Some arguments used in debate
on the topics in the title simply are invalid.
That goes for pro and contra. We selected
a few of the most rigid arguments from
different situations and placed an appropriate
counterargument. Because a more clear and
honest way of reasoning helps improve the
circumstances animals live in. Mail us
if you encounter other or new (counter)-arguments
(click in the list marked with to go directly to the section).
Apart from the specific issues there are
the types of
arguments in general.
Non-valid arguments (deceptive
arguments) for different groups:
Non-valid arguments
for maintaining factory farming
Reaction
factory farming
contributes to the economic welfare of a country
using economic arguments to justify topics
that are ethically unacceptable is immoral
if also the harmful (environmental) effects
are included, the economic contribution is zero
factory farmers
are dependent on this form of farming for their
income
using economic arguments
to justify topics that are ethically unacceptable
is immoral. No farmer depends for his or her income
on ethically unacceptable work of which the greater
part is exported.
farmers are forced
to cooperate in the factory farming industry to
earn an income
farmers have a free
will. If they also have a conscience, then they
will choose for a decent farming method. No one
in the western hemisphere needs to be hungry
the law doesn't
say that factory farming is illegal, so it is
allowed
step by step the
factory farming industry crossed the line of the
morally acceptable. It will take years to counteract
this immoral form of farming in a legal way.
if you live in the
countryside, then you will have to take the pollution
of factory farming for granted
in the countryside
no one has the right to take away the freedom
of another being (human or animal). Clean air,
land and water is a right for all and an obligation
for people living in the countryside.
the government stimulated
factory farming in the past and banks have given
farmers large credits
that is correct.
It makes the government and the banks responsible
for softening financial blows and for the discontinuation
and downsizing to zero of the factory farming
industry
factory farmers
have the right to freedom of working method, alongside
the right to freedom
because factory
farmers abuse the basic right of freedom for animals,
their working method is illegal
animals in factory
farming are treated well
that animals have
enough to eat and drink does not mean their well-being
is guaranteed, and by no means is it a guarantee
for freedom of behavior
animals in factory
farming are better off than people living in tiny
apartments in high rises or working on the continuous
line in a factory
people can choose
for how long they want to live and work in these
circumstances, animals cannot
animals in factory
farming are better off than animals in organic
or biologic-dynamic farms. There the chances for
getting a disease because of being allowed to
walk free on the soil are larger
the fact that only a small amount of animals
can be kept is true also for organic farming.
If this happens in combination with a meadow
that can carry the deposit of fertilizer, the
chances for contracting a disease can be neglected
the factory farming industry uses enormous
amounts of antibiotics to prevent diseases
disease is natural in a natural environment
in the bible is
written that Man is lord and master over animals;
that the animals are there for Man to use
if you believe,
you should also notice that nowhere in the bible
it is written that it should be allowed that animals
are kept under these circumstances
in factory farming
the well-being of animals is a priority
for as long as animals
cannot express natural behavior, the well-being
of animals is minimized
animals in factory
farming are better off than in free nature
open the cage and
most animal will walk away to freedom. It obviously
chooses freedom over security of food
animals in factory
farming industry show little lack of well-being
the right to, and
the need for freedom is not lost by looking neutral
or 'well kept'
to go directly to the section). 
