The following information I was lucky enough to have read in front of my whole high school.
With genetic manipulation and intensive production technologies, it is common for modern dairy cows to produce 100 pounds of milk a day -- 10 times more than they would produce in nature.
A dairy cow produces 120 pounds of waste every day -- equal to that of two dozen people
Bovine growth hormone (BGH), a synthetic hormone used to boost milk production in cows across the United States, has been linked to cancer in humans
Every year in the U.S., more than 8 billion animals are slaughtered for food--that's more than 250 animals per second.
meat contains accumulations of pesticides and other chemicals up to 14 times more concentrated than those in plant foods.
Raising animals for food requires more than half the water used in the United States and is the biggest polluter of our water and topsoil.
The animals are hung upside down and their throats are sliced open, often while they're fully conscious.
Murdering a Big Mac In the slaughterhouse, animals often struggle to escape. Cattle become frantic as they watch the animal before them in the killing-line being prodded, beaten, electrocuted and knifed
