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One problem with Livestock farming is simply the wellbeing of the animals. People forget that these animals are alive and their health is something we should consider. For example according to Sara and Obi who are 2 environmentalists state “animals are raised in pens so cramped for space that as a result mean that they grow up to be limp or with severe health problems” This is a major problem because animals should not be subjected to these kinds of strenuous living conditions.

Another problem is that since the welfare of these livestock are not good means that they are more susceptible to disease which can also affect the humans that eat it. According to The GreenTumble website “13 livestock-related diseases that can affect humans causes up 2.4 billion cases of human illness”. This shows that it could be bad for us humans if this animal cruelty continues and diseases start to get out of control.

Another issue with Livestock farming is the well being of the environment. Many farmers just throw out animal waste and discards in rivers where they pollute the water and threaten the ecosystem’s biodiversity. They also are a major problem with greenhouse gas emissions which damage our atmosphere.

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- The waste products of livestock release a massive amount of nitrogen into the soil and water which affects the nitrogen cycle due to massive amounts of animal waste being decomposed

- Livestock contributes about 18% to the global warming effect due to carbon, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions which ties into the carbon cycle

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The main problem at hand is that major commercial livestock farming has many animals been constantly farmed which when immediately thought about sounds like an animal morality issue and makes you really think about how you get your eggs, milk, and bacon. But that issue is a small one in comparison to what this does to the environment.

First off land in recent years major forests have been burned down such as the amazon to make more space for these farms and it really isn’t their faults they are just humble South American farmers making a living for themselves and their families being bossed by major corporations. Now that my rant is done how does this affect the climate and carbon levels well by burning down rain forests you produce a lot of carbon (with smoke and such) already and you also lose so many trees that could perform photosynthesis removing carbon and the carbon stored in the trees gets released into the atmosphere.

Second these major farms don’t have animals in very big spaces and they have a major abundance of animals at once which produces more gas from animals mostly cows and although you may think i'm joking but these cow farts and burps contribute to greenhouse gases which when mixed with the carbon from burning down forests is a double punch to the climate and global warming.

Now what can be done, well these major factories come down to economy and if these farmers weren’t being paid to do what they are doing the business would collapse, but sadly it is not that simple. Because meat is extremely important for protein and for some keeps them alive. However with modern companies such as Beyond meat and Impossible burger the switch is a lot easier to make. But much like meat these options are expensive and thus not many people can have them but with higher demand prices lower so for everyone to have some of these options the carbon emissions could drastically go down because those who have major commercial farms would have to collapse. But I have to admit people like animal rights activists and many other crazed vegans have made this idea very dumb and ruined this whole idea of veganism for a dumb protection of animals especially with hypocritical tactics such as making pets vegan and still arguing that animals need rights. But even if everyone incorporated a meatless Monday for example this could get a starting point. Take this from a climate point of view not an animal view. Finally if these weren’t enough to sway an opinion for these carbon emissions the stuff tastes amazing it isn’t your old veggie burger that looks and tastes like a rock but through modern technology these companies have made vegetarian meat taste and look and even smell like the real stuff. So what I'm trying to say is that a switch or stop or even small pauses of consuming animals could highly solve the carbon emissions produced from commercial livestock farming.

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The livestock industry is notorious for greenhouse gas emissions.  These large numbers are in part due to the animals themselves. Cows, for example, are ruminants. Ruminant livestock digest their food in a fore-gut that contains methanogens,  microbes that digest tough grasses and create methane and carbon dioxide as by-products from the grass' cellulose (Curnow). When more greenhouse gasses like methane, abbreviated as CH4 or carbon dioxide, abbreviated CO2 are loose in the atmosphere, the Earth's temperature rises because they absorb more heat from the sun than what normally make up our atmosphere (oxygen, nitrogen and argon).