How do you feel about meat? part 1

or I should have asked, "WHAT do you know about meat?"

I understand these questions are too broad, so I'll ask some more specific questions.  "How are animals treated before and after slaughter?"  Well, I'm sure everyone can answer this question in a broad, generalized manner - not very well - but it's one of those things we would rather be ignorant about, since meat does, after all, taste good.  And I'm sure most people understand how animals move through a conveyor belt as their heads are chopped off (after all, how often do you see a chicken with its head?  You didn't think they did all this by hand did you?) as if they would in a factory, but what percentage of animals, or animals that are sold in supermarkets today, are a product of "factory farming?"  Why are so many people upset about factory farming?


(I'm sure everyone, at some point, has imagined a chicken with its head on right?)

So everyone knows little about animal cruelty though most of us choose to suppress such thoughts.  But really, what do you know about meat?  Can you tell me what the procedure is like in detail? How long are chickens raised before slaughter?  Who tests the safety of our meat? and why are there essentially only two types of chicken at the market?

I bet you anything you can name at least 10 breeds of dogs - Maltese, Yorkshire terrier, Poodles, Lillian's wiener dog, St. Bernard, Great Pyrenees, etc.  Hypothetically, if you were selling dog meat, wouldn't it come in different types and shape?  But if you look at the chicken at the market, there seems to be only two types - big KFC style, and small buffalo wing style.  Why?



It's one thing to be ignorant about animal cruelty, but being ignorant about what you eat is a completely different matter.  Shouldn't you know what you're eating?  isn't this question really important?

I think it's extremely important.