Tomorrow is election day, and I want to get the word out to Californians about a certain proposition concerning the safety of our food and our animal friends. Prop 2 is intended to increase the standard of living for confined farm animals, who live in unimaginably horrid conditions. Their wretched way of life often leads to an increase in disease and a high mortality rate, which takes a toll on the food we eat. My sister works at a certain popular restaurant which I will not name (but is known for their hot wings and female servers), and they often find bursted blood vessels and even tumors in the chicken they serve. This is a result of the unregulated conditions of the farms the livestock are raised on.
As a humanitarian, I ask you to vote yes on Prop 2 to give these creatures a decent life, as they provide us with food and sustenance. As a food connoisseur, I ask you to vote yes on Prop 2 to improve the standards of the food we eat. We have rights for domesticated pets; there MUST be regulated standards and rights for livestock. These critters are my neighbors (literally...I live in Chino, I'm surrounded by cows), so I would love to see their conditions improved. Yes, there is a possibility of the cost of food being raised, but I'm willing to pay that cost for better quality of my well-being and theirs. Are you? Vote.
