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Analysis of the Ban of Animal Exploitation by Animals Factory

Animals are essential beings in the societal life of individuals. In a generalized form,

animals can be categorized as domestic and wild animals. Domestic animals such as cows and

dogs are mostly as companions to human beings. However, the study notes that non-human

animals suffer in the hands of human beings. For example, cows are killed for meat and other

purposes. There has been continuous exploitation of animals by the dairy and meat industries.

This non-human animal suffering has ignited debate concerning its ban, while others hold that it

should continue. The proponents of animal exploitation hold that non-human animals lack the

same rights as humans and hence deserve the exploitation. On the other side, the non-contenders

of the non-human animals' exploitations hold that non-human animals have equal rights as

human beings. There is considerable documented evidence that highlights the reasons that make

the ban over animals' exploitation. Thus, the research will examine some of the reasons that

justify the prohibition of animal factories. The paper will also discuss some of the significant

ways that animal's rights can be protected apart from the veganism approach.

Animal abolitionism is the foundational basis for ending animal exploitation in farms and

industries. This move can be actualized through a rights-based framework (Davies 5). For

example, utilitarianism can be used to argue the abolitionist argument against exploitation. Most

factory farming realizes cruelty to non-human animals (Animal Welfare Institute n.p.). The

factory farms lead animals to experience issues such as suffocation as most animals in the farms
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are limited to behave in a natural way such as pigs cannot nest or root (Animal Welfare Institute

n.p.). Chickens are bred selectively, and the use of genetically modified techniques is a norm in

the farms. These animal exploitations can hence be used as a foundational basis to ban the

factory farms. From an ethical perspective, these types of exploitations are against the animal's

rights that human beings should respect.

Factory farming has led to severe consequences in the ecology environment that makes it

worth being banned. The emergence of the industrial revolution in farming has resulted in

irreversible devastation of ecosystems. On one side, it is associated with the destruction of lands

for animal pastures and the production of products such as cereal and corn (Fiut, and Marcin

145). In extreme observation, it has led to the expansion of infertile land soil. The study noted

that chemical spraying has led to the destruction of vast tracts of lands that are habitats of insects

and animals planation (Fiut, and Marcin 145). In the long run, it has led to animal deaths. The

lands are made infertile and can only be useful for genetically modified crops such as corn or

wheat.

The mass extinction of invertebrates, fish, and birds is also linked to factory farming.

Fish and invertebrates get extinct due to the spraying of the poisonous chemicals in their habitats

(Fiut, and Marcin 146). The issue of biocoenosis has existed for ages. As much the world has

transformed, the problem persists. The industrialization of animal farming is linked to the decline

of bird numbers in the United States and Europe. Research notes that the European farmland bird

has exhibited a decline of 52%, which covers a period from 1980-2010 (Fiut, and Marcin 145). A

comparative analysis between the new and old EU member states also confirms the severe

impacts of animal farming as the trend has been worsening over the years.
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Factory farming is linked to novel viral diseases such as influenza. Scholars contend that

novel viruses such as influenza originated from contact with animals such as pigs and birds

(Anomaly 246). The advancement of factory farming has aided in the supply of cheap proteins;

however, it has amplified the spread of viruses residing within animals. There are different

justifications that factory farms are poised to advance the possibility of viral outbreaks.

Foremost, animal crowding is noted to induce stress and suppress animals' immune system

amplifying parasite loads and, in the long run, make animals have more likelihood of contracting

infections. It is also worth noting that animal is confined for long hours hence making viruses to

live for long without hosts. Farm animals are subjected to genetics production, and with this

view; the genetically modified animals are more susceptible to particular parasites.

Most people comprehend that crowding is a recipe for disease spreading. However, few

people understand how varied crowding species as it is in animal factories can significantly lead

to the spread of viruses strains. The study notes that bird viruses in a typical setting lack the

receptor-binding protein that requires infecting human cells (Anomaly 2487). However, domestic

animals such as pigs are linked to the probability of having bird and human strains. In most

cases, gene swapping is mostly evidence between human and birds' strains that, in the long run,

realize a significant genetic change.

The advancement of factory farming has amplified the chances of viruses spread between

humans and animals. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 is an excellent example of a viral novel

disease as a result of an animal to human infection (Anomaly 246). Currently, the globe is

struggling to come to terms with the COVID-19, a pandemic that has left most people dead while

others infected and nations are at a standstill as normal operations have been suspended. As

much as the emergence of novel viruses, diseases cannot be blamed to initial human practices; It
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has a lot of links with human activities and, more specifically, factory farming. The overall trend

highlight's that factory farming is the case of many strains.

