Posted on Dec 16, 2023
We raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat them
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I enjoy eating meat and will continue...but also believe that American livestock should be treated better before slaughter.
We raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat them
Posted from vox.com
Farming
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Waste
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Cattle deaths on a ranch are not unheard of. My daughter-in-law and her husband lose a few every year but work hard to prevent it. Anything that lives can die. Disease, accident, weather, predators, starvation, name it. I have seen cattle freeze to death on their feet. one does the best they can.
And yes, the slaughter house is not a nice place.
And yes, the slaughter house is not a nice place.
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LTC Eugene Chu
Good points…I wish your family the best with the challenges of cattle ranching. Some pigs and chickens are crammed into facilities similar to cargo. Spacious coops and pigpens are becoming more uncommon.
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MAJ Tex Hall
LTC Eugene Chu - I find it hard to fathom how hog farmers manage to make a profit. Feed costs are very high, restrictions on antibiotic uses contribute to more deatsh, and the disinformation and outright lies about farrowing cages causes more significant losses in the piglets. Vox is another of those self-righteous slanted outlets that use what they want to in order to sell their ideas on things. The source and the headline of this "journalistic" article should tell you all you need to know to confirm it's a garbage story.
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."Researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands found that in 2019, 18 billion of the 75 billion pigs, chickens, turkeys, cows, goats, and sheep raised for food around the world were never eaten. The study counted animals wasted at any point in the supply chain: those who died prematurely on the farm or on the way to the slaughterhouse; wasted in processing; and by restaurants, grocers, and consumers. (The study, however, did not include wasted seafood, which would likely account for hundreds of billions of fish and shrimp.)"...
..."Researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands found that in 2019, 18 billion of the 75 billion pigs, chickens, turkeys, cows, goats, and sheep raised for food around the world were never eaten. The study counted animals wasted at any point in the supply chain: those who died prematurely on the farm or on the way to the slaughterhouse; wasted in processing; and by restaurants, grocers, and consumers. (The study, however, did not include wasted seafood, which would likely account for hundreds of billions of fish and shrimp.)"...
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