Prop 2

I am not a big meat eater...I NEVER eat beef and when I choose to eat meat it is usually chicken strips. But from what I saw today is enough to make me really consider never eating meat again!
At Mike and mom's house our animals are taken care of extremely well.
Our cows have huge fields to roam and graze in. They are given hay and grain. Our cows are very tame because we are outside with them a lot and pet and talk to them.
Our chickens also run around the fields as they please...mom and mike gather their eggs but they are only locked up late at night and let out again early in the morning. This was started because my pretty white pet chicken Maggie was eaten by a fox so now to protect them we lock them up at night.
I love animals and expect people to care for them...how ever when we eat meat from the stores most of the time the meat comes from factory's full of abused animals.
The eggs you eat unless you get them from an independent farmer they come from the store. Their are chicken factories full of thousands of laying hens. They are in cages smaller than a standard sheet of paper. This means they can not even turn around. They may live this way up to a year before they are slaughtered. (Chickens if taken care of can lay till they are 4-5 years old...they do not lay an egg every day but still lay actively)
If you eat veal this is what happens....they take the baby cow away from its mother (when it should still be nursing) and chain it up in a cage that does not even have room for them to stretch their little legs. They may be chained up this way for up to 4 months before they are slaughtered.
What about that yummy ham you get? Pigs are not safe either they are kept in cages where they can not move at all this causes them to become neurotic...they chew the bars, swing their head, and make crying squeals because they are in such terrible conditions.
All of these animals when caged like this become weak and sick.
By saying all this I am not apposed to people eating meat. Any doctor will tell you it is necessary for a healthy life style to have proteins in your diet and meat is the best source. How ever we should treat the animals well. Every living thing deserves a good life even if that particular animals purpose is to feed us there is no reason to treat it cruelly. Also if they animals are fed right and get to move around and stretch they will be healthier and this will provide better quality of food for us. Plus it is not much more expensive to care for the animals.

In california they are trying to pass a law (prop 2 ) to save animals form these conditions....my first choice would be for everyone to buy eggs, and meat from a trusted farmer whom you know cares for his animals well, but if you have to buy meat and eggs from the store we should have the peace of mind that the animals are being taken care of, not tortured, and we are getting the bets quality of meat.
For more information on exactly how these animals are treated and more info on the bill they are trying to pass in cali go to....
YesonProp2.com