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Explore the moral obligations of the livestock sector and consumers towards the environment. Discover the surprising use of animal products in everyday items. Learn about the negative impact on animals in factory farms and fish farms.
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Consuming animal products is not sustainable It is a leading cause to environmental degradation. As a business, what are the moral obligations of the the livestock sector, if any toward the environment? As consumers, what are our moral obligations?
2018 U.S. ANIMAL KILL CLOCK 55,148,980,000 animals have been killed for food only in 2018 only in the US Chickens: 8.8 Billion Fish: 3.8 Billion Turkeys: 235 Million Cattle: 29 Million Pigs: 115 Million Ducks: 28 Million Sheep: 2,3 Million
What we do with animals Plastics: Fatty tissue of animals. Also found in car and bicycle tires, fireworks. Plywood: Combining blood glue, a slaughterhouse byproduct; wood glue, is a specific glue made from the connective tissue of horses. Nail polish: Contains fish scales. Most paints: Casein, a milk protein, as a binding agent. Cologne: Contains the musk from animals, such as deer, cats, sperm whales and beavers. Crayons: Contain tallow, or processed beef fat. Paintbrush: Animal fur. Photographic film: Contains bone gelatin, which acts as a binding agent. Also leather, pillows, drinks, matches, body lotions, shampoos, and more…
Fabric Softener: a fancy way saying fat from animals like horses and sheep boiled down and mixed with ammonia.
Pink Drinks and Candies Cochineal, natural red 4, crimson lake, carmine, carminic acid is what gives many drinks and candies their distinctive red/pink color. Wine coolers, grapefruit juices, and more are colored using crushed bugs. The female cochineal insect is boiled alive or exposed to sunlight, steamed, or baked, it produces a range of reddish tints. It takes approximately 70,000 insects to make one pound of dye.
Carmine is obtained from female cochineal insects. The bugs are boiled alive and then their abdomen is extracted and cooked to obtain a red substance used in foods.
Shellac is obtained by refining the secretions of the Kerrialacca insects. It takes approximately 300,000 bugs to produce a one-kilogram sack of shellac. Used to make furniture polishing and wood finishing, coating fruits, vegetables, candies, snacks, and pastries, to make them look fresher and more appealing.
Wine & Beer Wine and beer may contain dried, ground-up bladders of fish (Isinglass), an enzyme used to clarify and remove impurities from wine and beer.
Flu Vaccine: To prepare a vaccine scientists use chicken eggs. They crack the shell and inject the influenza virus into the fluid surrounding the embryo. Ideally, the embryo is infected and the virus multiplies. After several days of incubation the eggs are opened and the virus is removed, purified and used to make the vaccine
Cigarettes: One of the ingredients used to control tar and nicotine content in cigarettes is pig blood. In cigarette filters, blood removes toxins from the smoke before it enters the lungs. Isn’t it easier to quit smoking?
Cow’s blood: Animal blood enzyme used to glue food Chicken nuggets are made of cartilage, skeletal muscle, intestinal tissue, organ tissue, fat, blood vessels, and bone fragments—all of it glued together! Used by meat producers and restaurants to “glue” together scraps and sell as meat.
Cosmetics: Shimmery lipsticks made of fish scales. Scales are processed into a product called “ pearl essence,” which can be found in lipsticks, nail polishes, ceramic glazes, and other sparkly stuff.
Hormone Replacement Therapy Premarin, is a popular estrogen-replacement drug for menopausal women. It takes its name from its main ingredient: PREgnantMAResurINe.
Green Motor Oil: Some companies have replaced traditional petrochemical-based motor oil with cow fat.
Lactylates are chemical compounds obtained from animal fat used in the manufacture of baked goods such as bread and pastries.
Castoreumis a substance obtained from the anal glands Of beavers. It is the yellowish secretion of the castor sac in combination with the beaver’s urine, used during scent marking of territory.
Food use It is often referred to as a “natural flavoring.” it is used in foods and beverages as substitute vanilla flavor and raspberry or strawberry flavor. It is found in ice cream, beverages, pastries, jelly, etc.
Animals are crammed by the thousands into filthy, windowless sheds and stuffed into cages. • Will never raise their families, play, build nests, or do anything that is natural and to them. • Will never see the sun or breathe fresh air until they’re loaded onto trucks headed for slaughterhouses.
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture, world fish farms are overexploited. These farms can severely damage ecosystems by introducing diseases, pollutants. Overfishing of these smaller “forage” fish has repercussions throughout the ocean ecosystem creates imbalance.
Fish “live” in unnaturally crowded conditions. • Suffer from lesions, and other injuries. • These cause disease and parasite outbreaksthat farmers treat with pesticides and antibiotics. • These chemicals create drug-resistant parasites • Are absorbed by soil • Consumed by humans who eat the farmed fish.
Artificial Insemination: Due to genetic manipulation, humans have bred domestic turkeys into deformed beings who can no longer reproduce naturally, resulting in a cruel system of forced masturbation of male turkeys and rape of female birds.
Fur and Anal Electrocution In Canada, over 3 million animals are killed each year for their fur. Fur farmers anally electrocute animals so they won’t damage the pelts. Fur and leather are not necessary!
A glass of Whole Milk 355ml (12 oz) Nutrition Facts Calories: 240 Sodium:190 mg Total Fat: 13 g Saturated: 8 g Dietary Fiber:0 g Cholesterol: 55 mg Pus: 5 million pus cells per cup!
Dairy products are produced by impregnating cows, and then collecting the milk that is intended for their calves. Calves are formula-fed; males are used for veal, which means they are slaughtered very young, some as early as a few days old. A cow’s natural lifespan is about 25 years. “Spent” dairy cows are killed at about 4-5 years old. Milk is a bodily secretion of cow.
EACH DAY in the US, 700,000 male chicks are tossed into the giant grinders or gassed. Why?!
Eggs Farms acquire egg-laying hens from chick “factories” where male chicks, are killed by drowning or suffocation. A chicken’s lifespan is about 6-12 years. The egg production of egg-laying hens peaks at about 2-3 years, In other words, when we eat eggs, we contribute to the early death of chickens.
Cancer Council New South Wales: There is now a clear body of evidence that bowel cancer is more common among those who eat the most red and processed meat. Processed meat consumption has also been strongly linked to a higher risk of stomach cancer. A 2014 Harvard study: One serving a day of red meat during adolescence was associated with a 22% higher risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer, and in adulthood 13%. Physicians Committee: Studies have linked dairy to an increased risk of breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers. The Journal of Nutrition, Volume 133: Higher intakes of fish were significantly associated with higher incidence rates of breast cancer.
The World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded that consumption of meat is likely to causes cancer.
Meat eaters are 3 times more likely to be obese than vegetarians, and 9 times more likely than vegans. According JAMA Internal Medicine, vegetarians may live longer than meat eaters. National Research Council: The U.S., ‘‘where meat is consumed at more than three times the global average’’ is one of the sickest nations in the world. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago: “The more cholesterol you consume, the higher your risk of heart disease and dying…We found dietary cholesterol, particularly eggs, had a strong association with cardiovascular disease, especially stroke.” JAMA. 2019;321(11):1081-1095. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.1572
Position of the American Dietetic Association: vegetarian diets “It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes.
