How have animals been affected by farming?
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Question by Ginger!: How have animals been affected by farming?
I’m doing BTEC science for GCSE and my next peice of coursework is to find out the impact of human interaction with the eniroment and i have to choose a certain area to stick to and im sticking to farming and i need to know How have animals been affected by farming?
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Well for starters, animals have been domesticated by farming. They used to live wild just like any other animal. Also, there are many many breeds of livestock and poultry that weren’t around until people got to them. We have bred them for certain traits such as docile temperament, increased meat, egg, hair/wool, or milk production. Some of them have also been bred to be a specific color or size. The population of cows, chickens, turkeys, sheep, goats, pigs, and other animals is dramatically higher than what it would be without farming. There are millions and millions of animals being farmed in America alone. If nature was left alone we wouldn’t see anywhere close to these numbers or nearly as many breeds and colors of all these animals. That has to be the main way animals have been affected by farming. Its a matter of opinion whether or not this impact is positive or negative but there is no way nature would have let the populations to grow so immense. Also, there life expectancy has changed. On one hand, they can live much longer due to farmers medicating them and tending to their wounds, housing and feeding them. But on the other hand, many animals have a set date to die because they go to slaughter at certain ages. DIsease is less of a threat in most cases due to vaccines just like with people. I know that was a long answer and if you made it this far, I hope you found this helpful.
jeff R
May 23, 2013 at 3:59 am