Repost By belinda_vegan: DID YOU KNOW? It takes 25 minutes to turn a live cow into steak at a modern slaughterhouse. That's how quickly your choices end the life of another sentient being who wanted to live. _ Cows who are raised for beef are subjected to numerous painful procedures during their lives, such as repeated infliction of third-degree burns to their skin, branding, having their testicles ripped out, and their horns cut off. To minimize cost, all these practices are routinely conducted without any pain killers. _ The majority of cows spend their lives on overcrowded feedlots, standing ankle deep in their own waste eating a diet that makes them sick. Typical cattle feed includes corn, which the animals cannot digest properly, and fillers such as sawdust or chicken manure. This unnatural diet can lead to an array of health problems, such as bloat, acidosis, diarrhea, ulcers, liver disease, and general weakening of the immune system. _ During transport to feedlots, auctions, and slaughterhouse, cows suffer from injuries or extreme cruelty. Food is not given to the animals the day before or during transport since it will not be converted into profitable flesh. Some cows succumb to pneumonia, dehydration, heat exhaustion, or freezing to the sides of tansport vehicles during their long trips, through all weather extremes. _ Those who make it to the slaughterhouse alive are often electrically prodded off the truck, Cows are shot in the head with a pistol that thrust a metal rod through their skull and into the brain. Because of rarely enforced and routinely violated laws, animals go through the slaughter process kicking and screaming as they are skinned and dismembered while fully conscious. _ Let's stop contributing to all this unnecessary and senseless cruelty! Human beings do not need to eat animals in order to survive. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the largest group of health professionals in the world, a plant-based diet is safe and beneficial for all stages of life from infancy to adulthood. Embrace veganism! š± www.vegankit.com www.howdoigovegan.com Caption #belinda_vegan Video @victoria_lejina @ale_max_sos _ #animals #savea
