Zaireen Rahaman
Public Speaking: Persuasive Speech
Who in here is a vegetarian? For those who did not put their hands up might want to change their minds in the end on how they feel about eating meat or wearing products made from or tested on animals. Most of us grew up consuming meat, wearing clothing made from animals, and has seen animals at zoos or circuses. Have you ever considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved? Animals raised on modern factory farms and killed in slaughtered houses endure unimaginable suffering. I hope once you listen to what I have to say about the routine cruelty involved in raising, transporting, and killing animal for food you’ll join the millions of people to leave meat of their plate and prohibit the cruelty of animals. If slaughter houses had glass walls everyone would be vegetarian.
In modern factory farms, animals are jam-packed by the thousands into grimy, enclosed sheds and restricted to wire cages, dirt lots, and other brutal confinement systems. These animals would never have the opportunity to raise their families, or do anything that is of their natural instincts. The majority would not even feel the sun’s rays or breathe fresh air until they are hoarded away on to trucks; headed for slaughtering. ‘Old Mc Donald had a farm’ is not as it once was. If slaughter houses had glass walls everyone would be vegetarian.
Chickens have the ability to reason in some instances that are greater than dogs and children yet they are known to be treated the worst as they are forced to be crammed by the thousands and live in their own feces. They are bred to grow larger than normal at a quick rate that they get crippled over their own weight. They are packed into small cages which don’t allow them to do anything that’s normal. From lack of exercise their muscles become weak and their limbs are injured from the wired cages causing death at times. They are then put into crates and transported on a truck for hours without food or water. Once at the slaughter house their feet are then chained and necks sliced off whilst they are still conscious. Workers on the farms or slaughter houses are paid poorly and their work often goes unmonitored. (Play clip with chickens getting abused). If slaughter houses had glass walls everyone would be vegetarian.
Pigs are more intelligent than dogs yet on factory farms they are imprisoned in filthy conditions. Some will go insane from the stress, abuse, and lack of mental stimulations. Mother pigs don’t even have enough room to nurse their liters and the sick or unwanted piglets are thumped to death on hard surfaces. They are bred to grow extremely fast which may cause injury, sickness and constant pain. Once rammed onto a truck and arrive at the slaughter house their throats are cut when they are conscious (Play clip). If slaughter houses had glass walls everyone would be vegetarian.
Cows never forget a face or a place and have complex solving skills yet they are crammed into sheds no different from the filthy environment just like the chickens and pigs. In most cases they are kept indoors all year round. Mother cows are kept pregnant yearly so to keep milk flowing and the calves are taken away from them shortly after birth which causes both to be distressed. They are hooked up to milking machines for lengthy hours per day which causes pain to their bodies. All cows are then transferred to slaughter houses where they are killed just like the pigs; still conscious (Play clip). If slaughter houses had glass walls everyone would be vegetarian.
Modern meat production is responsible for the recent outbreaks of diseases such as mad cow disease and bird flu, where as such animal products are also contaminated with E. Coli and Salmonella. The consumption of animal flesh which contains fat and cholesterol is also a prime contributor to obesity, heart disease, and cancer. Vegetarians are shown that they are less prone to these diseases. It is only prejudice that allows anyone to think that there is a difference in abusing a cat and abusing a chicken or abusing a dog and abusing a pig. Suffering is suffering!
Eating meat is bad for our health and bad for the environment, and it directly supports appalling cruelty to animals. I challenge you to try a vegetarian diet; for I am. The decision is yours. Please make the compassionate choice and please share this with a friend…..Thank you!

Outline to Informative speech on Alzheimer’s Disease.
Introduction – I hope once you listen to what I have to say about the routine cruelty involved in raising, transporting, and killing animal for food you’ll join the millions of people to leave meat of their plate and prohibit the cruelty of animals. If slaughter houses had glass walls everyone would be vegetarian.
Body 1 – Cruelty towards chickens on modern factory farms and slaughterhouses * Conditions where chickens are raised on factory farms * Transferring of them on trucks to slaughter houses * Killing them at slaughtering houses
Body 2 - Cruelty towards pigs on modern factory farms and slaughterhouses * Conditions where pigs are raised on factory farms * Transferring of them on trucks to slaughter houses * Killing them at slaughtering houses
Body 3 – Cruelty towards cows on modern factory farms and slaughterhouses * Conditions where cows are raised on factory farms * Transferring of them on trucks to slaughter houses * Killing them at slaughtering houses
Body 4 – Actions to take in order to stop Animal Cruelty
Conclusion – Eating meat is bad for our health and bad for the environment, and it directly supports appalling cruelty to animals. I challenge you to try a vegetarian diet; for I am. The decision is yours. Please make the compassionate choice and please share this with a friend…..Thank you!