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The life of a chicken growing up in an egg factory or a cow growing up in an overcrowded, industrial meatpacking plant is uncomfortable enough, but the noise must be unbearable. At least, to minimize the discomfort a bit, each animal should be fitted with earplugs. These would not block out all sound;
they'd still hear perfectly well; but the intensity would be a little less and they'd be able to hear themselves think (assuming they do think) and sleep better at night.
Thank you.
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// cow growing up in an overcrowded, industrial
meatpacking plant // |
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Cows grow up in fields or, at worst, stockpens, where the
only sounds are those made by other cows and the
occasional tractor bringing food or removing the end result
of food. By the time a beef cow gets to the meat packing
plants, the ears are on the way to a tannery to become
dog treats. |
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Face it: if this was actually implemented, agribusiness would just remove the chickens' ear drums. Problem solved, no messing with ear plugs. |
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(I'm not advocating that, understand, but if you think agribusiness cares one whit about chickens' well-being, just go visit a chicken factory.) |
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//Cows grow up in fields or, at worst, stockpens//
Allegedly, 75% of cattle in the US never see grass. |
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//agribusiness would just remove the chickens' ear drums// |
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Maybe this could be a charity, then. Late night TV: "Just one dollar can buy earplugs for 5 suffering chickens." |
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From the title, I thought this would be an idea for selectively breeding animals to be small, fluffy and sufficiently non-wriggly such that they could be used as earplugs. |
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// Allegedly, 75% of cattle in the US never see grass // |
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If you mean _beef_ cattle, I wouldn't be surprised to find
out that was true. A stock pen (or a feed pen, or a feed
yard, etc.) is a fenced-in 1/4 acre with a bare dirt floor
and about 100 steers in it. Food is delivered several times
a day and the feces is removed at more or less the same
frequency. |
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On the other hand, 100% of dairy cattle in the US (and
elsewhere) see grass on a daily basis, 'cos wivvout grass
there ain't no milk, innit? |
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I dunno. I was told that most dairy cows are
factory
farmed in the US, but not by a reliable source.
The
best information I could find (without expending
more than three minutes) on the Web says: "The
truth is that the majority of the dairy products in
this country come from cows that are raised in a
factory farming environment, where they rarely
see
the light of day" but I have no way to guage the
neutrality of that statement. |
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Another piece on the Web says "The vast majority
of dairy cows in the U.S., around 75 percent, will
never graze in pasture and most won't spend any
time outside. And most cows that are outside
aren't nibbling on greener pastures, but are
instead confined in barren dirt lots," |
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If they were someone would write on the depletion of
America's grasslands. |
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