Animal Cruelty

Animal Cruelty
            Animal Cruelty, which still prevails in our sophisticated society, is definitely a very serious issue of the present world. There exist multiple reasons for animal abuse or cruelty. Some of these include animal experimentation, factory farming, fur trading, hunting and use of animals for entertainment (Rockett). Some cruelty acts are termed as active cruelty in which a person deliberately hurts an animal. This is the most intense degree of animal cruelty which needs to be taken seriously at the governmental level. Other acts are passive acts in which animals are left ignored due to the very absence of proper care which may harm the animal seriously, such as, starving the animal. Here, we will discuss an active act of cruelty- abuse with dairy cows in factory farming.
            For a dairy cow to be able to produce milk, she must give birth frequently. In today’s farming industry, the dairy cows are forcefully made pregnant by artificial insemination so that they are able to give birth to calves every year. The pregnancy duration for a cow is the same as humans, that is, nine month. Thus, giving birth every year is a very tedious job for a cow. Even after birth while the lactation is going on, insemination is done and cows are again made pregnant for the reason that they may be able to carry out producing milk and never stop. Moreover, now with the use of technological means, cows are made to produce milk much more than they can naturally. This keeps their bodies under constant stress and tension which can bring hazardous problems to their health. They are kept in “windowless sheds, wire cages, gestation crates, and other confinement systems” (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).Feeding them high energy diet, so that they can produce copious quantity of milk, causes “metabolic disorders including ketosis, which can be fatal, and laminitis, which causes lameness” (Factory Dairy Production). Mastitis, Bovine Leukemia Virus and Johne’s disease are getting commoner in cattle day by day. When the production of milk is greater than the quantity of calcium made in the cows’ body, it causes calcium deficiency. Furthermore, these cows are also slaughtered for human consumption just after very few years of their lives when they can live longer in natural conditions. Newly born calves are also abused. Male calves are beaten and forcibly drawn toward slaughter houses while female calves are supposed to replace the older cows. Male calves are slaughtered also for veal production for which purpose they are kept in very small cages where they are not even able to move or turn their heads or sit down. They are fed with milk substitute that does not contain iron content so as to make them anemic which will bring light color to the veal. It is important to state here that there is almost no legal protection or legislation that should save the dairy cows from abusive acts inflicted upon their bodies. There is no law to stop their aggressive slaughter, their travel in all unsuitable weathers and the selfish diet given to them. Nobody cares as long as they are getting milk and meat. It is all about maximizing the production while minimizing the input cost and effort. How shameful!
            To sum up, animal cruelty in all cases, no matter what the reason, is a disgraceful act which should be taken seriously at all levels of humanity. Factory farming poses great threats to the welfare of animals. The European Union has also recognized that animals do feel pain and pleasure. They do undergo stress and distress. They can weep. So, dear audience, let’s join our hands together to promise that we will work together to save these animals from cruelty and abuse. Animals who feed us need to be fed. They need to be listened. What we need? We need to make mutual efforts and protect them.
Works Cited
Factory Dairy Production. “The Welfare of Cattle on Dairy Production.” FactoryFarming.com, June 2005. Web. 28 Jan. 2019. <http://farmsanctuary.org/issues/factoryfarming/dairy.htm>.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. “Cruelty to Animals: Mechanized Madness.” Goveg.com, 2008. Web. 28 Jan. 2019.

Rockett, Rikki. AnimalCruelty.com. Education Project by LCA, 2009. Web. 28 Jan. 2019. <http://www.animalcruelty.com/acfastfacts.html>.

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