Careless Behavior

    
        Yesterday in Wendell, Idaho, 3 workers at Bettencourt Dairies were fired after an undercover video revealed mistreatment towards cows. The footage showed workers and supervisors "violently hitting, stomping on, punching and kicking cows in the face and body". This farm has 13 milking facilities with about 60,000 cows in total and 500 employees working daily. All people who viewed this footage has described the actions of the men as inhumane and believed they deserved being charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty. Although this might be a small case of mistreatment towards animals, I believe it is happening throughout all of America in all different types of factory farms. This problem has increased over the years due to the higher need of food production and no one people are just starting to address the issue. Animal cruelty should not be tolerated in this country and I feel that the owners of these farms should keep a better watch out for the employees that tend his animals on a day-to-day basis.  (http://www.farmtina.com/2010/09/on-animal-cruelty-and-eating- myrabbits.html)>picture

     When I eat my food, I want to know that it came from a good farm that took care of its animals. Angela Wiggins, a spokeswoman at Kraft, says that: "While Kraft does not raise dairy cows or have milking operations, we want animals to receive proper care and be treated with respect. We have long believed high-quality dairy products begin with quality animal care". It is clear that people want their meat to be cared for properly, yet cruel acts are still happening among these animals. This production, along with many other in America, has become so focused on making the most possible money that many employees simply don't respect the wellbeing of these creatures. Do you think that as consumers of these American produced foods, we should become more aware of the farming process? To read more about this issue, visit: http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/10/us/idaho-dairy-animal-abuse/index.html?hpt=us_c2.