Each day hundreds pass away or more appropriate term murdered. Australian puppy mills are far worse than cruel and there are hundreds of words to use to describe a puppy mill. Thousands of dogs kept in small cramped cages that hurt their feet . Their own feces replaces their fur along with the feces others above and in the same cage. Surrounded with filth with no escape.
Today the top Four companies (Tyson, Cargrill, JBS and National Beef) control more than 80% of the worlds meat market. With such high demands on these companies to produce so much, there are compromises that are made. These companies treat their livestock, and employees in a horrific and sickening manner. The animals are fed mostly corn products and given antibiotics daily. Most animals stand knee high in their own feces all of the time.
Cannibalistic Cows April Andrews ENG135 Professor Davis December 15, 2011 American’s diet is in a great dilemma. Just ask anyone where their food comes from, and they will usually say that it comes from the grocery store. However, one might ask where the food in the grocery store comes from. To gain a better understanding of the issues facing American’s eating habits and where its food comes from, Michael Pollen researches these questions in his book, The Omnivores Dilemma. Through his research, he notes that the 100 million head of cattle breed for food are living on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (C.A.F.O.)
There are rail yards that carry the cattle to the slaughterhouse where the mechanics of the process are awe-inspiring. 8-10 million cattle, hogs and sheep are turned into food each year at this plant. They start at the hog slaughterhouse where the screams of the hogs are so appalling, the female visitors start to cry. The process of slaughter is so mechanical that the fate of the hogs is pondered, if there is a place for these hogs after death where their cries
Labor Union strikes were the most prominent form of worker insurrection against employers. During the period of 1875-1900, many labor unions participated in strikes, however many of them failed to achieve their goals. The biggest reason that farmers and workers went on strike was clearly stated by a machinist before the Senate Committee on Labor and Capital. Because machines were taking jobs away, workers would lose their livelihood, and most likely their only source of income. In the year of 1877, employees working for the four largest railroads went on strike due to the fact that their employers cut their wages by 10 percent; this was known as the Great Rail Road Strike.
Many people in the world eat meat – such as hamburgers- for lunch and dinner every day, yet I have never heard of someone dying from food poisoning. While Kevin was ending vacation with his family they enjoyed three hamburgers. When they returned home his parents began to see blood in his stool so they took him to the hospital. Once the docters came back with the results they told his parents Kevin had hemorrhage e.coli. and his kidneys where failing.
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.
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).
Grandma planned a steak out and they waited until the boys came around. The end result was a boy getting his hair full of the stickiest glue ever and a broken, distorted nose. Armistice Day was a big deal in the time of the Depression. Where Grandma lived, people would gather together and they would have a turkey shoot. Grandma took over the Burgoo stew stand and charged money depending on how much Grandma knew they could spend instead of the usual dime.
Fast Food Nation Summary In his best-selling book Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser makes you feel like you might be a whole lot better off avoiding the drive-through and just going home to cook your own meal. Schlosser covers everything from how McDonald’s got started to how the hamburger giant has affected cultures all around the world. Along the way, Schlosser exposes the cockroaches and rats found in fast food kitchens, the overworked and underpaid employees behind the cash registers, the mauled laborers trying to keep up with an accident-prone speed rate in meatpacking houses, and then, of course, the corporate greed driving the entire industry. Fast Food Nation will open your eyes and possibly make you lose your appetite. As obesity