As I watched the animals being escorted to the loading trucks, I could only think about what those animals had just gone through to walk alone on their transport to their deaths. Seeing where they need to go and where they have been makes me feel horrible as a person because the way we raise these animals and then have them killed the way we do is just morally wrong. These animals have just lived a scary, hormone-filled life that constitutes little to no moral ethics. Living in stalls and cages meant for one chicken or cow is now filled with three or four animals, sometimes making it impossible for the animals to even turn around. As for chickens, these animals are debeaked, so when they are locked in cages they cannot hurt any of the other chickens locked in the same cage. These are just a couple of animals from a wide variety of species living in ridiculous conditions to help feed the world. Factory farming is one of the largest industries in the United States and relies on these terrible farming techniques to keep up with the demand for food and the ability to sustain its profits. As the world's population grows, the need for food at a sustainable price is becoming an ever bigger problem. Food industries are businesses, businesses want to see profits and keeping up with this high demand for cheap food has taken a turn for the worse for farmed animals. This modern agricultural technique is called factory farming, which is the method of raising animals for mass consumption at the most efficient rate of production. To the individual in uniform this seems like the solution to world hunger, but to the informed individual one wonders whether treating these animals... middle of paper... has much to improve. Between the fact that raising and slaughtering animals is so inhumane that it's hard to believe people still choose to eat animals. On a global scale it is easy to understand why we need to farm the way we do, because without the large quantities of meat from factory farms, many people would suffer in second and third world countries. At the national level we must decide between our ethical background whether to consume factory-farmed meat or shy away and eat another product. Everyone is different and it is a personal choice that many people have come across and at that point the moral dilemma comes into play. Individuals must consider whether a reasonably priced steak is worth the cow's suffering or is an expensive four ounce. one steak is worth the overall well-being of the cow for its entire life.