I had to write a persuassive essay for school so I chose to do the topic of factory farming. Here is my essay, please email me your thoughts. thanks!

Eating factory farmed animals

Did you know that 10,000 animals are abused a day? 15,000,000 animals are dying from abuse! "Why are you a vegetarian?" This question usually comes when I am eating dinner with a friend. It is really annoying. I'd really like to ask people, "Why are you still eating meat?" Most people think meat is too good to stop eating. If you saw all the places your meat comes from, I bet you would think twice before you eat your lovely feast of steak and potatoes. Animals are absolutely tortured, abused, then slaughtered and cooked. The worst part is that people actually eat this! You love animals right? Animals get caged as soon as they are born an almost never see their parents again. Imagine if that were you and you were to be caged, what would you think? Many animals are being brutally murdered. “Were does all this happen?” You might ask. Well it happens in factory farms. This makes animals physically damaged, unhealthy, and die appalling deaths.

First of all, factory farming makes animals physically damaged because the farmers are not treating animals as they should. They get thrown in piles of animals by arms and legs, and slaughtered by a machine. This is not a gentle process. The people who produce inexpensive meat, eggs, and dairy products have started to treat animals as objects and commodities instead of real animals who have real lives. The new worldwide “trend” is to replace small family farms with factory farms—large warehouses where animals are isolated in small crowded cages, pens, or in restrictive stalls. This is wrong. Animals should be able to roam free and not constricted.

Second, factory farmed animals are unhealthy animals. Animals are treated with so many chemicals and hormones that they are pretty much not considered animals anymore but food producing machines. These constricted cages cause animals to suffer from boredom, frustration, and stress, which leads to unnatural behavior, including unnatural aggression. Many of the buildings only get cleaned out once every two to three years!
Ammonia and other gases also build up, creating an extremely unhealthy and stressful environment for these animals. Some cows though are lucky enough to go to lots which hold thousands of cows at one time. These also are only completely cleaned out once—or at the most, twice—a year, the filth just keeps building up. These conditions are not only extremely stressful for the cows, they also lead to the spread of diseases. Would you really want to eat something that has had all those sicknesses exposed to it?

Finally, we have the ghastly brutal deaths of these poor animals. Did you know that most chickens are slaughtered by machine? Getting hung by their feet and then get getting their head hacked off


So if you really care you should stand up for what you think! Some ways are…
What You Can Do
1. Don't contribute to animal suffering. You can do this by choosing a vegetarian diet. Eat healthy plant-based foods instead of animal meats.
2. Teach others about cruel factory farms.
3. Try to find grocery stores that provide vegetarian products.