Crores of lives so far: Why Industrial Animal Farming is the Biggest threat to humanity
Coronavirus, Bird Flu, Swine Flu and many more spread due to industrial animal farming The outbreak of Coronavirus has already claimed thousands of lives and lakhs are suffering from the pandemic. The world has come to a screeching halt with almost half of the humanity under lockdown. There has been lot of discussion about the virus that originated from China and the global community must hold the Asian giant accountable for it. But little discussion about the live wet markets from where the virus originated took place. In the last few decades, with the rising population, Intensive Animal Farming or industrial livestock production has grown exponentially. With the rise in demand of meat, the companies started production of meat on industrial scale, just like any other goods or service- without any empathy for the living beings. Today, meat is a major diet in countries around the world. The average per meat consumption in the United States is 120 kg per person which means an av