70% of all antibiotics made in the US are used on food animals.
80% of corn grown in the US is used to feed animals.

Most food animals are corn fed because its cheap, and confined to get fat fast making their fat content 9 times what it would be as grass fed animals. Because they evolved as roaming, grass eating animals this makes them sick, so the meat farmers buy antibiotics from the drug industry and pump massive amounts into the animals.

Most corn in the US is not edible, it is mostly grown for animal feed and corn syrup. It tastes nothing like real corn, is grown tightly packed together and with the goal of quatnity over quality. Corn which is grown to feed the animals is one of the most pesticide ridden crops grown today.

Eat feed lot meat and you eat and animal that has been given chemical ridden, nutrient bare feed and has been pumped full of chemical antibiotics. Unless your meat says grass fed, its feed lot meat.

Its really never been easier to cut these products out of your diet. The people who run the food industry care about profit, they dont give a damn about your health (or even theirs for that matter). The rise in diabetes is a great example of this fact.

I became vegan because the way feed animals are treated is totally unacceptable. Maybe that doesnt matter much to you, but if you care about the future of our planet then boycott feed lot meat!

Can you imagine being brought into this world for no other reason than to be slaughtered and consumed by another animal? And then to be treated with such disdain and neglect and cruelty during the entire span of your life, would make anyone wish that they'd never been born at all.
We owe these animals a decent existence during the time that they are here, because they give up their lives for us, without a fight, without a choice.
Things would sure look different if all the fuzzy good natured animals we hunt and kill had guns of their own.
Kobe beef in Hawaii is an example of how it should be for an animal who is doomed to be sacrificed. They lead a very peaceful existence, receiving regular massages and a little beer before bedtime to relax them. That is how I want everything I eat to be treated. I would think the farmers of these animals would feel inclined to treat the basis of their livlihood at least half as well as Kobe beef gets treated.
And anyone who has ever been stuck on a long airplane flight where you are packed in like sardines should be able to relate to the plight of 52 hours, or even 36, or even 24 or 12 hours without food, water or rest....it's absolutely unbearable.

I wonder if this'll improve the taste? It's common knowledge that what makes veal so delicious is that the futility and despair is tangible in the tenderness of the meat.

mmmm...hopelessness.

(yes, I'm joking. don't get your knickers in a twist)

I am a veggie due to the treatment of animals but also due to the fact that most animals are dosed with a cocktail of drugs during their life that should have no doubt being passed on to those who eat the meat.

The treatment of animals really makes me sad, as the true evil in this world are people who mistreat animals.

See the documentary Earthlings which really opens your eyes.

Uh-Oh, don't approach a meat-muncher with logic that's not how it works! It's like telling smokers about the dangers of smoking...nonchalantly ignored...don't mention the suffering, not their business. "But I like my meat!" If it only where yours...

I think there's quite a few meat eaters out there who don't ignore this type of thing. They'd like to make a change, but not to put too fine a point on it - fruit and veggies can taste like crap if not prepared well.. and they can be pesticide ridden too.

Cutting out meat is a shock to the system in many ways.

I like my meat. I don't like how it gets on my plate. I'm trying to change my diet; but it's going to take time. I've only found a couple of meat replacement vegetarian products that pass the taste/satisfaction test .. and they are horribly expensive. I'm happy to pay more so less animals die, but not everyone can do so.

Many of us were brought up on a meat and 3 veg diet and the focus was on the meat. Veggies were filler and just there in order we get our vitamin thingies and fiber :). Little effort was made in their selection and preparation.

Vegetables were essentially a threat used at dinner time :). Food is an incredibly important part of our lives - if we're not happy with our food, we're generally unhappy people.

Aside from being removed from the gore and torture that goes into our diets, it's all about taste, texture and satisfaction.

The low hanging fruit is being harvested so to speak now with shock and awe tactics, which is fine, but I think it's really important that the various vegan/vegetarian/animal rights activist groups start spending a little more time and cash on that aspect in order to recruit more converts from the hard core carnivore sector.

Here's two headlines:

a) Meat eaters make animals suffer!

b) How to make a veggie burger that tastes like beef!

I'm not criticizing the author of this piece at all, it's really important info, but b) is what I'd like to see more of. Simple, solid replacements for the meals that meat eaters love; in amongst it can be some stats and info on the other good done via a vegetarian/vegan diet.

With that sort of approach, believe me, you'd see a slew of ex-carnivores real fast and it's those hard-core carnivores who will also become very effective evangealists :).

"Hi, my names Michael and I'm an ex-carnivore. It started out with a lamb chop twice a week and grew into a 3 burger a day habit...."

:)

It's hard to imagine that this law was needed, but I'm sure there were people that fought against it. It makes me curious to know how long some animals were transported before this law went into effect.

I do have a feeling though that most animals spend at most a few hours on a truck on their way to a processing plant.

Thankyou so much for raising awareness of long distance transport for animals. I've been vegetarian for 19 years and now I'm almost vegan.
It took a while to adapt to a vegetarian diet but it was worth it in the end. I realise most people eat meat and will carry on eating it, so I think that we should treat our farm animals better.
I've volunteered with the Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals at the Vegetarian Food Fair for the past few years and I think it's a great thing for animal lovers to do. And for all who live in the United States, there are probably groups there who do the same thing.

Is this law in Canada only?

Just wanted the right info, as I posted this article on our blog here in California for our readers!