Stephanie Cruz
Cecilia Rojas
Abdulrahman Alsulami
English 113B
May 9, 2014
Annotated
Bibliography
"Animals in Print." The
On-line Newsletters. Mary T. And Frank L. Hoffman Family Foundation, 26 Feb.
2013. Web. 4 May 2014.
Schippers
artificial insemination is a process that does the work for a male pig.
Artificial insemination is a tube infested with semen which is inserted into
the female pig’s behind, this is done without any pain killers. The process
makes the reproductive system more effective and rapid way to procreate
piglets. By doing such pigs create more pig-meat and more bacon. Artificial
insemination stays in the female pig and is passed on to her piglets and those
piglets are consumed by people which mean that this artificial insemination
ends up in the humans system. This might not be an issue yet, but perhaps it
could cause a health issue in later years.
"Disturbing Facts on Factory
Farming & Food Safety." Disturbing Facts on Factory Farming & Food
Safety. Organic Consumers Association, n.d. Web. 01 May 2014.
In this website, you
can be able to find ways to become an organic consumer. This campaign focuses
on health, justice, and sustainability. Not only does this website informs us
on taking steps to become an organic consumer, but links us to different sources
of involvement of organizations and businesses with similar interest. There is
a section in the website that gives us information, facts, data on Factory
Farming and Food Safety. One can find more information to relating issues for
example; Animal Welfare, Economics, Antibiotics and the Public Health and etc.
"E6 Cattle Co."
Http://www.mercyforanimals.org/calves/. Undercover Investigations: Exposing
Animal Abuse, 2011. Web. 01 May 2014.
This is video created by an organization
called Mercy for animals. One task of theirs is to go undercover and reveal
what happens to farm animals behind closed doors. They have a variety of videos
exposing the truth of different animals living in different factory farms
across the United States. In this particular video an agent went undercover for
about 2 week in E6 Cattle Co. in Hart, Texas. Hidden cameras revealed beaten
calves, workers hammering and pickaxes calves skills, drown calves head,
budding horns without painkillers and etc. There undercover agents continue to
reveal the truth of discreet factory farm owners. This coincides well with my
research, focusing on dairy cows and the treatment many are not fully aware of.
"Factory Farming." Dairy
Cows on a Factory Farm. MSPCA Angell, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2014.
This Website focuses on resources the
kindness and care for animals through their programs and resources they spread
awareness of situations going on. For example, they have information on cruelty
prevention animal, animal protection and legislation and so on. Focusing on
Animal protection and legislation tab, they have more information of Animal
Welfare. One of their sections is about Factory Farming and that it what I
focused on. In this section they give a summary of the life of a dairy baby
calf to the dairy cow on the farm and finally the last days when it is killed
in a slaughterhouse. It also gives you a portion of statistics and ways to help
these dairy cows in need. This ties well into my blog because I go into debt
with the lives of dairy cows in a Factory Farm.
"Factory Farming and the
Environment." Farm Sanctuary. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014.
In this websites, you can find different
information on factory farming. This website provides us with information of
factory farms associating with chickens, pigs, cows’ wool, and goats and so on.
They also prove us with information of factory farming affecting the environment
human health and rural communities. If anyone is interesting for more
information regarding factory farming, this website would be useful and
informative.
"Factory Farm Map." Factory
Farm Map. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014.
This website focuses on factory farms. It indicated the level of factory
farms found all across the nation raising different farm animals for example;
cattle, dairy cows ,hogs, broilers, and layers. This website also provides us
with charts and graphs. This websites also provides us with facts on factory
farming within the United States.
"Farm Sanctuary." Farm
Sanctuary. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014.
Farm Sanctuary focuses on education, rescue,
and advocacy on ongoing issues with factory farms and inhumane treatment of
animals. If you have an interest in learning more about the mistreatment of
factory farms, this website will work into your advantage. This website not only focuses on cows, but
chickens, pigs, turkeys, sheep’s, and goats. They have a wide variety of
information of these animals living in factory farms. We will discover
statistics of the use of cows in factory farms. In 2008 there was an
approximately 9.3 million cows used for milk production and in 2010 34.2
million cattle slaughtered in the United States. If you have greater interest
learning about inhumane treatments, this website would be helpful.
Karain, Reed. “Virus Kills Millions
of American Pigs, Pushing up Pork Prices.” National Geographic: Daily News 1
May 2014. Web. 4 May 2014.
An article published by national
geographic: daily news published information about a virus that has killed
about 7 million American pigs. This virus is caused through the manure pigs
release on a daily bases. As the virus continues to spread through the hog
herd, our population of pigs will continue to decrease. As a result of this
deprivation our pork meat be more expensive in the market and this will affect
the consumer’s pocket. The only reasonable solution to stop the virus will be
to stop cramming pigs in containments and let them run around in the open field
like a happy pig should live.
“Legal Protections for Farm
Animals.” ASPCA. 20 March 2014.
