Nobody likes to lose a good friend or a pet, and the majority of the population loves animals. However, evidence points that people don't like animals as much as they claim to because the majority of the population tends to over look the genocide that exists this very instance. Gandhi once wrote, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the ways its animals are treated"(Why Vegan? 1) Gandhi brings up a good point because the issue of Animal Rights is in fact an issue of one's moral code. To define the morality and ethics, this paper will refer to Ayn Rand's definition taken from the book, The Virtue of Selfishness. Rand describes itthis way, "It is a code of values to guide a man's choices and actions that de

animal products with the information given in this text can you really say that you love your animals?

4. Rand, Ayn The Virtue of Selfisness. USA: Penguin Books, 1964. 1.

Some common arguments for the beef industry would be the all classic, meat is good for you. It is supposed to contain vitamins and minerals that are not otherwise found. However, this argument is not true, it is a fact that vegetarians and vegans have a far healthier diet than a meat eater. Michael Klaper, MD has stated that, "The human body has no more need for cow's milk than it does for dog's milk, horses' milk, or giraffes' milk"(Why Vegan? 9). In fact plant foods have been known to protect the body from cancer. Animal foods like meat, can raise the risk for cancer because of the compounds found in it. Vegetarians don't have to worry about heart disease associated with saturated fat from red meat. Another common argument is that it has been going on forever, since primitive man.

2. Faces of Death. Writer. Alan Black. Dir. Conan Lecilare. Nar. Dr. Francis B. Gross Gorgon Video, 1990. 105 min.

Are we not intelligent and rational beings, aren't we no longer primitive? What if the slaughter house had glass walls and was connected to your favorite restaurant. Would you want to pick the animal of your choice and then watch it be murdered? Would that hamburger taste as good? "Slaughterhouses should be in restaurants and grocery stores. They should have a glass wall so that people must see the animal they choose. Look into that animals eyes and say , "OK, slit his throat" (Why Vegan? 5). Are these animals ours to enslave and murder, or are they God's creatures?

This institutionalized form of cruelty is also known as Factory Farming and is fueled by America's fast food culture. Other supporters of the consumption of meat are religion, culture, and history. Animal agriculture is commonly being replaced by corporate farming. "More than 90% of farmed animals in the US are raised in these intensive confinement systems. The intensive systems are promoted and defended as necessary for the production of low-cost meat"(Why Vegan? 2). To receive a greater total in net production, animals are often overcrowded to the point where the animals die. Take a look in the agriculture magazine NATIONAL HOG FARMER. In the November 93 edition there is an article entitled "Overcrowding Pigs Pay". This title alone tells you how the economics involved in this form of death, obviously out weighs the compassion one might otherwise possess. Dr. Bernard Rollin states that is, "more economically efficient to put a greater number of birds into each cage, accepting!

"The average American consumes 120 pounds of beef each year. Our carnivorous needs must also be condoned. To meet this enormous demand, Western Civilization has developed the ultimate killing machine to feed the hungry masses. It's called the slaughter-house"(Faces of Death). I have seen a cow's head placed inside a metal face cage. After the cage is locked the cows throat is then cut and the animal is left to bleed to death. This method is known as Koshering. It only makes up a small percent of the killing of animals because it is not in high demand. The process requires that the animal bleeds to death as a cleansing process. "The cow chokes on his own blood. I could only feel pity" (Faces of Death).

3. People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals Animal Experiments. Washigton, DC.1-2

1. American Anit-Vivisection Society. Home page. 17, Mar.2000

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