Have you ever considered the life of?

Have you ever considered the life of?

a cow in the food chain? They are kept in deplorable conditions, fed diets of foods not natural to their diet, given growth hormones, steroids and antibiotics until they are fat enough to be slaughtered. After butchering the meat, the skins are sent out to factories to be turned into leather. The blood and organs are sent to pharmaceutacal companies to be derived into medicines and vitamins (think iron, b vitamin and glandular medications, such as thyroid) The bones, ligaments, and hooves and cartilage is turned into gelatin (think jello) and the remaining stuff is processed into cat food, dog food, and meat by products, such as deli meat and hotdogs. It seams pretty sad and self serving that humans use animals for so many things that we really don't need, don't you think? Its really just gross how much we rely on animals for our own needs

User Comments

1. Grass and grain is rather natural for ruminants.
   
   And they live in a safe environement away from stresses that are bad for the meat.
   
   And nothing is better than a perfectly cook steak.
2. Yes, and the vast majority of them are actually treated OK. Plus, cows are just generally useful once killed (Leather, meat, glue, gelatin, meds).
   
   You won't ever convert me to vegetarianism, that's for sure (Tried for three weeks and ended up having realyl bad meat cravings).
   
   People in ancient times relied on animals even more than we do now (Nowadays, you can get artificial meat and flavourings etc).
3. Yep, one more reason I'm glad to be up so high on the food chain.
   
   BTW--make sure that filet mignon I ordered comes out medium-rare. If it's more cooked than that, I'll send it back to the kitchen.