The video “Meet Your Meat” was difficult for me to watch. There were parts of it that I just listened to and chose not to see because it was getting really visual with the slicing of the animals and the blood. The hardest parts for me to watch were the parts about the baby animals, like the baby pigs being tortured through teeth pulling, ear chopping, and castration. Yet it was an informative video to watch because although I have heard of unethical treatment of animals I haven’t been exposed to the cruelty of animals graphically, which sometimes have a larger impact than simply reading information, or hearing it. It was so devastating to see the aftermath of many animals after genetic manipulation and antibiotics. It was interesting because part of this video made me want to learn more about the meat industry and its processes, and another part of me made me not want to know because a lot of it was disturbing.
Since chicken is the only type of meat I really eat (besides seafood), this article was interesting for me to read. It made me aware of the terrible chicken factories and the processes that chickens go through to be made readily available for consumption. I realized how intelligent chickens really are and that more chicken is eaten than any other animal. After reading this article, it made me think that it was almost worst to eat chicken than red meats. I actually haven’t been eating chicken for a couple weeks now, (just to be more healthy in my diet), and after learning more about chickens, it might be easy for me to stick to meatless consumption for awhile. Although both the video and article were informative, I think they were both somewhat biased and completely concealed positive processes in the meat industry.
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