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Animal abuse on farms

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  Animal abuse on farms Livestock today is not how we imagined it when we were little ones with happy and healthy animals, reality is very far from that imagination, many people are not aware of where those meats come from that are packaged and sealed in supermarkets.  The vast majority of industrial farms are large facilities where in each one there are around 3,000 caged animals or pens, where everything works automatically with constant flows of animal movement, where water and food come out of automated dispensers with great precision. For a farmer, animals are his resources and nobody mistreats the resources they feed him, the quality of life of animals influences the speed at which they grow and the final state of their meat. Threats to animal welfare, including stress or genetic modifications, can compromise the health and safety of food. The growth of organic farming has its own challenges in terms of animal welfare and food safety in terms of the safety of the animals, the res

Possible solution?

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    24.1%  of animal abuse is registered in horses and other farm animals. These data are a simple approximation to the figures of animal abuse in the world, but there are data that cannot be taken into account since they are omitted or not reported, mainly among animal husbandry farms or companies that hide information about your work processes. One possible solution is to raise awareness in society about animal sensitivity and respect for nature through projects and develop programs or talks, in the actua lity of the pandemic it is not possible to talk in person, which would lead us to use technological tools such as Zoom , Instagram, among others.  Execute these programs in educational institutions since children are the future of the Homeland, where self-care, empathy, responsibility, care for nature, domestic animals, wild animals and farm animals are promoted from an early age with the purpose that in The future generation may have people who with the previous teachings such as s

Interview with Bernard E. Rollin

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  Bernard E. Rollin Bernard E. Rollin, born 1943, is an American philosopher, currently a professor of philosophy, animal sciences, and biomedical sciences at Colorado State University. Rollin specializes in animal rights and the philosophy of conscience. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including animal rights and human morality; Farm animal welfare: social, bioethical and research issues.   Bernard E. Rollin  nacido en 1943,  es un filósofo estadounidense, actualmente profesor de filosofía, ciencias animales y ciencias biomédicas en la Universidad Estatal de Colorado. Rollin se especializa en los derechos de los animales y la filosofía de la conciencia.  Es autor de numerosos artículos y varios libros, incluidos los derechos de los animales y la moral humana;   Bienestar de los animales de granja: cuestiones sociales, bioéticas y de investigación.   What is the most exciting change you have seen in veterinary medicine? Undoubtedly, increased concern for the pa