So I was sitting in class the other day, doing research on the Opposing Points database within the electronic resources of MCC, when I happened upon a disturbing article. "Modernn Slaughtering Methods Are Inhumane", by Joby Warrick, opened up my eyes to issues I didn't know existed at all. As I kept reading and jotting down a few notes here and there, I found myself becoming angry. Cattle are beat over the head with blunt objects, prodded with electric rods, and sprayed in the nose as a means of knocking them out and getting them to stand up once they have fallen. If the cattle fail to stand, the workers shovel them along with forklifts over distances such as 15 to 20 feet before they stand allow them to stand up.
This all happens before the slaughtering. I scrolled farther down in the article and learned that cattle often times go to the slaughterhouses still conscious. Workers are aware if this, yet they still push the cow into the slaughter line. These cows survive past seven minutes of workers chopping off their hooves, ripping their bellies open, cutting off their tails, and stripping their hide. I was sickened by my discoveries, wondering why these people continued to torture these cows when they knew they were still alive. Another thing that shocked me, is that the government knew this was going on and did nothing to stop it! I can only imagine where my research findings will go from here. This truly is inhumane!
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