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what if I told you that there was
something similar to the savoury and
country taste of bacon but wasn’t
exactly that the bacon that you buy at
Target Walmart or Trader Joe’s ever
tried vegan bacon or chicken and duck
made without the actual killing of the
animals this concept of meat that is
produced without killing chickens pigs
cows you name it might be hard and
shocking to grasp but to say the least
you don’t need to consume animal
products ever before I start going into
the conditions animals are undergoing at
the slaughterhouse my name is in him
Choi and I’m an animal rights activist I
had done another TED talk regarding
animal rights at my high school trying
to show how we humans are destroying
animals habitats causing them to become
stray or to migrate I type that TED talk
in with my dog who is a stray animal
before being adopted maybe now you’ll
see that I am very devoted and emotional
about anything regarding animals
especially when they are confined in
tight areas with limited movement and
destined to have their bodies cut into
pieces for us to eat to me it’s a good
thing that people are becoming more
aware of the misery these farmed animals
endure and of the environmental impacts
livestock has on the planet a growing
number of consumers are now questioning
where their food comes from this is a
positive progression away from
industrialized food production so
there’s a hopeful side to this new
industry reaction however there’s a dark
side as well and I am here today to
break it to you now you might think
we’re an animal farm where they raise
the animal before heading to the
slaughterhouse looks something like this
cartoon you know where all the animals
are smiling and giving the perception
that this animal farm is full of
laughter and happiness but to tell you
the truth it’s not today
treat rapists murders and even
pedophiles better than the most innocent
beings on the planet according to PTA or
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals they stated that on today’s
factory farms animals are crowned by the
thousands into filthy windowless sheds
or stuffed into metal crates wire cages
or other torturous devices these animals
will never be able to root around in the
soil build their own nests raise their
own families or even or even do anything
that is natural or important to them
most won’t even feel the warmth of the
Sun on their backs or breathe fresh air
until the day they are loaded onto
trucks headed to the slaughterhouse sure
many will say that that’s how meat is
produced that it was the animals destiny
to be slaughtered or that this murderous
creation of meat isn’t that bad proving
that these individuals are not putting
themselves into the animals perspective
but seriously imagine yourself in the
animals shoes for a day imagine going
through what the animals felt and dealt
with in the video at a very young age
these animals are injected with
antibiotics so they grow faster and to
keep them alive in the unsanitary
conditions most are genetically
manipulated to grow bigger and to
produce more eggs or milk than they
naturally would for example some
chickens girls so abnormally large that
their legs cannot support their outsize
bodies causing them to starve or
dehydrate since they cannot walk to
nearby water or food can you imagine
being stuffed when you’re already full
or can you imagine being injected with
toxins when you don’t even want them
when we do these deeds to other humans
we call it inhumane then what’s the call
for the animals just every day routinely
normal things now at the slaughterhouse
for those that survive the transport
will often have their throats slit while
they still remain conscious they will be
plunged into the scouting hot water of
the d feathering or hair removal tanks
or have their bodies skinned or hacked
apart while they remain alive
it’s like going to the dentist and
getting all four of your wisdom teeth
pulled without any aesthetics but about
a hundred times worse now for proponents
of animal slaughter and production of me
I have an example for you to consider in
my APA language of composition class we
were reading the modest proposal by
Jonathan Swift where he referred to
selling and eating children to reduce
the serious starvation situation at
Ireland he said at how a year-old child
is the most delicious nourishing and
wholesome food whether stewed baked
boiled or roasted while reading the
satire piece I came to realize what
sooth was proposing was exactly what we
were doing to animals confining them
murdering them skinning them plunging
them cooking them in various ways during
class I questioned why my classmates
were being grossed out or saying this is
horrible when we have been doing this
gruesome act to animals for who knows
how long they started rebuking me
stating how humans eating other humans
is cannibalism and the difference
between a human and an animal is that a
human has a spirit they were basically
saying that we can disregard animals
because they can’t talk can’t express
feelings can’t feel happiness loneliness
or sadness as they say that we can
disregard them and do whatever we want
to them humane or not perhaps that’s the
reason why factory farm industry strive
to maximize outputs while minimizing
costs always at the animals expense
these large corporations that run these
factory farms have figured out a way to
make more money
by climbing as many animals as they can
into tiny spaces Scott David from The
Guardian even published an article
titled America’s horrifying new plan for
animals high speed slaughterhouses where
he referred to the new swine slaughter
inspection system proposed by the USDA
what it allows an increase in high speed
slaughterhouses and a decrease on
trained government inspectors on the
line this basically allows for sick or
injured pigs for example who are too
weak to even stand to be slaughtered for
food
we must end the commercialization of the
animal’s body for the health of the
planet for our health and especially for
the animals sake when these animals are
enduring such pain misery and sadness
and have their lives taken at a fraction
of their lifespan doing a little better
isn’t going to be enough now while I may
have been rambling on and on to some or
preaching to others that our plan B
starts now what I’m going to say from
here on out is what each of you out in
the audience can do on a personal level
or can encourage you to reignite strict
eating habits and by strict eating
