Animals are subjected to cruelty to cater to our needs in so many ways now, it is hard to keep count anymore. From the food industry to the fashion industry, human beings have no qualms about putting them through hell in order to benefit from them.?
All people want is convenience and in the name of a 'fast world', animals have to suffer the brunt of it. Even though, veganism and organic living is slowly becoming a part of the world's lifestyle, there are still plenty of industries that torture animals endlessly.
While you order your sunny side-ups and boiled eggs for breakfast, take a minute to think of where they come from. Hens are kept in cages as small as an A4 sheet and in extremely unhygienic conditions. As much as this practice is cruel, it is also a critical health risk to whoever is consuming those eggs.
The fur-farming industry is one of the most cruel animal practices that is still prevalent in the world. Countries like China are huge in the market and the number of animals that are put through unimaginable torture is obscenely high. The animals are kept confined in tiny cages and they¡¯re electrocuted with clamps. Remember that the next time you want to buy a fur coat to be ¡®fashionable¡¯.
The dog breeding industry is so prevalent in the world, that most people don¡¯t even know that it¡¯s highly unethical and harmful for canines. The female dog is forcibly made to mate with the male so that she could give birth to multiple litters throughout the year and once she cannot reproduce anymore, she is abandoned with no home to go to. Keep this in mind the next you want to ¡®buy¡¯ that exotic puppy by spending thousands of rupees on it.
Even though the circus industry is now being banned from using animals in their acts, they are still used in some places. Human beings are hungry for entertainment and while they sit and laugh, the animals are put through an ordeal that no one should go through. They¡¯re kept chained in tiny cages and are constantly beaten up in order to make them ¡®perfect¡¯ in their act.
The animal tourism industry is one of the worst ways animals are exploited throughout the world. From being forced to carry people on their backs to doing tricks for entertainment, animals are kept in inhumane conditions. There have been many recorded incidents where animals have collapsed and died while 'entertaining' people, because their body couldn¡¯t take the torture anymore.
Even though #animalcrueltyfreemakeup is the way most make-up brands are choosing to go, there are still plenty of labs that test the products on animals before putting them out in the market.?
Apart from make-up, other industries that use animals in labs, are pharmaceutical and the food industry. These animals never see the sun or step outside of these dimly-lit labs.
The name is explanation enough of how much torture animals are put through . The most recent incident that has come to light that shows how people kill these animals for meat, is that of a pig slaughterhouse in Thailand where the poor pigs are clubbed to death.?
The pigs scream in pain while being beaten by the workers who leave them to die in pools of blood.
In spite of there being an international ban on ivory trade, this animal cruelty practice is very prominent throughout the world. The visible part of the elephant¡¯s tusk is only two-thirds of the whole thing and in order to gain that, poachers cut of the head and/or tusk. If that doesn¡¯t make you think about the atrocities that animals are put through, who knows what will.
Think about this the next time you order a milkshake - Cows are artificially inseminated so that they could lactate in order to cater to the world¡¯s dairy needs. Once their lactation period ends, they¡¯re put through the same ordeal all over again which is a never-ending loop. Once the cow¡¯s body stops lactating, they¡¯re sent to a slaughterhouse to be killed for meat.
There have been endless studies on the fact that if we don't stop exploiting animals the way we are doing right now, there will come a time when we won't be able to sustain the environment. In order to live in harmony, human beings need to stop inflicting hell on these innocent souls who are unable to run away from torture.