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REVOLUTION, REACTION, REFORM-- Is Factory-Farming a good way to mass-produce cat meat and supplies? Through laws and media, we can make people realize that animals are entitled to right right and fair treatment.   

**Research question:** Is Factory-Farming a good way to mass-produce meat and suplies?

**Thesis statement: **Through laws and media, we can make people realize that animals are entitled to rights and fair treatment.

__**MEMO 1:**__ Humans all over the globe have taken an unfair advantage upon the animals that supposedly came before our species. We exploit innocent animals every day for our fair gain, yet they ask for nothing in return. “Arson, property destruction, burglary, and theft are ‘acceptable crimes’ when used for the animal cause.” ( Pacheco) the CEO and co-founder of the **P **eople for the **E **thnical **T **reatment of **A **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">nimals or, simply known as, PETA organization states. Whether it's for food, sports, expanding our habitat, or beauty-supplies for women, we're abusing these animals the were placed here on Earth for a reason too. Peta " focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds, and other "pests" as well as cruelty to domesticated animals."(PETA.org). Large manufacturing companies who distribute food to chained fast-food restaurants like McDonalds and will drug animals with things like steroids, electrocute them, and simply beat them for no reason. There are also many other things animals can go through in these corrupted processes that happen behind closed curtains, but it's our job as an entire society to realize we need to give these animals gratitude that are sacrificed without a say, but we need to spread the word politically and socially. = = = __MEMO 2:__ = <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Date: April 9th, 2012 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">To: Mrs. Sidor <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">From: Givi G. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Subject: MEMO 2: For thousands of years, humans have been the dominant species respectfully above the animal kingdom, we use animals for sustinence, move them out of their natural habitats for our own shelter, along with destroying their natural habitats in order to meet the standars for our living. Yet, we mainly use animals for food now a day but we now inaproprietly use animals in mass producing animal factories for fast food companies to make meat for their menus. <span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';">"The legal and moral rights of animals is a topic that can arouse great passions, both pro and con. Traditionally, the law has conveyed no rights upon animals, but in the past two centuries more and more people have come to argue that animals do have moral rights and should have legal rights." (Hoeflich). We place animals that were using for our own benefit inside facilities called in which the environment's absurdly crude. "<span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A factory farm is a large-scale industrial operation that houses hundereds or thousands of food animals (such as chickens, turkeys, cows and pigs) in extremely cramped conditions and treats them as non-sentient economic commodities. These animals rarely, if ever, see the light of day and lead short lives full of pain and frustration. What's more, quality suffers for quantity: meat, eggs and dairy produced on factory farms are often of lower quality than the same products produced by animals raised in healthy environments." (ASPCA).

<span style="background-color: #e8e8e8; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Inside these factories, the farmers or individuals who tend the animals will hit, taze, and verbally abuse the animals to the point where they either bleed. Along with the abuse of the animals, their natural preservatives are basically poisoned with substances like steroids or hormones to make the animals grow at a unhealthy and rapid rate, which then goes into our bodies leading to hundreds of thousands of innocent humans becoming vaguely ill. "Use of topical estrogen, in the form of creams, sprays and gels, has surged since a major government study linked oral menopause drugs with a higher risk of heart attacks and cancer" (Parker-Pope)."Each year, U.S. farmers raise some 36 million beef cattle. 99% of all beef cattle entering feedlots in the United States are given **steroidal hormone implants** to promote faster growth." (Wayne). So along with this disrespect on animals that should have natural rights, especially if they are being sacrificed for dominant forces, we are also being tainted with un-naturally grown supplements that can possibly damage our body or lead to diseases or death in drastic measures. Animals are taken for granted because they are only seen as "slaughtering material for food". They may be for food, but we need to respect all creatures on Earth even if we use them for the circle of life.

= __MEMO 3__: =

<span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Date: April 13th, 2012

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">To: Mrs. Sidor

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">From: Givi G. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Subject: Memo 3: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px;">Animal rights movements have been a hot-to-trot topic since the mid 1800s due to the abuse of peoples beloved companions and the common welfare of animals around the world. Back then, animal rights weren't exactly the biggest scenario because there was civil war in America, slavery movements, and just bigger problems going on around the world. People didn't even realize any of the issues back then because we didn't have mass production food factories for fast food companies, cosmetics, and modernization had not taken place at all. People did not really treat animals terribly because they used them or food like chickens laying eggs, using horses to get around and dogs to heard sheep and cats to hunt barn rats.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">" Bills against animal cruelty were passed in England and several American states. In the mid-1800s the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed, and anti-vivisection (animal research) movements appeared."(DoItGreenMinnesota). Yet animal rights movement became significantly popular when author and philosopher Peter Singer made worldwide popularity of animal right rights movements with the writing of his book __ Animal Liberation __ in the late 1970s " The book quickly gathered international attention and inspired many people to lead cruelty-free lifestyles. The animal rights movement escalated in the U.S. during the 1980s as several high profile campaigns caught the attention of the media." (DoItGreenMinnesota). With the book being published and released, and then leading to the liberation of animal rights people really began to become active in helping to stop the fight in animal rights movements.

