SHOULD WE FULLY STOP KILLING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE AND

SHOULD WE FULLY STOP KILLING ANIMALS WORLDWIDE AND ONLY USE BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MAKING LEATHER AND MEAT? BY: KEIRA AND SHADEN

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO LAB MADE MEAT? • COST WILL EVENTUALLY BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND CHEAPER • HAS QUICKER GROWTH • NO ANIMALS WILL GET KILLED IN THE PROCESS • REDUCES GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS • HAS A GOOD IMPACT ON HEALTH AND NUTRITION • REDUCES THE NEEDS TO USE PESTICIDES, FUNGICIDES ETC.

WHAT ARE THE RISKS? WHO IS HURT/AT RISK? • HAVE A HARD TIME TRUSTING LAB GROWN MEAT • LOSS OF JOBS (PARTICULARLY FARMERS) • LOSS OF FLAVOURS • COULD CAUSE OBESITY

WHAT/WHO’S RIGHTS NEED TO BE PROTECTED? • EACH INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO THEIR OPINION ON LAB MADE MEAT • THE ANIMALS HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THESE RIGHTS? • IF THIS BECOMES SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PERSUE IN OUR FUTURE, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING AND ENFORCING THEM. THEY CAN STOP FARMS FROM PRODUCING MEAT AND LEATHER.

SHOULD INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOSE FOR THEMSELVES, OR DOES ONE DECISION COUNT FOR EVERYONE? • ONE DECISION SHOULD COUNT FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE THERE WILL STILL BE ANIMLAS GETTING ABUSED AND KILLED FOR FOOD, SO WHY WOULD WE EVEN CONSIDER DOING THAT? IF THEY DECIDED TO LET INDIVIDUALS CHOOSE, THE INDUSTRIES WILL STILL BE PRODUCING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MEAT AS BEFORE AND WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.

OTHER VIEW POINTS THAT OTHER RELIGIONS AND CULTURES HAVE • Some cultures would be happy about this like Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism and etc. since they’re vegetarians. • Some religions, even though they aren't vegetarians they also don’t require you to eat real meat. • Some Aboriginals might not like this idea since they use animals for their religion with their clothes, and it's been a tradition for them to do this. • On the other hand vegetarians would be really happy because a lot of the vegetarians don’t eat meat because of the animal cruelty.

THE SCIENCE – HOW DOES THIS BIOTECHNOLOGY WORK? - Biopsy on the animal - Isolate the cells and then they multiply - Using science, a bio-fabrication company grows collagen cells to make new material-ones. - Makes sheets of the leather - Tan them etc. - It's most likely something that you’re wearing right now is made of leather. - The production and livestock behind the leather we wear produces more than half of the global greenhouse emissions.

THE SOLUTION – HOW CAN THE SOCIETY ADAPT TO THE INTEGRATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY? • SOME PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME THEIR ATTITUDES TO THAT UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING OF EATING LAB MADE MEATS • IS THE MEAT CONSIDERD VEGAN OR NO? • THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET USED TO THE TASTE OF THE MEAT

THE SOLUTION – HOW CAN THE SOCIETY ADAPT TO THE INTEGRATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY? • LEATHER MADE FROM CELLS KNOWING YOUR NOT WEARING DEAD ANIMAL SKIN • SAFER TO EAT THAN REGULAR MEAT

SOURCES : ) • Dawson, Simon. ”Lab-grown meat may save a lot more than Farm animals’ lives” April 6 th 2017. https: //www. nbcnews. com/mach/innovation/lab-grown-meat-may-save-lot-more-farm-animals-livesn 743091 • Hultin, Ginger. “ Lab-grown meat – exploring potential benefits and challenges of cellular agriculture” February 27 th 2017. https: //foodandnutrition. org/march-april-2017/lab-grown-meat-exploringpotential-benefits-challenges-cellular-agriculture/ • “The pros and cons of lab-grown meat” August 30 th 2018. https: //www. theweek. co. uk/96156/the-prosand-cons-of-lab-grown-meat • Vegetarianism and religion. http: //www. pages. drexel. edu/~soa 29/Religious%20 Issues. htm