habits I do not mean that you are going
to get an eating disorder or you are
going to have to give up meat completely
and eat vegetables and greens for the
rest of your life no in fact I am
actually trying to promote a
step-by-step process in which you can
personally reduce the misery disarm
these farmed animals are enduring so to
start off if you really really cannot
give it me I advise that you buy your
meat from local farmer markets or health
food stores yes they are still killing
animals to produce meat but they have
been grown sustainably and with the
freedom they deserve
unfortunately sustainably grown me is
more expensive than the cheap meat
turned on factory farms but compared to
the factory farm meat sustainable meat
from animals raised on pasture contains
less fat fewer calories and higher
levels of omega-3 fatty acids vitamin E
and other important nutrients as an
added benefit these the sustainable meat
grown from these pastures are not
produced with growth hormones
non-therapeutic antibiotics or unsavory
feet addictive that undermine public
health if you don’t know where to start
or you don’t know where to find your
local food source you can search up
local farmer markets near me on Safari
or Google examples of local sources
include eat wild local harvest buy
aside from that what you can do
individually as in your daily routine is
you could spread the word bring
awareness go to local events go to farm
investigations have meatless Mondays or
even turn vegetarian pescetarian or
you can even ask your local institution
to sign the center for good for
purchasing you can even urge the USDA to
keep and implement the new organic
certification animal welfare regulations
you can even demand Congress to ban
horse slaughter and pass the 2017 say
fact you can even commit to the boycott
Canadian seafood to help baby seals if
you are a chef on a restaurant or have a
business revolved around food or you can
even come into the shop with your heart
pledged which implies that you buy your
meat from your meat and dairy with
humane certifications the list goes on
and on there are so many ways in which
you can make an impact create change and
spark change in the production of meat
now you might be thinking this is so
much commitment this is so much work or
that someone else will be making a
difference but the thing is there’s
someone else that you are thinking of is
thinking the exact same thing as someone
else will be making a difference so what
I’m trying to say here is that if you
felt something watching that one-minute
video or if you want to spark change the
production of meat that it all starts
from within it all starts with yourself
so before I bring closure to this TED
talk I hope that you have been informed
and that you take action it doesn’t mean
that you have to have a drastic change
from a full-on carnivore to a vegan or
vegetarian instead take small steps
because even if it is considered small
you will eventually become vegan
vegetarian or pescetarian have meatless
Mondays for a month or don’t eat dinner
for dinner or don’t eat meat for dinner
for a week and eventually you’ll get
there and one last thing to keep in mind
the greatest threat to humans is
ignorance but the greatest threat to animals is ignorant people thank you
what if I told you that there was
something similar to the savoury and
country taste of bacon but wasn’t
exactly that the bacon that you buy at
Target Walmart or Trader Joe’s ever
tried vegan bacon or chicken and duck
made without the actual killing of the
animals this concept of meat that is
produced without killing chickens pigs
cows you name it might be hard and
shocking to grasp but to say the least
you don’t need to consume animal
products ever before I start going into
the conditions animals are undergoing at
the slaughterhouse my name is in him
Choi and I’m an animal rights activist I
had done another TED talk regarding
animal rights at my high school trying
to show how we humans are destroying
animals habitats causing them to become
stray or to migrate I type that TED talk
in with my dog who is a stray animal
before being adopted maybe now you’ll
see that I am very devoted and emotional
about anything regarding animals
especially when they are confined in
tight areas with limited movement and
destined to have their bodies cut into
pieces for us to eat to me it’s a good
thing that people are becoming more
aware of the misery these farmed animals
endure and of the environmental impacts
livestock has on the planet a growing
number of consumers are now questioning
where their food comes from this is a
positive progression away from
industrialized food production so
there’s a hopeful side to this new
industry reaction however there’s a dark
side as well and I am here today to
break it to you now you might think
we’re an animal farm where they raise
the animal before heading to the
slaughterhouse looks something like this
cartoon you know where all the animals
are smiling and giving the perception
that this animal farm is full of
laughter and happiness but to tell you
the truth it’s not today
treat rapists murders and even
pedophiles better than the most innocent
beings on the planet according to PTA or
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals they stated that on today’s
factory farms animals are crowned by the
thousands into filthy windowless sheds
or stuffed into metal crates wire cages
or other torturous devices these animals
will never be able to root around in the
soil build their own nests raise their
own families or even or even do anything
that is natural or important to them
most won’t even feel the warmth of the
Sun on their backs or breathe fresh air
until the day they are loaded onto
trucks headed to the slaughterhouse sure
many will say that that’s how meat is
produced that it was the animals destiny
to be slaughtered or that this murderous
creation of meat isn’t that bad proving
that these individuals are not putting
themselves into the animals perspective
but seriously imagine yourself in the
animals shoes for a day imagine going
through what the animals felt and dealt
with in the video at a very young age
these animals are injected with
antibiotics so they grow faster and to
keep them alive in the unsanitary
conditions most are genetically
manipulated to grow bigger and to
produce more eggs or milk than they
naturally would for example some
chickens girls so abnormally large that
their legs cannot support their outsize
bodies causing them to starve or
dehydrate since they cannot walk to
