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Hackney Rhetoric 16 September 2013 Statement of Scope for the Annotated Bibliography Blood covers the floor of the factory while the animals are being fed contaminated food in their cramped cages. All that can be heard are the cries of the thousands of animals that are either uncomfortable or in pain. The animals in slaughterhouses are not seen as beautiful living creatures, they are seen as an object to harvest for product. There is no limit to what will be done to the animals in order to gain the most profit. While some believe the way we harvest livestock for meat is acceptable, in actuality slaughterhouses are extremely cruel places for animals. This essay will explore the way animals are treated in meat factories today. It will touch on how the well being of the animals is put aside and the demand of product is put first. Companies worry more about the profit they can make and not the lifestyle of the animals they own. The animals are in such distressed states that if those consuming the meat knew how the animal lived they would be deeply disturbed. The disgusting factory setting results in low prices for meat and that is why it continues to prosper. The awful conditions the animals are put under can in turn cause the consumers to become sick. This selected bibliography includes the horrible ways that slaughterhouses are caring for their livestock. The pain that the animals go through is not taken into consideration. At times the animals go under surgical procedures and do not receive any form of anesthetic. They are also sometimes carried around by one of their legs to other parts of the slaughterhouse. These creatures are fed food that is contaminated with bacteria and can possibly be ground up remains

Klouda 2 of their same species. The health of these animals is not a worry of those who own them and if one gets sick they still may be used for meat if they are not just put to death.

Annotated Bibliography Bauston, Gene. "Diseased animals are being marketed for food." USA Today 1 03 2002: n. pag. eLibrary. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. Bauston begins by discussing how the economic state of the livestock company has taken precedence over the well being of the animals themselves. The article gives striking imagery of cattle being thrown and dragged about before being killed and used for meat. Bauston then speaks of some animals catching diseases and the faculty doing nothing about it and still selling the meat to buyers. - - -. "For a mouthful of flesh." The Animals' Agenda 1 Jan. 1998: 22. eLibrary. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. In this Magazine article Bauston states how the animals used for food are referred to as "units of production". These creatures have to deal with genetic manipulation, overcrowding, and intense confinement. In most cases the animals are denied wholesome foods and instead are fed things like garbage, manure, and ground up remains of other animals. Bauston provides the point that the industries only care about the profit from their product and not the constant mutilations the animals get or the awful shelter and veterinary care they are given. Motavali, Jim, and Tracey C. Rembert. "The trouble with meat." E Magazine 15 05 1998: n. pag. eLibrary. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. Motavali and Rembert bring up the startling fact that some meat that was bought from a big company ended up having the bacteria E. coli in it. This bacteria makes humans extremely sick and is very dangerous. Motavali and Rembert

Klouda 3 argue that the E.coli was brought on by the horrible living conditions that the animals were living in which consisted of dirty water and contaminated food. Nierenberg, Danielle. "Factory farming in the developing world: In some critical respects, this is not progress at all." World Watch 1 05 2003: 10. eLibrary. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. In this article Nierenberg starts off by speaking of a family owned farm that treats animals very kindly. She then goes on to speak of the new factory method of raising animals which is becoming widely used. Nierenberg details the horrible cruel ways the animals are treated when they are seen as just meat and not living creatures. Vassal, Anne. "How safe is our meat?" Mother Earth News 10 12 1996: n. pag. eLibrary. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. Vassal speaks of how the lives of the animals are turned into nothing more than a time to grow to be harvested. She reveals that the chickens live in cramped windowless rooms for their entire lives, and that the cows are now artificially inseminated because the bulls are castrated and dehorned after birth. Vassal goes on to release information on how the cattle are injected with steroids in order to increase growth for more meat harvesting. The animals are not seen as living creatures in these places but as objects to use for product.