Think about biting into the best burger ever. What would be on it? Maybe cheese, tomatoes, onions, ketchup, but the most important thing would be the meat, the juicy beef. It's what makes a burger a burger. How could this amazing burger be ruined. Maybe if there’s too much ketchup or mustard, or not the right amount of cheese, but the easiest way to ruin a burger is by picturing the face of a cow. Picturing a cow may cause a moment of sadness, pity, or disgust, but it gets even harder than that when you discover what that cow has gone through. It has not lived on beautiful green pastures its whole life, it has not eaten yummy green grass its whole life, actually quite the contrary. The cow that was made into a burger suffered abuse and cruelty …show more content…
It has been proven that cows are given little to no space to even lay down or turn around comfortably (“Factory Farming”). Factory farm animals are sometimes even kept in rooms or on warehouse floors their entire lives. Without the room to establish natural relationships or normal animal behaviors, these animals often experience severe mental distress (“Factory Farms”). These cows, chickens, and pigs are given almost no room their entire lives until they are murdered. Imagine living in a small room for a lifetime just awaiting death. That is undeniably inhumane torture, and would lead anyone to be distressed. The worst part about this, is that there are regulations prohibiting animals being crammed into small spaces, one regulation is that animals kept overnight must have room to lie down (“American Meat Institute”). This is a vague regulation, not specifying how much room is needed for laying down, therefore animals can be packaged like stuffed sausages in these yard, before they are even turned into literal stuffed sausages. This is not a regulation if it is not implemented properly or it does not have the proper specifications. It is left up to those investigating these farms, and those investigators just do not care, so this regulation has become more of a formality, only there to appease animal rights activists. They’re not only subjected to tight spaces though, they are also living in sad, improper conditions. Animals live in conditions so poor that research has proven 75% of feedlot deaths are due to respiratory diseases. (“Animal Welfare”). These diseases happen because the animals are kept on dry, bare lots, and the dust from these lots get into the animal's lungs and cause respiratory disease, and eventually death. The animals are not raised on green, rolling pastures like they deserve to be,