2. What is Livestock?
• Cattle
• Chickens
Supply us with meat,
• Pigs
milk, eggs, leather (for
• Goats clothing) & medicine
• Sheep
• Horses
3. Farmers are Responsible for:
• Providing the animals with proper breeding
practices, food, shelter, medication, and an
overall quality lifestyle
• Cattle must have sufficient and proper access
to water supplies & substantial nutrients
• They should be well monitored
• Housing should be kept clean
4. Breeding Cattle
• Artificial insemination used by farmers in
order to speed up the breeding process
• Selective breeding is done to increase
quality and productivity
Either method is
acceptable as long as it is
conducted in an
appropriate manner
5. Breeding con’t
• Farmers should consider:
the animals overall heath
have appropriate grazing grounds
suitable feed for them
• When the animals are properly taken care of,
it helps eliminate sickness & disease
• A healthy cow can give birth to a calf once per
year
6. Farmers don’t follow proper guidelines
when raising livestock
• Video footage has shown the abuse of
livestock
• Boars being castrated without anaesthesia
• Pigs being forced to stand on grid floors,
causing them injuries to their feet
• Cows kept in filthy, overcrowded stables and
tethered in chains without the freedom of
much movement
7. Danger for Humans
• Farmers sell their cows to slaughterhouses
even though they are not fit for human consumption
• when tainted beef reaches the consumer, it can cause
severe illness
• When cows are given growth hormones
to increase milk production, they can get
really sick
• To treat their symptoms they are given antibiotics.
If not treated at all, these antibiotics and/or
bacteria can be passed to the milk that they
produce
8.
9. Governments get Involved
• Visit blog to see how governments can get
involved and enforce laws to regulate the
treatment of cattle and livestock in general
• http://jenlatorella.wordpress.com/2013/03/0
7/research-project-assigned-topic-livestock/
