Animal Slaughter Research Paper
“Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the air is to wrap your fingers around a knife handle.”, therefore, according to Foer, going with the norms and continuing to buy groceries and meat products from these factory farms is basically making a decision to support them without actually thinking that it is the right thing to do. We are responsible for not supporting humane factories and being willing to give up meat as well as factory farmed products. “Perhaps in the back of our minds we already understand, without all the science I've discussed, that something terribly wrong is happening. Our sustenance now comes from misery. We know that if someone
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However, in comparison to the typical supermarket products and the “humane” labeled products is that they differ in prices. This is where the problem erupts. These people who are making an effort in doing the “right thing” and making sure the products they consume are humane and come from humane farming are the ones who are being charged more. This is only because only 3.2 percent of the population follow a vegetarian-based diet and only 0.5 percent are vegan. Since being vegetarian and vegan is not really a norm their is less demand on humane products therefore making them more expensive. Also, since humane farms are smaller corporations the amount of people who actually consume their food is smaller in comparison to big factory farms who have their products in display through big well known supermarkets. This is also a reason in why small humane farms suffer when it comes to gaining money and another reason in why they are forced to raise their prices in order to be able to keep their farms operating and
However, in comparison to the typical supermarket products and the “humane” labeled products is that they differ in prices. This is where the problem erupts. These people who are making an effort in doing the “right thing” and making sure the products they consume are humane and come from humane farming are the ones who are being charged more. This is only because only 3.2 percent of the population follow a vegetarian-based diet and only 0.5 percent are vegan. Since being vegetarian and vegan is not really a norm their is less demand on humane products therefore making them more expensive. Also, since humane farms are smaller corporations the amount of people who actually consume their food is smaller in comparison to big factory farms who have their products in display through big well known supermarkets. This is also a reason in why small humane farms suffer when it comes to gaining money and another reason in why they are forced to raise their prices in order to be able to keep their farms operating and