Scientist and animal/human health workers are worried, but the public is told ‘nothing to see, nothing to worry about, move on’.
The massive power of agribusiness is threatening the world we live in and also (for those who don't really care), our health by incubating new and dangerous illnesses.
@Wen I expect their intensive inhumane feedlot system of mass produced beef is almost certain to reduce animal health and the density of the 'herds' almost guarantees any infections will pass swiftly through the herd.
And their given hormone supplements to grow faster.
Why anyone thinks US beef is good, totally baffles me. The pollution it causes is enormous. Free ranging big herbivores are an environmental plus, but force fed dense collections are a disaster waiting to happen.
@Wen@DanielleVossebeld it’s not even that, it’s more of an inexhaustible desire to inflict maximal suffering. I think there’s something to be said for relatively inexpensive meat being possible without creating ideal conditions for the spread of a lung-eating zombie virus
@melanie@DanielleVossebeld I’m not convinced that it is a determination to be cruel, although some of the practices in these factories and the abattoirs are disgusting. Most people just don’t know, or more likely wish to ignore suffering.
It is possible to create relatively low cost meat humanely but there is not the will and people are still by and large reluctant to pay the real cost.
Although a vegan, I grew up on a family farm and do know what decent care o costs and the effort required. There is not the will, and most people have no idea of the damage they are doing by supporting these practices, to themselves as well as the environment.
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