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Factory Farming

Factory Farming. John M. Sandoval. What Is It?. Factory Farming. Large-Scale Operations Facility Provides an estimate of 80% of livestock to United States R oughly 10 billion animals are slaughtered annually from factory farms. Definition terms of factory farming.

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Factory Farming

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  1. Factory Farming John M. Sandoval

  2. What Is It?

  3. Factory Farming • Large-Scale Operations Facility • Provides an estimate of 80% of livestock to United States • Roughly 10 billion animals are slaughtered annually from factory farms

  4. Definition terms of factory farming • Factory farming-”intensive care farming”, large scale productions, and also for breeding • Battery cages-cages that are used to keep livestock in • Lagoon-large dug out pit used to hold animal droppings • Certified organic- animals not given antibiotics, hormones, does not necessarily mean the animal was grass-fed or free-range. • Certified humane-free-range animals that have been provided with fresh air, sunlight, exercise and a healthy diet.

  5. How factory farmers are portrayed • Friendly farmer • Well fed livestock • Large open farms

  6. Who farmers really are • Large intensive farming operations • Low cost high profit producers • Contributors to large scale cruelty

  7. History of factory farming • Advancement came from the industrial revolution • Made process quicker • Huge profit to cost gain

  8. Who can protect livestock cruelty and their inhumane mistreatment?

  9. Animal Welfare Activist can…But

  10. Animal Rights Vs. Animal Welfare Animal rights Animals Welfare • seek to protect animals from excessive stress, emotional suffering, and physical harm • overall animal well-being • require research and agricultural companies to administer anesthesia prior to experimentation • humane killing methods,

  11. What happens to them behind the wall of a factory farm • Industrial rail design used to dip chickens into hot oil to kill them and burn the feathers off

  12. Battery cage full of chickens

  13. The factory farmers good side

  14. Contribute to the transmission of disease and pollution Diseases • E. Coli • avian influenza • mad cow disease Pollution • Methane • Hydrogen sulfide • Carbon dioxide

  15. And Lets Not forget…Hormones • Growth hormone (rBGH or rBST) • Antibiotics • Pesticides

  16. My thoughts Is factory farming inhumane? • For the most part, YES • Needs improvement • Stronger regulations

  17. Lets wRap it Up

  18. The Bigger Picture

  19. My “Call of Duty”

  20. References • Bonneau, M., & Lebret, B. (2010). Production systems and influence on eating quality of pork. Meat Science, 84(2), 293-300. doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.03.013 • Driscoll, S., & Morley, D. C. (2009). Factory Farming: An Overview. Points of View: Factory Farming, 1. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. • Factory Farming: Guide to Critical Analysis. (2009). Points of View: Factory Farming, 4. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. • "Google Images." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2011. <http://google.com>. • Lee, D., & Warhol, T. (2009). Counterpoint: Industrial Agriculture Causes More Problems than it Solves. Points of View: Factory Farming, 3. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. • Wright, G., & Konczal, E. (2009). Point: Industrial Agriculture has Improved Farming for Hundreds of Years. Points of View: Factory Farming, 2. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

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