Agriculture has been part of man’s lift for millennia. ‘Factory farming’ began in the 1920s after the discovery of vitamins A and D; when these vitamins are added to feed, animals no longer require exercise and sunlight for growth. This allowed large numbers of animals to be raised indoors year-round. The problem in raising animals indoors was the spread of disease, which the 1940s development of antibiotics resolved. By using mechanisation and assembly-line techniques, farmers have increased productivity and reduced operating costs – these techniques have been refined in the post-war era to raise production to levels our grandparents would not have believed.
Much of the meat we eat today is produced by this method, and so are most of the eggs. Is it right? Is it healthy? Should it be banned?


What do you think?

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Factory farming is very cruel. Confinement to the point at which suffocation is commonplace is the norm. Many animals never touch the ground or see direct sunlight. They cannot behave in natural ways: e.g. chickens cannot spread their wings or peck the ground, pigs cannot root or nest. That’s just the normal unpleasantness. The extremes are truly horrible. Chickens are bred selectively and genetically modified until the birds cannot stand up and their bones cannot support their weight. Battery hens are crammed into tiny cages and to stop them doing damage when they attack each other (as they inevitably do in such unnatural conditions) their beaks and toes are cut off. Roosters are killed at birth by strangulation or asphyxiation in a bag. Pigs, highly social animals, are kept singly in cages they can’t turn around in – and a number of diseases are very common because of the cramped conditions. Veal calves are deliberately and permanently squashed so that muscle growth is inhibited and the flesh is tender. They are fed on an iron-deficient diet so their flesh is pale.

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i think this is soooo very very wrong, but then they are bred to be killed to eat anyway so whats the good in all of this? i am a meat eater but we all know we can survive without it, you just dont like to think about what goes on beforehand but even so the animals should be given a decent life before it is ended just to end up on someones plate

i strongly disagree with this. yes these animals may be kept in small places to provide eggs and so on but they could still do this as well as having more space.

ban it ban it ban it!!!!!

I'm a veggie and i survive fine without meat and eggs!

BAN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (but keep the monarchy!)

lol @ kim no we will ban both of them

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i would like to be a veggie :? but i like bacon sarnies too much

oh, i have LOADS of willpower (not) i don't like meat anyway, and after a while the thought of it made me sick