The passing of the Humane Slaughter Act mandates that all livestock experience a decreased level of suffering during slaughters. Although this is in law all agriculture companies do not adhere due to the lack of enforcement. In addition the cost to be in compliance is not one that business wants to absorb and their efforts could slow down production and interfere with their ability to meet demand. With the proper facility a human clean kill can be performed. Slaughterhouses are facilities where animals are killed for human consumption.
Although Sinclair’s investigation tells a story of the toll the meatpacking industry took on families nearly a hundred years ago, he still offers insight into the deceiving side of America’s food corruptions. Both writers brilliantly offer realization and awareness in their books that will benefit anyone who reads them to make better decisions daily. The description of the factory farming slaughterhouses in both books is enough to send chills down almost anyone’s spine; The Jungle opens with the cruel tactics, yet Fast Food Nation did not mention the slaughterhouses until midway. As Jurgis and his family tour the packinghouse where he will be working as a shoveler,(shoveling blood and guts) they first see what seems to be millions of cows. There are rail yards that carry the cattle to the slaughterhouse where the mechanics of the process are awe-inspiring.
It detects and destroys diseased meat before it gets to the buyer. The act reassures the people of sanitary handling and preventing contamination. It terminates any chemical or drug residue left on the meat before packaging. The meat inspection also avoids any type of false labeling on any products. When the Act was passed, the meat packaging industry had to succumb to continuous inspections and investigations by the Agricultural Department which would be paid for by the meat packaging industry.
They treat the Natives as animals in the story with no caring. Bill said, “The dead ones we bag” and Rudy said, “The lives one we tag” (3). The key words “bag” and “tag” convey the idea that the white men are just doing a regular cleaning job which is cleaning up the Natives before other people see them. It does not show any respect from whites toward to the Natives. However, Bob made a comment about the job that Bill and Rudy did, “Amazing” (4).
Fast Food Nation: Cogs in the Great Machine After reading, the meatpacking industry astonishes me in several ways. Iowa Beef Packers (IBP) is one of the biggest meatpacking industries in the United States and in my opinion, cruel to their animals. Meatpacking industries are competitive and personally believe that the industries are mostly concerned with the money. The old Chicago slaughterhouses were usually brick buildings, four or five stories high. Cattle were herded up wooden ramps to the top floor, where they were struck on the head with a sledgehammer, slaughtered, and then disassembled by skilled workers.
We all must realize when one or two peoples control almost every thing the rest of the peoples can not help but rely the resources to survive The Kid present and courage gave the peoples the choice to once again do business with Tunstalls General store His reputation for violence according to legend was fearsome but on the other hand I personaly think he was a young boy caught in a time of hard cruel time where the gun did the talking and I think he did what ever it took to survive it have not been proven that he was a low down cold hearted murderor The Kid was an could have become a cattle farmer he had plenty of experience in the cattle trade but when he witness the cold blooded murder of his mentor he lost it This and other events led to the Lincoln County War the regulators against the santa fe ring This gave the kid the chance to revenge Tunstalls death or bring them to justice The American Frontier was ruthless hard cold dry and dangerous There was little law for the poor therefore no justice The peoples that had the money ,political backing owned the law owned the land and grazing rights literally had it all The frontier was a mass cemetery who soil was soaked with
This weight gain is not necessary, it is just desired because cattle can be slaughtered at a younger age and more meat can be produced. Another huge ethical issue concerning mainstream red meat processing is the way the cattle are treated. They are often mistreated before slaughter, and are constantly mistreated while they are being “grown.” One example of the mistreatment is the confined spaces they are forced to live in. The spaces are small, unsanitary, and unnatural to the cattle, along with that they are constantly being fed, and have no room to move so they develop strange disabilities and deformities from living in such a confined
Workers are forced to butcher animals and process their meat at fast rates, too often causing injury. The stories told by workers who suffered injuries on the job are gruesome and heart breaking. Many were forced to work right after their injuries like Raoul, an immigrant who came to the U.S. looking for work, who had a tendon severed and was put immediately back on the production line “A tendon had been severed. After getting stitches and a strong prescription pain killer, he was driven back to the slaughter house and put back on the production line. Bandaged, groggy, and in pain, one arm tied in a sling, Raoul spent the rest of the day wiping blood off cardboard boxes with his good hand.” (Schlosser 202).
You people allowed this to happen, are killing off the animals, soiling drinking water, and making it near impossible for anything to survive in the waters because of the pollution and all you can say is that nothing is being done immediately because of FUNDING?" EPA - Smith: (wondering why this reporter is so emotional over the subject - Smith chooses his words carefully): "Yes Mr. Poseidon, we cannot just have people work for free on this project, it all comes down to funding in the end." Poseidon (obviously irritated and ired at this point): "I shall see what the rest of your America says about the pollution they are facing, and then get back in touch with you with potential solutions." (Poseidon basically cuts the conversation short and leaves Mr. Smith's
By not getting distracted by sights, smells, and feelings, I had no trouble coming up with the correct necessary actions to solve my problems. Fern’s father illustrates this point in Chapter 1. He wants to kill the pig, which is a very rational thing to do for a farmer, before anyone has a chance to form a connection with the pig. He realizes that once people start feeling, playing, or even remembering how the pig smells, it will be much harder to kill it later on. It’s a very logical way of