Animal
protection is always a concern and important. This website gives useful
information on the fact. It is observed
that animals especially the poultry are not much protected under the government
and state laws when they are at farms even in the US. However the laws are
formulated and implemented which provide protection to the poultry animals when
they are transferred from one place to another as well as during slaughtering.
I believe ASPCA provides insight to the animal’s protection laws and
regulations, and their importance. It is useful for writing my paper as the
guideline.
“Pigs: Animal Welfare Institute.” Web
log post. AWI, n.d. Web. Mar. 2014.
The Animal Welfare Institute points out the issue of
pigs being kept inside barren and cages of limited space. Also the difference in male pigs and pregnant
sows they are separated because male pigs are over grown for slaughter and sows
are confining to bear piglets and increase the mass production of corporations.
Furthermore, the sows do not have the ability to roam around or have physical
interactions with their piglets and if they do it is limited. This is living
proof that farmers don’t have any consideration for pregnant sows nor these
piglets.
“Pig Cruelty: Undercover at
Smithfield Foods (graphic images)”. Perf. The Humane Society of the United
States. N. d. Youtube.
The documented filmed by The Humane
Society of the United States demonstrates pig mistreatment and cruelty
performed in factory farms. The documentation reveals an insight of the conditions
have these pigs bleeding, chewing the metal, and wounded. Smithfield food is
the owner of these factories and Smithfield is also the greatest branch that
produces the most meat. This
documentation helps reveal the circumstances pigs and other farm animals are in
a daily bases and brings concern to the consumer who watch’s this unpleasant
documentation.
“Pigs on Factory Farms.” Web log
post- ASPCA, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.
The ASPCA (American Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) research of pigs in factory farms
points out the danger and injustice towards pigs. ASPCA gives the “quick facts”
about the purpose of pigs, “both male and female pigs are raised for food”, “
pigs can live up to 15 years, but most of those raised on factory farms are
slaughtered at just six months,” “pigs are very intelligent-as smart as or
smarter than most dogs!” regardless of their intelligence pigs are still expose
to slaughtered and cruelty. Mother pigs (sows) are to reproduce pigs for
several years and when they are too old they are slaughtered and their piglets
are removed from their side. Pig’s tails are cut off without painkillers.
Rice, Matt. "Mercy for
Animals." One Green Planet (2014): 1-1.
Mr. Rice Matt was the investigation
team head when they researched and found the causes for renowned Burger King
Brutality with animals. He worked to make realize the people that animals are
also living beings so they deserve mercy. It is inhumane to treat animals in a
harsh and unkind ways. They researched on various dairies and found that there
were actually a great number of such dairies which had not treating the animals
in a just way. Factory farming industry is the basic element in it.
Additionally, they use fair and unfair means to hide their illegal and unfair
behaviors with the animals and try their best to hide it all from the public
access. It helped me to understand a scenario of unjust and cruelty with the
animals.
Sherman, Erik. "Wisconsin Dairy
Workers Charged with Animal Bruelty." AOL Jobs (2014): 1-1. Mar. 2014.
It is useful information to show
the inappropriate behavior with the animals. Mercy for Animal rerecords a video
in last December. In the video, we can see that the Wiese Brothers Farm is the
biggest farm in the state. There were cows being mistreated. We can see that an
alive cow was dragging by a tractor badly and men were kicking whipping and
injuring them.
According to professor of Colorado
State University, this action is called
"severe animal abuse". Consequently the second largest farm Nestlé's
and foremost farm cutie with the Wiese due to this mistreatment. Wisconsin Farm
Bureau Federation said these treatments with animals are disgusting there is no
place for such behavior at farm. It is very true that the employees at the
farms should require learning Creature Treatment rule to supervise the care of
an animal and take care when a cow falls. It is important especially when the
cow can’t stand up again.
Silver, Alexandra. "A Legal
Assault on Animal Abuse Whistle Blowers?" Time (2011): 1-1. Mar. 2014.
We had seen two different laws for
that person who showed cruelty to animals.
In 2009, Phil Nile trapped when he was hitting a cow on the head and the
Group Mercy for animals informed about him. He was punished for $555 and not
permitted to deal in animal for a year. On the other side, Agriculture
committee passed a new bill. It said that if a person who would strike a cow on
the head will be punished, but who record violation of animal in any way could
be punished to pay 1000$.(If anyone want to capture video, audio recording
without the permission of the owner it will be illegal.)
Despite the clause of that bill,
ban on cameras will not ensure about the food safety. Secret videos in some
places were also exposed the unhygienic condition of agriculture. I believe it
helped me to know more about my topic of the paper. I analyzed the facts in an
effective way.
Szabo, Liz. “Community-spread MRSA Infections Related to Pig Manure.” USA Today, 16 Sept. 2013. Web. 4 May 2014.
Recent studies have examined that pig manure affects and infects humans near and away from farms. Pig manure is releasing bacteria called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus auseus, also known as MRSA. According to the study “more Americans were infected with MRSA in the community than in the hospital…” factory farms are the major causes of these bacteria because farmers dispose pig’s waste in American water and the water runs off to our rivers and contaminates our drinking water. The bacteria do not only affect the pig, or humans but the environment as well.
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