Blog Entry 15 Responding to The Meatrix.

This short film “The Meatrix” aware us of the unsafe procedures that the meat industry is taking to process their products. Therefore, I strongly believe that the consumer should not be supporting these gigantic corporations, and we should stop buying their products because of animal cruelty, unsafe working conditions, and the factory’s waste that is destroying the environment.

Animal conditions are strongly cruel. One of those conditions that impact me most is the debeaking of the chickens; this practice is by far intolerable and unacceptable. The lack of space on the animal barracks is another major concern about the cruelty conditions of meat industry. As an example of this issue, the pigs are packed together so close and tight that they cannot move to the sides, and neither they are not able to turn around, this issue cause animals to have a variety of diseases that could be prevented, if they would have more space to interact on the barracks.

The workers conditions are insane. It is really dangerous to be an operator at these factories, as it is well known by the fatal statistics all over the country; the meat industry is actually the most dangerous work in the nation. If you watch the Meatrix film the meat packer workers were losing their fingers and continue to work even though they were bleeding without time to take care of their injuries. There should be some standard regulations of sanitation to prevent those accidents to happen, such as decreasing the speed of the machines to avoid mayor and minor injuries.

 All the wastes of the industry factory are affecting our community.  As it is shown on the Meatrix; all the wastes that are coming from the meat industry is contaminating the environment. These wastes are being thrown into rivers, and therefore our water becomes contaminated. The excrement of the animals is not being incinerator and they are being used to feed the animals. Besides, the factory produces smoke in high rates; this is causing the air to become highly polluted around the factories affecting people whom live around them, and to deteriorate the ozone layer even more. As the go green propaganda is spreading the world, the meat factory should catch up on this goal.

My conclusion from this video is that; the meat factory is violating the rights of animals, workers, and the community. There are inadequate practices being exposed on the internet and we should put an end to them. We, the final consumer will have to stand together on this matter to raise our voice and demand these factories to cease the cruel exploitations of animals and the community as well.