the reality of animal cruelty

When people think of the word “animal” they think of a living, breathing organism and never as something they just had for dinner. Many people fail to realize that the cruelty of animals is occurring in this moment and it is happening all over the world. The mistreatment of animals is entirely immoral. The definition of ethics is the study of ethical values and how they influence behavior. We live in a world run by ethics and the idea of wrong and right; this is why animal cruelty in today’s culture is so out of this world. The fact that animals are still viewed as manufactured goods rather then living, breathing organisms is morally in the wrong. Regrettably, our morals do not apply to animals. Though countless amounts of individuals state that they are against animal cruelty they still see animals as some type of food, entertainment, clothing, and research. These acts are unethical, animals are not ours to use. Why do people continue to commit these acts if they know it is unethical? A simple fact that humankind does know is that the meat we eat are animals but we do not know what goes on before the eating process. Every year, the food industry slaughters about 55 billion animals for consumers worldwide. A great deal of these animals are contained under extremely harsh conditions that leads to the death of many animals. In Slaughterhouses, animals are tortured to death. The animals endure horrendous suffering because the people are attempting to raise them and butcher them as swiftly as possible to remain at the same level of the demands. Animals such as cows, chickens, and pigs are often cramped to unbelievably small spaces and live in mistreatment and abandonment. They are often skinned, cut into pieces, burnt and/or drowned while still alive, as documented by numerous undercover investigations (Earthlings). Before the animals are killed for what the people want,