nearby water or food can you imagine
being stuffed when you’re already full
or can you imagine being injected with
toxins when you don’t even want them
when we do these deeds to other humans
we call it inhumane then what’s the call
for the animals just every day routinely
normal things now at the slaughterhouse
for those that survive the transport
will often have their throats slit while
they still remain conscious they will be
plunged into the scouting hot water of
the d feathering or hair removal tanks
or have their bodies skinned or hacked
apart while they remain alive
it’s like going to the dentist and
getting all four of your wisdom teeth
pulled without any aesthetics but about
a hundred times worse now for proponents
of animal slaughter and production of me
I have an example for you to consider in
my APA language of composition class we
were reading the modest proposal by
Jonathan Swift where he referred to
selling and eating children to reduce
the serious starvation situation at
Ireland he said at how a year-old child
is the most delicious nourishing and
wholesome food whether stewed baked
boiled or roasted while reading the
satire piece I came to realize what
sooth was proposing was exactly what we
were doing to animals confining them
murdering them skinning them plunging
them cooking them in various ways during
class I questioned why my classmates
were being grossed out or saying this is
horrible when we have been doing this
gruesome act to animals for who knows
how long they started rebuking me
stating how humans eating other humans
is cannibalism and the difference
between a human and an animal is that a
human has a spirit they were basically
saying that we can disregard animals
because they can’t talk can’t express
feelings can’t feel happiness loneliness
or sadness as they say that we can
disregard them and do whatever we want
to them humane or not perhaps that’s the
reason why factory farm industry strive
to maximize outputs while minimizing
costs always at the animals expense
these large corporations that run these
factory farms have figured out a way to
make more money
by climbing as many animals as they can
into tiny spaces Scott David from The
Guardian even published an article
titled America’s horrifying new plan for
animals high speed slaughterhouses where
he referred to the new swine slaughter
inspection system proposed by the USDA
what it allows an increase in high speed
slaughterhouses and a decrease on
trained government inspectors on the
line this basically allows for sick or
injured pigs for example who are too
weak to even stand to be slaughtered for
food
we must end the commercialization of the
animal’s body for the health of the
planet for our health and especially for
the animals sake when these animals are
enduring such pain misery and sadness
and have their lives taken at a fraction
of their lifespan doing a little better
isn’t going to be enough now while I may
have been rambling on and on to some or
preaching to others that our plan B
starts now what I’m going to say from
here on out is what each of you out in
the audience can do on a personal level
or can encourage you to reignite strict
eating habits and by strict eating
habits I do not mean that you are going
to get an eating disorder or you are
going to have to give up meat completely
and eat vegetables and greens for the
rest of your life no in fact I am
actually trying to promote a
step-by-step process in which you can
personally reduce the misery disarm
these farmed animals are enduring so to
start off if you really really cannot
give it me I advise that you buy your
meat from local farmer markets or health
food stores yes they are still killing
animals to produce meat but they have
been grown sustainably and with the
freedom they deserve
unfortunately sustainably grown me is
more expensive than the cheap meat
turned on factory farms but compared to
the factory farm meat sustainable meat
from animals raised on pasture contains
less fat fewer calories and higher
levels of omega-3 fatty acids vitamin E
and other important nutrients as an
added benefit these the sustainable meat
grown from these pastures are not
produced with growth hormones
non-therapeutic antibiotics or unsavory
feet addictive that undermine public
health if you don’t know where to start
or you don’t know where to find your
local food source you can search up
local farmer markets near me on Safari
or Google examples of local sources
include eat wild local harvest buy
aside from that what you can do
individually as in your daily routine is
you could spread the word bring
awareness go to local events go to farm
investigations have meatless Mondays or
even turn vegetarian pescetarian or
you can even ask your local institution
to sign the center for good for
purchasing you can even urge the USDA to
keep and implement the new organic
certification animal welfare regulations
you can even demand Congress to ban
horse slaughter and pass the 2017 say
fact you can even commit to the boycott
Canadian seafood to help baby seals if
you are a chef on a restaurant or have a
business revolved around food or you can
even come into the shop with your heart
pledged which implies that you buy your
meat from your meat and dairy with
humane certifications the list goes on
and on there are so many ways in which
you can make an impact create change and
spark change in the production of meat
now you might be thinking this is so
much commitment this is so much work or
that someone else will be making a
difference but the thing is there’s
someone else that you are thinking of is
thinking the exact same thing as someone
else will be making a difference so what
I’m trying to say here is that if you
felt something watching that one-minute
video or if you want to spark change the
production of meat that it all starts
from within it all starts with yourself
so before I bring closure to this TED
talk I hope that you have been informed
and that you take action it doesn’t mean
that you have to have a drastic change
from a full-on carnivore to a vegan or
vegetarian instead take small steps
because even if it is considered small
you will eventually become vegan
vegetarian or pescetarian have meatless
Mondays for a month or don’t eat dinner
for dinner or don’t eat meat for dinner
for a week and eventually you’ll get
there and one last thing to keep in mind
the greatest threat to humans is
ignorance but the greatest threat to animals is ignorant people thank you
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