Title Slide
“A Closer Look at Factory Farmed
Animals”
Jillian Finley
April 7, 2011
Title slide
Image 1 (Introduction)
Introduction
Images 1-2
(Image fade in)Imagine living in a
cage for your whole life ever
since you were born. Not able to
move around or even stand. You
are not by yourself in the cage
and it is so overcrowded that it
makes it hard to even sit. You are
injected with hormones so you
will grow faster but your body
becomes so heavy that your legs
cannot sustain your weight. You
live day by day hoping that one
(PETA, 2011)
day you will be able to experience
the outside world. You endure
cruel treatments without pain
medicines but you still are living
compared to some of the others
who were beaten to death. Little
do you know the only time you
ever get to experience the
outside world is while being
transported to the slaughter
house. (image 1 fade out)
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(image 2 fade in) Many people
are unaware of the environment
that farm animals used for food
go through every day. These
animals include pigs, chickens,
cows, turkeys, calves, ducks and
many more; all living in extremely
stressful conditions
(PETA).Billions of animals die
every year so that people can eat,
and this number is going to
continue to rise if something is
not done. I would like to show
you what these animals have to
go through and maybe it will
make people realize that animal
cruelty in the farming industry is
not a myth.(image 2 fade out)
Body (Content)
Images 3-12
(Va Veg)
Image 3
(image 3 fade in) On today’s factory
farms, thousand of animals are
crammed into small filthy crates, and
other cruel confinement systems
(peta). These animals will never be
able to have families, free range, or
do anything that is in the nature of
doing. Most won’t ever be able to
see the green grass or blue skies, or
even feel the grass beneath their
feet. Those that do are usually on
their way to the slaughter house.
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According to PETA, “The factory
farming industry strives to maximize
output while minimizing costs—
always at the animals' expense.” This
means that these companies make
more money by cramming these
animals into small crates even if it
may cause them harm or even
death. Factory farming animals go
through so much pain and suffering
but to the company all that matters
(Va Veg)
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is that they get to the slaughter
house alive; even if this means that
the animal has cancer or a disease.
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In the U.S more than 42 million cows
die every year in the meat and dairy
industry. Cows are very gentle and
have many personalities. They like
to stay together and they form
relationships. Peta states that cows
are very intelligent and can
remember things for a long time.
When these cows are very young
they are branded, horns cut or
burned off, and castrated without
any pain killers.(Image 5 fades out,
image 6 fades in) Many female
cows are sent to dairy farms where
they are repeatedly impregnated
until they can’t anymore and then
they are sent to the slaughter
houses. Just like humans, cows
develop maternal bonds with their
calves and often the mothers cry for
days when they are separated from
their babies. (Image 6 fades out)
(Image 7 fade in)
Cattle raised for food go through
many horrible things while alive.
Cows are usually fed an unnatural
diet so that they will fatten up and
this can cause chronic stomach
problems. The stomach can become
so bloated that it can impair
(Va Veg)
Image 5
(PETA)
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breathing. The diet they are fed can
cause fatal liver abscesses in as
many of 32% of cows. They are
injected with many antibiotics so
that they grow faster and to keep
them alive through the horrible
conditions. If the cow is sick, instead
of taking them to the vet they are
injected with higher doses of
antibiotics just long enough until
they reach the slaughterhouse.
(image 7 fade out)
(PETA)
Image 7
(Embar, 2008)
(Fade in image 8) Chickens are the
most abused animals on the planet.
More than 8 billion chickens are
killed every year in the United
States. Ninety-nine percent of those
chickens live in confinement their
whole life, from the moment they
hatched out of their egg. (fade out
image 8 and fade in image 9)
(fading in image 9)There living
conditions are horrible and they are
crammed into sheds with sometimes
up to 20,000 other chickens
according to Vermont Veg. This
tends to lead to outbreaks of
diseases and frustration from the
other chickens which can cause
death to other chickens. (Fade out
image 9 and fade in image 10)
Image 8
(Embar, 2008)
Image 9
Breeders usually end up cutting off
large chunks of their beaks without
painkillers so that they can’t peck at
each other. Most chickens end up
becoming crippled by 6 weeks of
living because their legs cannot
support their body weight. This
happens because of all the
hormones injected into them. (Fade
out image 10)
(Va Veg)
Image 10
(Kinship Circle, 2007)
(Fade in image 11) If you think all
of these conditions are terrible,
well it only gets worse when
being at the slaughter house. The
Humane Slaughter Law states
that animals should be
unconscious or killed before
Image 11
bleeding or scalding, but in many
cases these animals are still very
conscious.(Image 11 fadeout,
image 12 fade in) Animals are
supposed to be stunned so that
they don’t feel pain but the
workers are poorly trained and
the animals can still feel
everything. Cows sometimes live (Kinship Circle, 2008)
up to 7 minutes after having their Image 12
throats cuts, and chickens are still
conscious when having there
throat cuts but some are missed
and dunked into scalding hot
water. The USDA documented 14
humane-slaughter violations at
one processing plant, where
inspectors found hogs that "were
walking and squealing after being
stunned as many as four times!
(Image 12 fade out)
Conclusion (Images 13-17)
(Flickr)
Image 13
(fade in image 13)If what I have
told you so far doesn’t change
your mind on eating meat then
think of what eating meat can do
to your health. All factory farmed
animals are injected with some
sort of hormone to increase their
growth which results in diseases,
organ failure, and death. By
consuming the animals you are
also consuming hormones and I
believe this can affect your health
greatly. (Fade out image 13, fade
in image 14)
(image 14 fading in) Animal
cruelty is not okay and there
needs to be more people
(Spain)
Image 14
regulating to make sure that
animals are not suffering and that
they are being treated humanely.
You can make a difference just by
giving up meat or even by
reducing the amount of meat you
consume in a day. In our country
today over consumption of meat
is increasing and this is making a
higher demand of animals
needing to be slaughtered. (Fade
out image 14, fade in image 15)
(Fading in image 15) Many
people become vegetarian
because of all the horrible
conditions those animals have to
go through. Together we can help
and save millions of animals’ lives
by not eating factory farmed
animals. And maybe one day
(2009)
farm animals will not have to
Image 15
suffer anymore. (Fade out image
15, fade in image 16)
(Fading in image 16) I would like
to thank you for viewing my
slideshow today and hopefully
together we can make a
difference. (Fade out image
16,fade in image 17) For more
information on this subject and
how to help please visit
www.aspca.org.
(Fade out image 17)
Image 16
(Missfeline)
Image 17
(Carpio)
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