Gallo, Carmen, et al.. “Main Factors Affecting Animal Welfare and Meat Quality in Lambs for Slaughter in Chile.” Animals, vol. 8, no. 10, 2018, pp. 1-20.
The article focuses on the factors affecting the welfare of animals for production in Chile. The authors examine the entire production process that lambs go through, from weaning and transporting sheep to killing and processing the meat (Gallo, et al.). The authors’ principal findings are that, despite Chilean legislation, the industry still uses practices that increase animal suffering due to poor transport infrastructure, neglect of procedures, and incompetence of staff (Gallo, et al.). This review will be used in the research as Chile’s problems are common in other countries and industries. The article demonstrates violations of animal rights not only due to their killing but also the high level of stress that they experience during transport and rearing. Hence, these issues will complement discussions of industrial violence toward animals.
Gawthorpe, Andrew. “The Pandemic Has Revealed Gruesome Animal Abuses at US Factory Farms.” The Guardian, 2020. Web.
The author of the article presents cases of agro-industry abuse and discusses US policies that allow the violent treatment and killing of animals for profit. Gawthorpe begins the discussion by presenting cases of mass animal slaughter by using brutal methods such as ventilation shutdown or gassing to dispose of an unprofitable product due to the pandemic. However, the author focuses on the fact that such practices were used for a long time, facilitated by the lack of sufficient government regulation. Gawthorpe also discusses the Trump administration’s attempts to loosen the regulation and some politicians’ position who see violence as a necessity, even an advantage. This article provides a valuable insight into US government agricultural policy that promotes animal cruelty and killing for business gain. Hence, the arguments in the article will be used to highlight one position regarding the killing of animals for consumption and demonstrate barriers to reducing this practice.
Heidemann, Marina Sucha, et al. “Uncoupling Meat From Animal Slaughter and Its Impacts on Human-Animal Relationships.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11, 2020, pp. 1-15.
The authors of this article investigate how the production of cell-based meat, instead of traditional production, will affect the relationship between humans and animals. First, Heidemann et al. present the concept and technology for producing cell-based meat, which has advantages over other methods due to the high capacity of animal protein and the reduction of animal suffering (3-4). In addition, the authors discuss the barriers to the introduction of this technology and conclude that its mass distribution could qualitatively improve people’s attitude towards animals as intelligent beings and reduce their killing. This article is useful for research as it offers one of the meat production alternatives that protect animal rights. The authors also present some of the cruel practices applied to animals on farms, which is an appropriate contribution to revealing the research issue. Thus, this article will be used to highlight the industrial use of animals and present one alternative to this practice.
Leroy, Frédéric, and Istvan Praet. “Animal Killing and Postdomestic Meat Production.” Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, vol. 30, no. 1, 2017, pp. 67–86.
This article focuses on meat production practices in a post-domestic society. Leroy and Praet take a comprehensive and consistent look at the range of issues related to meat consumption and production throughout history, as well as modern and emerging practices. First, the authors demonstrate the attitude of people towards killing animals to consume their meat and show that it has changed from the need for defense to disgust (Leroy and Praet 69). This factor has led to the fact that the slaughterhouses have been moved to factories hidden from the eyes of consumers. In addition, this attitude has led to the emergence of various trends to reduce the cruelty of killing animals (Leroy and Praet 77). This article is necessary for research for several reasons. First, the conclusions and findings of the authors help to consider the killing of animals from a sociological and psychological perspective. Second, discussions of the practice and technology of animal welfarism, cultured meat, pain-free meat, entomophagy, meatless meat demonstrate ways to reduce the suffering of animals, as well as barriers to their development.
Madewell, Bailey and Lauren Smith. “Animal Rights Within the Textile Industry.” Research and Creative Inquiry Day, vol. 5. 2021, p. 1.
This short article focuses on the different ways people perceive fur and leather clothing. Madewell and Smith note that people are more negative about fur clothing and avoid buying it in protest against the killing of animals (1). However, a lack of education and understanding of leather production prevents consumers from seeing the same cruelty towards animals as in the production of fur. The authors confirm their hypotheses with a literature review and consumer survey (Madewell and Smith 1). This article will be used in the study for two reasons. First, the authors present some brutal animal-killing techniques for textiles that manufacturers use to save money. Second, the survey data reflects one of the reasons or barriers to reducing the killing of animals for industrial consumption. Therefore, these articles will complement the discussion about killing practices and violent animal handling practices.
