Animal Rights, And The Tragedies Of Factory Farming

Animal Rights, and the Tragedies of Factory Farming Animals, like humans, experience both pleasure and pain. To deny this would be like denying they breath the same air that we do. Yet every day animals are being murdered inhumanly and violently at slaughterhouses throughout the country. Factory Farming has become the dominant method of raising meat in America. It is not only cruel and inhumane, but it is also environmentally destructive, and has been linked to spreading illness and disease. We are all moral managers in our own right, therefore have a moral obligation to do something to reduce the impact do make not for today, but for the tomorrows that come. However, we do not; in fact, we continue this vicious cycle of pain and suffering. We drive a certain pleasure from eating this meat. How can we justify these actions? Do animals not have a right to freedom? Do they not deserve equal consideration? 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