A. Imagine that, when eating at a restaurant, you read menu entrees like "fried human legs" and "human baby parmesan."
</span><span>B. According to the Animal Protection Institute, in the U.S. alone, every year 41.8 million beef cattle, 115 million pigs, and 8.785 billion chickens are slaughtered for human consumption. The animals endure much more. 1. Beef cattle called "downers" are prodded or dragged to the slaughterhouse or left without food or water to die. 2. Pigs are stunned, they are hung upside down before their throats are cut, and then they bleed to death. If missed, they go to the scalding tank where they may be boiled alive. 3. Crowed pens; chickens peck each other to death. Instead of providing space, farmers "debeak" them by cutting off their upper beak with a hot blade. 4. I would like to show you some photos taken inside a slaughterhouse. [If animal cruelty is not enough to change your mind, then maybe your own health concerns will make a difference.]
