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Finally, in addition to inhumane conditions and pollution, factory farms give rise to monopolistic trusts. According to the Natural Resource Defense Council, the ten largest companies produce more than 90 percent of the nation's poultry. Clearly, this is monopolistic economic rule
Factory Farming is also a huge source of pollution. For example: According to (http://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/
"Huge open-air waste lagoons, often as big as several football fields, are prone to leaks and spills. In 1995 an eight-acre hog-waste lagoon in North Carolina burst, spilling 25 million gallons of manure into the New River. The spill killed about 10 million fish and closed 364,000 acres of coastal wetlands to shellfishing."
Again, I disagree. Enough food is produced globally to support the entire population; it simply is not distributed equally. "The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day according to the most recent estimate that we could find.(FAO 2002, p.9). The principal problem is that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food." (http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/
I disagree. The law of supply and demand means that the more product is put on the market, the less the product is worth. Factory Farming gluts the market, lowering prices. In addition, America already produces enough food to supports its needs; it simply isn't distributed equallyl.
Here's another example of cruelty within the industry of factory farming: "In one notorious case of extraordinary cruelty at Ward Egg Ranch in February 2003 in San Diego County, California, more than 15,000 spent laying hens were tossed alive into a wood-chipping machine to dispose of them." (http://www.farmsanctuary.org/issues/
In addition to inhumane condition, "almost 50% of all antibiotics are administered to farm animals." (http://www.idausa.org/facts/
True, prices might go up. But factory farming has actually led to overproduction. If farming reverted to humane practices it would not only benefit animals, it would give more agricultural workers jobs. Besides... If farmers were able to survive in the past than they can certainly survive by using those same methods today.
Since the 1920's factory farming has been a large component of American industry. Among the various animals that are subjected to this treatment are layer chickens. Here are some of cruelty that these animals are subjected too:
5 to 8 birds in a 14 square inch cage
Beaks are seared off at birth
Newborn males are separated out and suffocated with trash bags
In summary, factory farming is both cruel and unnatural. It is villanous and should be banned. (http://www.idausa.org/facts/
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