Turkeys

Turkey consumption in the United States has increased over the years. It is no longer eaten primarily at Thanksgiving and Christmas, but throughout the year. The process of mass producing turkeys for human consumption is just as barbaric, if not more so, than the process of mass producing chickens.

Turkeys are kept in tight, dark quarters to prevent the natural aggressive behavior that occurs when an animal is kept in captivity without room to move and eat freely. They are overfed to the point that their legs cannot support the weight of the mammary tissue. And this animal, which typically has a lifespan of 10 years, is usually slaughtered at around 2 years of age.

Thanksgiving and Christmas

Unsanitary conditions and overcrowding mean that disease in commercial turkeys is rampant, resulting in the death of an estimated 2.7 million turkeys in their pens each year. Foot and leg deformities, heat stress and starvation caused by the inability of immature birds to find feeders and drinkers are common. Ulcerations of the feet and burns of the hocks are common, caused by constant contact with waste contaminated with urine and feces.

On your next vacation, could you sit down to dinner and look at roast turkey the same way? Turkeys have the same hygiene and preparation guidelines as chickens. You need to make sure that they are cooked at a certain temperature to ensure that disease-causing bacteria are completely killed. You should clean your work surface with bleach to kill any bacteria.

This is a compelling argument for switching to a vegetarian diet, isn't it? Suddenly, jokes about vegetarian dinners with bread, nuts and vegetables instead of meat seem more logical, not only from a health perspective, but also from a humanitarian perspective. Why do we continue to eat in ways that are unhealthy and harmful to us? For your next holiday dinner, consider an all-vegetarian menu. At first, most of the dinner was vegetable; A small change would be replacing turkey with a plant-based main dish.

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