''Meet Your Meat'' is a 2002 documentary about
factory farming created by
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; , stylized as PeTA) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. PETA reports that PETA entities hav ...
(PETA), narrated by
Alec Baldwin,
and directed by
Bruce Friedrich and Cem Akin. The documentary explores the treatment of animals in modern animal agriculture (also known as
industrial agriculture
Industrial agriculture is a form of modern farming that refers to the industrialized production of crops and animals and animal products like eggs or milk. The methods of industrial agriculture include innovation in agricultural machinery and f ...
or factory farming). The film runs 12 minutes long.
The film documents several cases of
cruelty to animals, including:
* Egg-laying hens live in crowded cages, six or seven hens to one
battery cage
Battery cages are a housing system used for various animal production methods, but primarily for egg-laying hens. The name arises from the arrangement of rows and columns of identical cages connected together, in a unit, as in an artillery batt ...
the size of a file drawer.
* Cattle are castrated, their horns are removed and third-degree burns (
livestock branding) are inflicted on them, all without anesthetic.
* Cows used for their milk have calves removed from them shortly after birth. These calves are sent to
veal farms.
* Chickens bred and drugged to grow so quickly that their hearts, lungs, and limbs often can't keep up.
* Mother pigs (sows) are confined to
gestation crates
A gestation crate, also known as a sow stall, is a metal enclosure in which a farmed sow used for breeding may be kept during pregnancy.Wilson G. Pond, Fuller W. Bazer, Bernard E. Rollin (eds.), ''Animal Welfare in Animal Agriculture'', CRC Press ...
that are so small that the pigs cannot turn around or even lie down.
* Baby pigs (piglets) are castrated, their teeth clipped, tails docked and ears clipped.
* Chickens' and turkeys'
beaks are burned or cut off without anesthetic.
''Meet Your Meat'' helped influence
Burger King to adopt more humane policies.
See also
* ''
The Meatrix''
*
List of vegan media
This list contains media that discuss vegan messages and ideas. They generally involve the discussion of the vegan philosophy and diet in relation to ethics, environmentalism, and nutrition.
Documentary films
Books
Magazines and online ...
* ''
Earthlings''
References
External links
Meat.org: website for ''Meet Your Meat'' and similar videos"The website the
meat industry
The meat industry are the people and companies engaged in modern industrialized livestock agriculture for the production, packing, preservation and marketing of meat (in contrast to dairy products, wool, etc.). In economics, the meat industry is ...
doesn't want you to see"
''Meet Your Meat''at the
Internet Movie Database
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Animal cruelty incidents
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Documentary films about vegetarianism
Vegetarianism in the United States
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