(Schoen 19) In modern day, the abuse of food animals or farm animals has recently become an issue not only with animal rights activists, but also with modern society. Many farm animals used in the production of food, and factory food products go through horrendous and inhumane treatment. ... A cow's life span on the dairy farm is about five years old, whereas her natural life span would have been around 20 years. ... Humans, unlike other animals, are not raised to be eaten, factory farmed in wretched conditions and genetically engineered for the most meat. ... We don't test the...

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The fields are small (about ¼ acre) and there will be a couple of fields that make up a farm. ... Animals are rarely used in agriculture here. ... Malawi has about 12,000,000 people (about 3,000,000 farm families is what they estimate, but many of these are headed by mere children, single mothers or the very old). ... There is very little animal protein in the Malawian diet. ... Partially because of the very high death rate (note that every village will have a coffin maker) there is a reality of the "extended family- to the extreme. ...

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