BIOL 2470 Lecture 13: BIOL 2470 Lecture : Agri-ethics
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Farm animals include any animals, domesticated or wild, which are farmed for a variety of reason. Some are more profitable alive: egg laying chickens, sheep for wool, horses, mules & burros for their physical abilities, bees for honey. In 2012, there were more farm animals were living in the us & canada than there were humans on earth. Three main areas of concern: husbandry, transportation, slaughter. Farm animals are well treated high productivity is an indicator of the efficiency of the system, not the well- being of the animals in the system. Farm animals must be thriving because there are so many of them. Optimal handling is ethically appropriate, creates positive workplaces and ensures higher quality meat products . Male cattle castrated before reaching sexual maturity are steers a major source of beef in canada. Culling rejection of inferior or undesirable animals; male egg laying chickens. Rationale; control population, reduce aggression, better tasting meat.
