A Meat and Dairy Article from All-Creatures.org

Stop Eating Animals To Prevent More Ocean Dead Zones

From TheSaveMovement.org
August 2022

Excess nutrients leaving factory farms into waterways in the form of animal waste leads to the overgrowth of algae and then forms algal blooms that contain dangerous levels of toxins. Ocean dead zones are expected to increase in both size and number as climate change intensifies.

Perhaps you have heard the term ocean dead zones but aren’t sure what it means, what causes it, or how serious it is for our planet. Keep reading to find out and learn how you can help prevent it from getting worse.

An ocean dead zone is an area of the ocean with extremely low oxygen levels making it uninhabitable and causing entire ecosystems to die off. Most marine life cannot survive in an ocean dead zone and the area is comparable to a very hot desert with little biodiversity. Although ocean dead zones can sometimes form naturally, most of them are caused by the effects of climate change and agricultural practices.

These include the factory farming of live animals such as pigs, cows, and chickens; and pollution from commercial fertilizers and pesticides used to produce food for these animals, in addition to food for humans. Excess nutrients leaving factory farms into waterways in the form of animal waste leads to the overgrowth of algae and then forms algal blooms that contain dangerous levels of toxins. Ocean dead zones are expected to increase in both size and number as climate change intensifies.

Meanwhile in Canada, “the Canadian meat industry slaughtered more than 825 million land animals for food in 2021, according to government slaughter statistics analyzed by Animal Justice.” – Animal Justice

That is a lot of animal waste entering our precious waterways! This is in addition to all the fertilizer used to grow crops such as corn and soy that these farmed animals must eat to sustain themselves until they are killed, and the next group of animals arrives. It’s a vicious cycle.

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