Gleen

Gleen

Lisa McClain

-It gives you a idea of what you’re going to read. -Shows the understanding of life and nature of people through history. -When people see agriculture they don’t think of it as bad and abuse associated with it as the do when they see the word industry. -You see the mirroring or as in how they actually see things. -You see behind the curtains, how things are actually perceived. -This shows how they try and cover it all up. -How animals get the short end of it and the factories don’t care, but only care about the money. -This makes you worry if not wonder along the lines how far humans are willing to go and what they would sacrifice for there own greedy self’s.

-People historically have used other animals as resources. -they live with, hunt alongside, know, understand, and respect both the land and the other animals they exploit. -industry could set off environmental warning bells, whereas agriculture is generally understood as a safe, natural practice. -Piglets, if born too small, are called “runt” and are “euthanized”. -This involves, as Dunayer points out, holding a piglet by their back legs and slamming their head against the floor. -Although this is not a practice unique to factory farming the point is that calling it euthanasia hides the violence and suffering inflicted on these animals behind a euphemism that renders the practice humane or sterile. -For the factory farm, as in other corporations, the bottom line is profit. Animals’ welfare can be traded off when production rates remain high regardless animals’ poor health and living conditions. -This scenario raises considerable ethical questions about how much, as human beings, we are willing to manipulate our environment and, as important, exploit other animals for gastronomical pleasure.