A big bang of organizations, movements, and acts began to root up in 1979 like the Animal Legal Defense Fund and PETA. "For more than three decades, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has been fighting to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. Founded in 1979 by attorneys active in shaping the emerging field of animal law, ALDF has blazed the trail for stronger enforcement of anti-cruelty laws and more humane treatment of animals in every corner of American life."(ALDF). People believed that these animals had a common right and as creatures of this Earth were entitled to some amount of respect as well. Organizations took adequite action to stop animal cruelty at any costs such as signing petitions and protesting publicly and trying to get the federal government to pass laws to stop animals from being tested for cosmetics and being abused before being food.

The past generations did not succeed at getting animal rights movements simply because people did not know of what was going on behind the curtains of animal production factories and people did not really care at all. The industrial revolution began so the most important thing going on were mass production factories on things. When the 1950s and the modern world began to came in place, make-up/ cosmetics and fast food began to rise up the social ladder of every day life. Mc'Donald's wasn't exactly up off it's feet and neither were most fast-food chains until the 1960s so people weren't aware of what companies began to do the animals in the major food factories.

The only reason why Animal Rights movements aren't 100% effective today is just because people really don't care that much about animals because they see animals as food and nothing else. Movements and organizations have successfully done a lot to get rid of the abuse today with their petitions, programs, and propaganda campaigns with celebrities in todays world that you can't live a single day in without seeing advertisements. This controversy stays so popular because it's not eliminated 100% globally and people really care about these animals and also care about what goes in their bodies when companies like Mc'Donald's abuse the animals bodies physically and ours as well when we go to buy their food. Animals are seen as under-evolved humans in scientific theory, and have been proven as intellegent enough species' behind the human race "Scientists studying dolphin behavior have suggested they could be the most intelligent creatures on Earth after humans, saying the size of their brains in relation to body size is larger than that of our closest relatives, the chimpanzees, and their behaviors suggest complex intelligence. One scientist said they should therefore be treated as "non-human persons" and granted rights as individuals." (Phys.org).

Date: Wednesday April 18, 2012 To: Mrs. Sidor From: Givi G. Subject: Memo 4: The solution to this controversy is quite simple, all we need to do is make sure that some significant power is aware of this, as though it were a health code for a restaurant being under inspection by the health department and let the animals be outside in fresher, less crowded conditions. It should have a well-constructed and maintainable rule be passed and expected every month or so to see that there are no traced of animal slaughter and abuse, and no hormones or unecessary preservatives added along with having major companies like whole foods or market district lower prices on organic produce or tell people adapt more farmers markets. We could even possibly make deals with big manufacturing like Mc' Donald's and make them have the healthier benefits added into our meat because they obviously have enough money. Every day that passes by, more companies are getting away with using cheap and quick ways to make a huge profit by poisoning the animals and our food "In an ideal world, there would be no need for Farm Sanctuary. There would be no factory farms or stockyards, and cows, pigs, chickens, and other farm animals would not be abused. They would be free to laze in the breeze, bathe in the sun, scratch at the earth, and enjoy life".(FarmSanctuary).
 * __MEMO 4:__**

My thesis helps get a point across that people are starting to come together and get the word across about animal abuse and making it a issue that everyone needs to know about. This being brought up makes people apauled at the behavior of every day people and shocked to know what they're doing to the food that goes into our bodies every single day, it's not acceptable and needs to come to a complete stop. This adresses the question well because if people find out all over the globe, then they become shocked and become activists or make organizations or just simply do something about this abuse on animals. The abuse of the animals and bad use of hormones, and extra addetives being in our food could easily come to a profound halt under the leading a government operated or funded law, and with the attention of major news networks like the Today show.

If the government is active and knows about what it's citizens are doing to other citizens and are shown the side-effects of what could happen to their bodies if they keep eating the food which has hormones in it, then they might be persuaded to make the factories stop "While federal law prohibits people from self-medicating with most steroids, administering these drugs to U.S. cattle is allowed." (Wayne). If the government does not accept the terms and conditions or ideas, then going to the media to show what they're doing to animals inside factories like the abuse, then acitivists and disgusted citizens could be appauled and then the people of the world could demand that the government makes the factory-farms change the ways of opperation, and we could also use a person whos become ill as a poster child to make people believe what happened to the. We could easily use every day propaganda to persuade the minds of every day Americans because every single place you go your brains stimulated by an advertisment, even if it's good or bad "Today, the word sounds ominous, conjuring up images of falsehood and manipulation, brainwashing and servility. It stands as the antithesis of objectivity, rationality, and truthfulness."(USHolocaustMeorialMuseum). It's like the techniques best selling fast food restaurants use, they plaster a product on a screen and make it look good, or get you on their side then reel you in to make you like the product.

