To be completely honest, I was not prepared for the video that we had to watch. The content of the video was too much for me to handle. I watched maybe half of it and I had to turn it off.
It is amazing to think that people in our society can be so cruel to animals. Like we have talked about in class many times before, we typically don’t think of the way animals are handled when we are eating them. Actually, we don’t think of them as an animal at all. It makes me wonder how the handlers of these animals view them as food. I would think that if they are able to be so cruel to animals while they are actually alive, then they would view eating the animals as okay. Do you think that there are some handlers who are unable to eat meat because of what their job entails?
I think that something needs to be done in order to keep these animals in better conditions. After seeing the way the humans treat the animals that we as Americans consume each and every day makes me feel sick.
This video has introduced me to many things that I had never seen before. Not only did the video provide me with these necessary insights but the reading “Hidden Cost of Cheap Chicken” seemed to reflect on much of the things that the video “Meet your Meat” showed. Explaining that many chickens are actually conscious while having their necks snapped gave me chills. I eat chicken almost everyday and whenever I eat it I never think of the way that these chickens were handled before.
All I have to say is that what happens to these animals is not right. Something needs to be done. If they are going to be killed for food, it needs to be done in the most painless way.
Two sources that I have found:
Williams, Erin. Why animals matter: the case for animal production.
Pyle, George. Raising less corn, more hell: the case for the independent farm and against industrial food .1st ed.
3 comments:
I think that what you said about not thinking about how our food was killed is completely cool. I too never think of how the food i eat has been slaugthered, and if i did i probably wouldnt be able to eat it. Its not realistic to produce all the food everybody needs in a very gentle and humane way. I think the reason for the bad handling of the animals is because they are concerned about volume of animals produced, not quality. If we slowed things down, it would be more humane, but less profitable, and sadly,in American culture profit is always going to be number one.
I agree with you Ashley. I also eat chicken nearly everyday. I have heard horrible things about the treatment of animals but I guess that I had always thought about it as, out of sight out of mind. I am not proud of that and the very graphic nature of the video really made me think. I am not sure what the answer is but you are right something does need to be done. I think the first step is awarness.
i think it was disgusting, but maybe you should watch all of it, the ending was way different, nah im playing. its all the same.
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