Meat (#3)

By: Ling Jie Gu

Throughout the passage the author mentions the life of a cow that is being processed in a cattle farm to be eaten as meat. This states that animals should somewhat be treated with respect and dignity, for what they go through.

 

However, the issue becomes more vague when animal rights activists argue that animals should not be eaten. In reality, they trod upon dead animals and organisms every minute of their waking life. They seem to stand for the rights of all animals, yet they sometimes loom over the wood in their house, which comes form dead trees and which took some real slaying of an animal’s natural habitat in order to be there. They say they stand up for the rights of animals, yet they don’t understand that somehow they tread upon animals themselves.

 

Some argue that animals should not be subjected to pain and suffering when they die, especially when they help human beings. That may have a good cause to think about, since we do no harm to our allies. Animals are always our allies if we think about it. They never try to harm humans purposefully. However, one may argue that intelligence plays a big role on deciding whether an animal should be treated more ethically or not so. For instance, people are more concerned about the need of dolphins slaughtered on the coasts of Japan rather than the hundreds of millions of flies which are being swatted. That I can comprehend. The piece merely states the troubled life of a cow which has to go through a very processed, almost scant life. Do the animals really care? Are people the ones who feel that the animals are suffering? I understand the face that animals definitely have feelings for us and that they are their own beings. I think that animals, if relevant to your life, should be saved… If not, what about the starving kids in Africa? What about other causes? I guess animals rights is an interesting issue.