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Philosophical and Moral Issues How many animals were killed in U.S. for food in 1999 ?
Commercial cattle slaughter during 1999 totaled 36.1 million head, up 2 percent from 1998. Dairy cows accounted for 7.3 percent of the total, and calves slaughtered totaled 1.28 million head, down 12 percent from a year ago. Commercial hog slaughter totaled 101.5 million head, up 1 percent from 1998. Commercial sheep and lamb slaughter totaled 3.70 million head, and was down 3 percent from 1998. Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas accounted for over 50 percent of the United States commercial red meat production in 1999. -- from USDA Livestock Slaughter Report, March 2000 In
1999, the total number of chickens slaughtered numbered approximately
8.3 billion. Of that number 8.1 billion were broilers and 175 million
were hens. 23 million ducks were slaughtered and 265 million turkeys. -- from USDA Poultry Slaughter Report, April 2000
Positive Diet Change Can and Should be Considered – Examples of Embracing Life Style Changes 150 years ago – Slavery was legal 100 years ago – Women could not vote 50 years ago – No clean air or clean water legislation 80 years ago – No laws against child abuse 50 years ago – No Civil Rights Act During the last 15 years, as people realized how cruel veal calves are treated, veal consumption dropped 65%. Philosophical Quotes: "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." Albert Einstein, Man of the Century, Nobel Laureate, 1879-1955 "To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. " Mohandas Gandhi, Man of the Century Runner-up, Statesman, 1869-1948 "Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace." Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Laureate, 1875-1965 "Yet saddest of all fates, surely, is to have lost that sense of the holiness of life altogether; that we commit the blasphemy of bringing thousands of lives to a cruel and terrifying death or of making those lives a living death -- and feel nothing." The Right Reverend John Austin Baker, Bishop of Salisbury England, commenting on the cruelty of modern animal agriculture. "You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity." Ralph Waldo Emerson "If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of pity and compassion, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men" St. Francis of Assisi This year alone, twenty million people worldwide will die as a result of malnutrition. One child dies of malnutrition every 2.3 seconds. One hundred million people could be adequately fed using the land freed if Americans reduced their intake of meat by a mere 10%. from Pulitzer Prize nominee John Robbins' book Diet for a New America People who come in contact with slaughterhouses cannot help but be affected by what they see and hear. Those living nearby must daily experience the screams of terror and anger of the animals led to slaughter. Those working inside must also see and participate in the crimes of mayhem and murder. Most who choose this line of work are not on the job for long. Of all occupations in the U.S., slaughterhouse worker has the highest turnover rate. It also has the highest rate of on-the-job injury. from Pulitzer Prize nominee John Robbins' book Diet for a New America
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