes, overcrowding, hunger, and thirst."" (http://www.cowsarecool.com/animals.html). The entire purpose of a slaughterhouse is to produce the most meat, milk, and eggs using the least amount of space, time, and money. For these reasons, slaughterho...

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... attack, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and obesity." Not only are the numbers staggering but the cruelty that these animals are subjected to is chilling. Gail A. Eisnitz book "Slaughterhouse" takes the reader on a journey from one slaughterhouse to another through the United States. Individuals interviewed for this book admitted to deliberately beating, strangling, boiling, or dismembering animals alive in an effort to "keep the ... humans from other sentient beings - we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and to live freely, and we all share this planet together." Bibliography Eis...

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... secluded away from people and closed off to visitors. If it is acceptable treatment, why is it so hidden from the public? Many people only have to see one graphic slaughterhouse video before becoming a vegetarian. 2.) Another reason why we believe it is okay is because dairy and meat products are two of the four main food groups. Society teaches us in ... ...

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... have great composition meaning body structure and they need to have all records of chemicals and hormones recorded before they get processed or else they wont make it threw the slaughterhouse."(Greiner). Steers can become fat easily and they can also lose weight really fast so as long as the owners or ranchers keep up with the way their steer grows ... ...

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... to and suffering of billions of animals, the switch to vegetarianism makes perfect sense. From the hen who smells fresh air for the first time on the way to the slaughterhouse, and the dairy cow whose days-old baby male is taken from her and sold to veal farmers, all animals raised for food suffer and are exploited. The only true ... ...

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