The Enslavement of Billions: The Effects of a Factory Farm

Fueled America

Sarah Woeppel

BEFORE WE BEGIN

1.FACTORY FARMING

system of raising livestock in strict and confined conditions

3. ANTHROPOCENTRISMa human-centered way of

thinking

2. SENTIENCEthe ability to feel, perceive or experience

WHAT IS FACTORY FARMING?❖ Concentrated Animal

Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

❖ Started in early 1970’s ❖ Less space for the

animals=Less costs for industries

❖ Increased the production of animal byproducts

MY STANCE

The US should increase legislation for factory farming corporations to protect farm

animals, the environment and the health of Americans.

Those Affected by CAFOs:

& YouThe

Animals

TheEarth

IMPORTANCE

220,000,000,000gallons of animal waste are dumped by factory farms onto farmland and into waterways every year

99%of all farm animals in the US are housed in CAFOs

10,153,000,000land animals were killed for consumption in 2011 by the US

“The nation that destroys its own soils destroys itself.”

-Franklin D. Roosevelt 1937

THE EARTH

Water ○Depletion of freshwater

○80% of water use in US is used for agriculture

Emissions○CAFOs are the main producers of methane gas

○Irreversible damage to atmosphere

EFFECTS ON THE EARTH

The USDA needs to improve regulations on the emissions of factory farms to protect the atmosphere.

THE ANIMALS

THE ANIMALS

THE ANIMALS

Chickens, Pigs, and Cows:○Body mutilations and hormones○Confinement and neglect○A life of misery and torment

“The question is not Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?”-Jeremy Bentham

CHICKENS

PIGS

DAIRY COWS

& YOU○Factory farmed foods are loaded with antibiotics and hormones

○Excessive use of antibiotics on animals can create an antibiotic-resistant bacteria

○E. coli, Mad Cow Disease, and Salmonella

THE EFFECTS OF HORMONES

Hormones are not only unnatural to animals, but when consumed they can have negative effects on the human body.

WHAT ABOUT EFFICIENCY?

○Ethics over Economics

○The risk of permanent damage to the environment trumps efficiency

○Do something NOW or pay for it later

CONCLUSION○Stricter regulations on factory farms protect the environment, farm animals and human health

○Factory Farms have already damaged so much, and unnecessary cruelty CANNOT persist

○The USDA has to institute new laws on factory farms and enforce them to properly govern the agriculture industry

THANKS!

Any questions?You can find me at:

sarah.woeppel@students.nisd.net

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