Does farming animals make anyone else a little bit sick to their stomach?!

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Yes, that's why I'm a vegetarian.

If you look at it that way, yeah, it sucks. But, you have to keep in mind, that these animals were not bred to be pets. They are here to provide us with milk, eggs, cream, cheese, and yes, meat. If you want something to dwell on, think about the millions of pets who are abused and tortured. Puppies set on fire because they chewed on a bible. Kittens stomped on just because a brother was jealous of his sister. The brutality is endless, and I think farm animals fair better than the ones we are supposed to cherish.

No, it doesn't make me "sick." How about the little bunny rabbits, field mice, moles, birds, etc., that are happily living in a field of wheat when the farmer drives his big equipment through and tears up the land? Then he comes back through a few weeks later to fertilize. And even later he comes back through and sprays pesticides. Then he comes through and cuts the wheat down, leaving the field animals that are still alive with no place to hide from predators.

Millions of little animals die every season in fields that produce the grains/veggies that make up the vegetarian diet. Does that make you a bit sick to your stomach? Why is the life of a cow more important than that of a mouse?

"Animals of the field are killed by several factors, including:

1. Tractors and farm implements run over them.
2. Plows and cultivators destroy underground burrows and kill animals.
3. Removal of the crops (harvest) removes ground cover allowing animals on the surface to be killed by predators.
4. Application of pesticides.

So, every time the tractor goes through the field to plow, disc, cultivate, apply fertilizer and/or pesticide, harvest, etc., animals are killed. And, intensive agriculture such as corn and soybeans (products central to a vegan diet) kills far more animals of the field than would extensive agriculture like forage production, particularly if the forage was harvested by ruminant animals instead of machines. So perhaps fewer animals would be killed by producing beef, lamb, and dairy products for humans to eat instead of the vegan diet envisioned by Regan."

Actual figures at the link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/9…

Of course their lives are controlled by humans. Their species have been created by humans. The cattle, chickens and hogs we eat today are not a wild species. They couldn't live without being taken care of by humans. Chickens are a meal waiting for someone. Human, coyote, dogs, bobcat, hawks, all love chicken. If humans didn't care for them, the species would be gone pretty quickly. Cows are subject to many diseases out in the pasture. For instance, blackleg is a soil born disease widespread in the US. If farmers/ranchers didn't vaccinate their cattle for blackleg, they'd lose their herds in a few years. Today's hogs are not nearly as disease resistant as the wild hogs you see on TV. Hog confinment operations have very strict sanitary rules for anyone going into the hog barns.

Or did you think the animals would enjoy a trip to the local mall? Or maybe take in a movie now and then. They're not humans; they're animals.