Analyzing The Truth: Animal Castration
Uncovering the Truth Although there are remarks that disclaim how animal caretakers treat their livestock, most of the time these claims are inaccurate. Within this paper, you will acquire information on how animal caretakers truly treat their livestock and how these remarks are most of the time, inaccurate.
Castration is the process of removal of the testicles. PETA says the male calves have their testicles ripped from their scrotums, usually without pain relievers. PETA also claims that castration can cause infections and pain. Castration will stop the production of male hormones and semen, which in return is better for the animal. It will prevent unwanted mating and reproduction. If you castrate it will keep the desired traits that …show more content…
It can reduce the risk of hurting other animals as well as the owner and other employees. Dehorning will also decrease aggressiveness and make the animals easier to handle. It will require less space with no horns. PETA has said that cattle are only a few weeks old when they get dehorned. The reality is cattle are usually eight weeks old when they get dehorned. PETA also says that farms use searing hot irons, chemicals, blades and handsaws. They say that the wounds take months to heal. Most farms use a paste that they put on the animals head. The horns aren’t even up yet, and the paste prevents them from coming up making the process easy and painless. Some farms use a scoop to get rid of the horns which has a healing process of three weeks maximum. The bigger the animal is the longer it will take to …show more content…
The feedlot air is loaded with ammonia, methane and other chemicals that cows are forced to inhale. Calves are kept completely immobilized in tiny crates in the dark. Well, calves are kept separate from the other calves but only until they are four- five weeks old. They then get put into a pen of about four to six calves until they are moved to an even bigger pen outdoors. The only reason they are separated in the beginning is to stop the spread of sickness and diseases. Only one will get sick if there separate, but if they were together then there’s a chance of them all getting sick. They also have plenty of room to move around and are only kept in the dark at night for about eight hours. Farmers don’t cram their cows together either. The more animals in a pen the easier it would be for an animal to get sick or hurt. The pens aren’t filled with feces, because it is bad for their hoofs. Lastly, the barns are well ventilated; there are no harmful gases the animals have to inhale. Most barns have a ventilation system that maintains temperature controls depending on how hot or cold it is. If cattle were forced to inhale methane, then so would people when they walked into the barn, methane has the power to kill people, even blow up a building if there is enough built
Castration is the process of removal of the testicles. PETA says the male calves have their testicles ripped from their scrotums, usually without pain relievers. PETA also claims that castration can cause infections and pain. Castration will stop the production of male hormones and semen, which in return is better for the animal. It will prevent unwanted mating and reproduction. If you castrate it will keep the desired traits that …show more content…
It can reduce the risk of hurting other animals as well as the owner and other employees. Dehorning will also decrease aggressiveness and make the animals easier to handle. It will require less space with no horns. PETA has said that cattle are only a few weeks old when they get dehorned. The reality is cattle are usually eight weeks old when they get dehorned. PETA also says that farms use searing hot irons, chemicals, blades and handsaws. They say that the wounds take months to heal. Most farms use a paste that they put on the animals head. The horns aren’t even up yet, and the paste prevents them from coming up making the process easy and painless. Some farms use a scoop to get rid of the horns which has a healing process of three weeks maximum. The bigger the animal is the longer it will take to …show more content…
The feedlot air is loaded with ammonia, methane and other chemicals that cows are forced to inhale. Calves are kept completely immobilized in tiny crates in the dark. Well, calves are kept separate from the other calves but only until they are four- five weeks old. They then get put into a pen of about four to six calves until they are moved to an even bigger pen outdoors. The only reason they are separated in the beginning is to stop the spread of sickness and diseases. Only one will get sick if there separate, but if they were together then there’s a chance of them all getting sick. They also have plenty of room to move around and are only kept in the dark at night for about eight hours. Farmers don’t cram their cows together either. The more animals in a pen the easier it would be for an animal to get sick or hurt. The pens aren’t filled with feces, because it is bad for their hoofs. Lastly, the barns are well ventilated; there are no harmful gases the animals have to inhale. Most barns have a ventilation system that maintains temperature controls depending on how hot or cold it is. If cattle were forced to inhale methane, then so would people when they walked into the barn, methane has the power to kill people, even blow up a building if there is enough built