The abuse of the Animals and the use of un-nuatural substances like hormones can be stopped by people like children being campaigned in a quote like this "Kids’ bodies are small and still developing, so exposure to even tiny amounts of the hormones in animal products on a regular basis can have a large impact. According to a report on hormones in meat and milk that appeared in The Los Angeles Times, “The amount of estradiol in two hamburgers eaten in one day by an 8-year-old boy could increase his total hormone levels by as much as 10 percent, based on conservative assumptions, because young children have very low natural hormone levels.” (Wayne) will make people get active and demand answers, making a solution. The inspections or health department of food idea I stated earlier can make it a reality as well because the FDA or inspection company would not pass the Factory-Farm. Then letting the factory be shut down because the steroid use would not be premitted because of what it does to the bodies of innocent customers, as if it were like the restaurant business.

With this recommendation, I think this would really help the world be a better place as an over-all "big picture". The health of innocent costumers can be clean and healthy, possibly creating more oppurtunities for new customers or more because of their benefits of health. The abuse on animals like the leg snapping, beating, tazing, and disrespect can stop completely, and though we may still be killing them, it's a sign of respect because the innocent animals are being sacrificed for out nourishment. The right thing to do is always show respect, with my reccomendation, potential organizations could grow making newer oppurtunities for people as well, like the PETA. Lastly, the people would be happier in the end because they know the food going into their bodies, or the bodies of their child, grandchild, wife, or more is safe, and not at risk of diseases.

Date: Wednesday April 18, 2012 To: Mrs. Sidor From: Givi G. Subject: Memo 5: Some groups that may object to my side big companies that distribute food like McDonald's because it is a quicker method and saves them abundant amounts of money. "<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: inherit;">In 1990, McDonald’s sued five British activists for libel, in what would turn out to be the longest trial in British history and a public relations disaster. McDonald’s sued the activists over a pamphlet titled “What’s Wrong with McDonald’s -- Everything They Don’t Want You to Know,” that they had allegedly published and distributed. The pamphlet contained numerous accusations about McDonald’s environmental destruction, animal cruelty, employee exploitation, and unhealthy food." (About.com). McDonald's did get recognition for some accusations like animal abuse, having no actual nutritional value in their food at all, and exploiting their employee's pay checks, but since they were not found guilty of most charges the case was later dismissed. A statement from PETA thouroughly describes McDonalds methods of production " All of McDonald's U. S. chicken suppliers usa a system called "electrical immobilization" to kill birds, which involves dumping birds out of transport crates and hanging them upside-down in metal shackles-often resulting in broken bones, extreme bruising, and hemorrhaging. The birds then have their throats cut while they are still conscious and are often immersed in tanks of scalding-hot water while they are still alice and able to feel pain" (PETA). They denied the animal abuse and use of hormones in their food but after investigation they were found guilty of this, yet the other fact that their food was researched and found radically unhealthy for children after being denying this as well. The methods of using hormones serve as a simple scape-goat to companies because " They help reduce the waiting time and the amount of feed eaten by an animal before slaughter in meat industries. In dairy cows, hormones can be used to increase milk production. Thus, hormones can increase the profitability of the meat and dairy industries." (CornellUniversity). This also saves the company money and gives them more money because they won't have to take the time to make organic or free range foods, and they can ship out their produce quickly and by the thousands. These methods are not safe for humans to consume because they're unsanitary and the conditions from hormones can damage our healthy and vital body tissues, and can give terminal diseases such as cancer. The cheap and easy way out is lazy, and is not the best way, the consumers/ customers should be the number one priority, and if the consumer or customer becomes ill, then who will buy your products and food? We need to have people making thorough and concise examinations of these animals to make sure that the food the customers are buying will be in the customers best interest. This will make the health, and even possibly the apparent obesity epidemic decline, and will provide a common and healthy regular customer at your establishment to come back and buy your food over and over.
 * __MEMO 5:__**

