Factory Farming and Its Condition Leyonhjelm, (2013) describes Factory Farming as a system of rearing livestock using intensive methods. Factory farming entails raising poultry, pigs, or cattle in a confined indoors under stringently controlled conditions. The factory farming aims at producing as much meat, dairy or eggs at the lowest possible cost, (Leyonhjelm, 2013). It thrives well on a condition whereby the animals are fed with high volume of cheap animal feed as well as antibiotics. In addition, factory farming embraces the usage of pesticides to moderate the spread of disease exacerbated by the crowded living conditions. Basically, the animals raised in factory farming are confined to small areas and they are restricted from movement …show more content…
In fact, factory farming is a chief culprit in the dangerous degradation of the environment. For example, the fecal contamination from the raised animals can generate excessive wastes, about 100times more excrement than the entire human population in U.S. In most cases such animal excretes contain toxins and other pollutants which finally find their way into the ground water or the sea. Consequently, the wastes cause marine ecosystems …show more content…
This is supported by the utilitarianism theory which is a normative ethical theory that places the locus of right and wrong solely on the consequences of choosing one action over other actions. As such, moral justification on subjecting animals to factory farming practices moves beyond the scope of one's own interests or other, it takes into account the interests of others. Secondly, the current system of producing food animals through factory farming in the United States is not sustainable and presents an undesirable level of risk to the environment and public health. Moreover, it offers unnecessary injury to the animals that are raised for food. Due to harm that are inflicting in the animals, it is ethically wrong to raise animals under factory farming