Factory farming effects go to the extent of making people be antibiotic resistance. This

impact is poised to implicate human existence, and most people can end up dying due to the

unresponsive nature of the drugs (Anomaly 246). Hence, this impact can be used to argue the ban

on factory farming as humans are the ultimate sufferers. Most people comprehend the surge in

the application of antibiotics advances resistant to antibiotic-bacteria. However, most people

have scattered knowledge concerning the link between the new patterns of antibiotics resistance

in humans.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be spread by people handling the farm animals or the

products of factory farming. In the United States, it is noted that factory products such as chops

and ground beef have an estimate of 55% and 39% respectively rate of antibiotic-resistant

bacteria (Anomaly 248). These statistics point out the risks posed by factory farming that

perhaps a ban would play a pivotal role in enhancing healthy and reducing deaths associated with

antibiotic-resistance realized from factory food.

There has been a heated debate ignited by philosophers regarding animal rights. The

arguments are vital arguments to have in the discussion of factory farming abolishment. The

various animals' theories hold that any creature that has feelings and frustration deserves

protection. The abolition of factory farming can hence be based on animal cruelty and public

policy. People have an urge to advancing medical research and eating affordable protein. This

move by human beings has seen more cruelty done to animals. The European Union (EU) has

different animal laws. The laws are clear on the rights of non-human animals.
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Ethics is a vital aspect of human interactions. Ethics perhaps governs most people's

actions. From this lens, it can be noted that animals' factories are neglecting ethics in the course

of their operations (Lutz and James 1). The factories have been committing an ethical crime by

the quality of life they have been giving the animals. For example, it is argued that most factory

animals are subjected to cruelty, such as limited space.

Animals' rights have been championed by employing different mechanisms. Veganism is

the most applied approach to protecting animals' rights. People use this approach to refrain from

eating animal meat or even products. Apart from this technique, there are different ways that

animals' rights can be respected. Technology is increasingly being used to minimize animal

cruelty cases. For example, scientists are using science by extracting cells from live animals and

breed them and later make meat from them, commonly known as cell-based meat or clean meat

(Reese n.p.). Animals' rights organizations have also been at the forefront to manage the issue of

animal exploitation by factory farms. Different laws have been enacted to protect animals. The

laws include how animals need to be treated and handled.

In conclusion, the discussion has pointed out different reasons that make the abolishment

of animal factory viable. It can be deduced from the paper that factory farms subject animals to

cruelty, an aspect that is contrary to the rights of animals championed by different organizations

such as the European Union. Further, factory farms should be banned as they are the most likely

causes of human illness, such as novel viruses, for example, the Spanish flu of 1918. Factory

farms have overreaching impacts on the environment, such as the chemicals pollutants released

from the firms are noted to be the cause of the death of aquatic creatures. The discussion can be

useful in a typical living environment in many ways. First, the insights presented in the
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discussion can be used by animal stakeholders to formulate robust policies that would see the

issue of animal exploitation is done with its entirety.

Works Cited

Animal Welfare Institute. "Inhumane Practices on Factory Farms." Animal Welfare

Institute, 2020, awionline.org/content/inhumane-practices-factory-farms. Accessed

9 Apr. 2020.

Anomaly, Jonathan. "What’s wrong with factory farming?." Public Health Ethics 8.3 (2014):

246-254.

Davies, Ben. "Utilitarianism and animal cruelty: Further doubts." De Ethica. A Journal of

Philosophical, Theological and Applied Ethics 3.3 (2017): 5-19.

Fiut, Ignacy S., and Marcin Urbaniak. "Factory Farming Versus Environment and Society. The

Analysis of Selected Problems." PROBLEMY EKOROZWOJU–Problems of Sustainable

Development 12.1 (2016): 143-156.

Lutz, Brenda J., and James M. Lutz. "Factory Farming and Potential Problems in International

Trade." Global Economy Journal 9.3 (2009): 1850174. 1-10

Reese, Jacy. "Why It's Time to End Factory Farming." Quillette, 28 Oct. 2018,

quillette.com/2018/10/20/why-its-time-to-end-factory-farming/. Accessed 9 Apr. 2020.