Not eating meat, a human rights issue

[Catherine]

I think it is one thing to hunt and kill one animal, but the conditions in slaughterhouses are brutal. They are ugly for the workers.
It is built into the system that they must kill many animals in a short time so proper procedures are not followed. So workers know that they are causing unnecessary pain and suffering. The animals are distressed when they arrive. The workplace is very high stress.
It is also a dangerous place to work and there are many injuries to the workers. They work under pressure to go fast and they are using sharp knives and there is scalding water and moving machinery. People get hurt under those conditions.

Where they handle big animal carcases there will be muscle strain and back injuries.

Many jobs are hazardous and changes are being made to protect workers.
The workplace safety training course I was required to take described what is needed for a safe work environment. It would completely reject the conditions of a slaughterhouse as being unsafe for many reasons.

This issue may be key to changing how animals are treated. If it can be shown that the deplorable conditions the animals endure are also dangerous to the people who work with them, there may be laws in place already that will force changes.

The point is, there are already laws to protect humans. If we can use those laws for the good of  animals then we are closer to protecting animals.