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PRATISHTHA MAHOTSAV ASHADH 4-12 V.S. 2054 Youth Article: Animal Cruelty
... The baby pig had no way of crying out as
its stunned mother was led on the belt toward the slaughter knife, the knife that would extract the soul, for once and forever
Humans have always exploited animals. They have hunted them for food and sport and harnessed them for power and transportation. We humans have always crushed animal rights, whether we accept it or not. All organisms of the world enjoy equality of right to exist. All the beings are possessed of soul and aspire for happiness as we do.
In a fiction book, the poor animal escapes the 'slaughterhouse and finds its way back home. In real life, it wouldn't even stand a chance!
Animals are tyrannized in many ways. They are mostly killed for meat, game, furs, and experimentation.
by Alap Shah of cement. Pigs suffer deformed and damaged feet from these floors. Pigs become bored and unhappy, with no room to turn around. To this day, hog farmers cut off the pig's tail to prevent biting. And, like any other raised animal, they are shot and slaughtered. When the babies are born, they too are taken away, and the whole cycle starts again. What a wicked act of cruelty to slaughter mer cilessly the innocent er
Life-and-Death Of a Steer - Cattle are raised for their beef. They go under many painful operations that are unnecessary. Because castration makes animal fatter, most of the qualified beef comes from males that have had their testicles cut off early in life. Their horns are also removed to prevent hurting each other when they are rounded up. On the way to feedlots and slaughterhouses, the steers are crowded for days, without food or water, in overheated or unheated trucks. Of course, some will die on the way. Cattle are killed with a sharp and swift cut to the throat. Sometimes they are stunned first, then hoisted on the con veyer belt upside down by one leg. They twist in agony, and sometimes their pelvic bone breaks, or a leg is torn from the socket on their way to death.
1. Animals for food: It is the most common type of cruelty. Thousands of animals are killed each day just for their meat.
Assembly-Line Chicken? - About 98% of the eating chickens are raised in facto- ries owned by large corporations. They are debeaked, fed by machines, and crowded in cages in windowless buildings. They are then hung by their feet from a mechanical conveyer belt that moves them slowly to the butcher's knife.
Raising a Sausage Machine — Pigs are raised mainly for pork and sausage. They are confined in indoor pens, with the floors made
2. Gaming and Bloodsports: Every year there are games that play with the lives of thousands of innocent animals. Gaming has always been a popular sport in almost every country of the world.
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