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 * __MEMO 6:__**

Date: Wednesday April 25, 2012

To: Mrs. Sidor

From: Givi G. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: inherit;">Other than just companies like McDonald's, every day people may strongly disagree that animals should have any rights at all. Ilana Mercer from WND writes "Forgive me if this is too (excuse the expression) catty a point to make, but isn’t that the case with creatures that have no capacity for conscious thought? Unlike human beings, animals are incapable of forming malicious intent – they simply act reflexively, in a stimulus-response manner." (Ilana Mercer). She disagrees that animals have any natural rights at all because they don't have the ability to capacitate or think like humans can, that they only act based on territorial reasons like attacking. She explains that they should have no natural rights under anything like the constitution because it states "We the People" as in; Humans, have natural rights not animals, who only kill. Dr. Tom Regan of the Culture & Animals Foundation explains " <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: inline ! important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: inherit;">The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, and exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that is of importance to them apart from their utility to us. They are not only in the world, they are aware of it. What happens to them matters to them. Each has a life that fares better or worse for the one whose life it is." ( Dr. Tom Regan). It is a planet Earth, not just centralized around one species, but all. It is what's morally right, even though we may use animals for food and kill them, that's completely different because its the natural order of things, but it doesn't mean we need to treat them poorly just because were about to eat them. I say we stop the abuse and make corporations or officials who can inspect the food for hormones or uncecessary preservatives and stop the animals from being abused by checking on their conditions and physical health to make sure we have honestly grown food. If we give these animals rights, it may not necessarily save them from being killed for meat produce, but it will shoo bourdons away from people who think about animals struggles every day, and make the full fight for animal rights a little less grueling. It will also eliminate companies from abusing their powers that most restaurants or food establishments should follow as well, making new opportunities for healthier lifestyles of people because there won't be as unhealthy food to eat. " Peter Singer states that the basic principle of equality does not require equal or identical // treatment //; it requires equal // consideration //. This is an important distinction when talking about animal rights. People often ask if animals should have rights, and quite simply, the answer is “Yes!” Animals surely deserve to live their lives free from suffering and exploitation" (PETA).


 * __MEMO 7:__**

Date: Wednesday April 29, 2012

To: Mrs. Sidor

From: Givi G. Families who are on tight budgets and or imporverished or under privileged families may object to my ideas because due to cost they cannot afford "organically" or "locally" grown food according to Juliannn Schaeffer from Todays Dietitian magazine "According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, higher production costs and a limited supply compared with demand are two factors that lead to the higher price of many organic products. Alas, this is the world in which we live, and most economists are predicting only rises in overall food prices the world over." (Schaeffer). Not only do families and people believe organically grown food is pricey, but that organically grown food shows "recent outbreaks of foodborne illness [|tied to organically grown sprouts]in Europe underscore that an organic label isn't exactly a free pass to health." (Hensley). It is through these kinds of small thing that people always do not necessarily do the proper research, that's why people thing there are not any affordable organic stores, and that there are outbreaks such as ecolie or pesticides on their meat. People also believe that animals that aren't given antibiotics are prone to illness or disease. Organic food could be a lot less pricey if costumers or less wealthy individuals and families would shop at farmers markets, instead of places at giant eagle or whole foods. Statistics from the Atlantic state "Non-organic farmers' market cantaloupe, cucumbers, lettuce, and peas were better buys than their supermarket counterparts. With the exception of eggs and potatoes, the other non-organic farmers' market items surveyed were between 10 and 20 percent more expensive. Conventional eggs were 43 percent more expensive and potatoes 58 percent more expensive—differences that Claro said were expected, given the economies of scale industrial-sized egg and potato producers enjoy." (Estabrook). However, it is true that people can pick up terminal diseases like cancer, but you can prevent things like pesticides by washing off the produce with water in the comfort of your own home. Once again, part of my solutions easy for this situation, we could create more farmers markets and tell more people about their affordability, and that may possibly reduce the price of their competitor monopolies such as whole foods, or giant eagle market districts. With affordability less fortunate families can have equal opportunities and have the ability to live a healthier lifestyle.


 * __MEMO 8:__**

Date: Wednesday April 30, 2012

To: Mrs. Sidor

From: Givi G. Animals are powerful, and yet in some cases, very vulnerable creatures of this planet and they are crucial parts of the natural order of things. Animals started on this planet hundreds of millions of year before the human races exsistence. We cannot take animals for grantide much like we have with all the natural resources on this planet. Factory farms are basically like animal interment camps, similar to that of World War II. They're brutally and fatally abused every single day, and their bodies literally can't take the stress or pressure from the drugs injected in them to morph their bodies to meet our needs. This is why animals need to be protected from things like factory farming because it is not right the way we are treating the animals, sure we may be eventually killing them, but that doesn't mean we need to take advantage of their bodies just because were about to kill them, we should be honoring them for their unwilling sacrifices. The world needs to stand up and make the animal rights movement for animal cruelty come to a profound halt. Mahatma Ghandi once said "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated."


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