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Can the Human Methods of Slaughter Act and the Prop 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals Protect Farm Animals from Inhumane Treatment? According to the anthropologist Professor Henry Bunn of Wisconsin University the use of animals for food dates back to two million years ago, when, â€Å"our human ancestors were small brained ape-men† (McKie, 2012). The use of animals for a source of food, clothing, and even entertainment is not something new to us. But what is fairly new are the animal rights movement groups as well as legislation that have formed in the last century to protect the rights of animals and preventing animal cruelty in slaughter. There are specific movements and laws such as the 1958 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and the 2015†¦show more content†¦I own a leather wallet and eat in-n-out burger whenever I have the chance, but I still care about how the quality of the lives of farm animals before they become food. I am not a vegan, I am an animal advocate and I believe in the fair treatment of animals through the use of legislation up until their death. Is it possible we have evolved to give farm animals rights and protect them with laws or is it just a big hoax to make animal lovers feel better? Looking back at the first laws regarding protecting farm animals, I went to the Animal Welfare Institute Organizational website and found the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. To explain this, in 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act that, â€Å"requires all packers selling to the US government to provide anesthetization or instant stunning by mechanical or electrical means prior to the killing of the cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine and other livestock, except in the case of kosher slaughtering† (AWI,2017). This law applies to livestock killed at federally inspected slaughter plants and at state-inspected plants but it does not protect chickens, turkeys, ducks, rabbits or animals killed on a private farm. It is a step inShow MoreRelatedEvaluating The Economic Impacts Of Pipeline Useage On The Texas10470 Words   |  42 Pagesthe supply chain. Table of Contents Acknowledgement Abstract Acknowledgements 1 Abstract 2 Chapter 1 8 Introduction 8 1.1 The dependency of Texas economy on oil gas sector 8 1.1.1 Problem Statement 9 1.1.2 Research Significance and broader impacts 10 1.1.3 Research Question and Hypotheses 11 1.2 Research Purposes 11 1.2.1. 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