If You Eat Meat You Should Know This

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00:00This is not an anti-meat video.

00:04We've all heard the arguments against meat.

00:07And yet in the EU and US, only between 1 and 6% of people don't eat it.

00:12Meat is just too tasty, convenient and ingrained in our culture

00:16for most of us to consider giving it up.

00:19Also, food is personal and nobody likes to be morally lectured.

00:23At the same time, we love animals.

00:25Most of us have pets and believe in animal rights.

00:28Few things make the internet as angry as animal cruelty.

00:31Both are true.

00:33We love meat and we love animals.

00:36Unfortunately, most animals we eat live in truly horrible conditions.

00:40We don't torture them for fun,

00:42but because it makes meat just a little bit more incredibly cheap.

00:46If we all paid just a tad more, we could avoid most animal suffering,

00:50often just for a few pennies per meal.

00:53Disclaimer, farming is complicated.

00:56Many farmers are genuinely trying to give their animals the best life possible,

01:00but they're trapped in a complex system

01:02with extreme market pressure to keep prices low.

01:05No two countries have the same standards,

01:07no two farms are equal and solid data is often scarce.

01:11We've done our best to combine data from different regions

01:14and the prices you pay in the end.

01:17To keep things simple, we're going to classify farming practices

01:20into three broad groups.

01:22Decent, prisons and torture camps.

01:25This is a bit sketchy,

01:27and you've probably seen many more categories in the supermarket,

01:30like organic or grass-fed.

01:32We'll come to that later.

01:34So, fellow omnivores,

01:36what would it cost us to avoid animal torture

01:39and still have our fried chicken?

01:42Chickens.

01:44At any given time, there are about 26 billion chickens alive on Earth,

01:49as many as all other birds combined.

01:51Chickens seem dumb,

01:53but they're social, can communicate, solve problems and feel empathy.

01:58And yet, we keep the vast majority in insane torture.

02:03Let's start with eggs.

02:05Worldwide, about 90% of laying hens live in torture camps,

02:09crammed in extremely tight cages where they can barely move.

02:13They're unable to show any natural chicken behaviour

02:16like nesting, roosting, foraging or pecking at the ground,

02:19so they become extremely frustrated and end up hurting each other badly.

02:24To stop this, many farms clip their beaks.

02:27In the US and Europe, legal bans and consumer initiatives

02:31have improved the situation a lot in the last few years.

02:34But still, more than 50% of hens remain in cages.

02:38The insane thing is that this doesn't even save a lot of money.

02:41Let's say a dozen eggs cost you around 360 euros or dollars,

02:4630 cents per egg.

02:48How much does it cost to free the hens?

02:50The main alternative to cages are barn systems.

02:53Hens are still kept indoors, but have twice as much space and roam freely.

02:58Barns are prisons. Still not amazing, but so much better.

03:02In the EU, barns increase the consumer price by about 2 cents per egg.

03:07The somewhat decent alternative is free range,

03:10where hens are allowed outdoors, often with proper access to vegetation.

03:15In the EU, this increases the price by about 7 cents per egg.

03:19Housing aside, one of the cruelest practices is chick culling.

03:23Male chicks don't lay eggs, so they're killed right after birth,

03:26usually by gassing or grinding.

03:28This is a really widespread practice used for caged, barn and even organic eggs.

03:337 billion baby chickens are killed this way each year.

03:37France and Germany have banned this,

03:39so many breeding eggs here are scanned early and only female birds hatch,

03:44which may have increased costs by only 2 to 5 cents per egg.

03:48So if you pay 85 cents more for a dozen eggs,

03:51you can make a difference between serious chicken torture and pretty decent chicken lives.

03:57And for another 60 cents, you can help end chick culling too.

04:01Chicken meat is a different story.

04:03Most meat chickens today are genetic freaks, bred to reach amazing weights incredibly fast.

04:09Their internal organs are under a huge amount of stress,

04:12and they can't even walk properly because of their weight,

04:15which causes them a lot of pain for much of their lives.

04:18It's hard to give exact numbers here,

04:20but if farmers were to switch to breeds that grow slower and suffer far less,

04:24a serving of chicken breast that you buy at 1.5 dollars

04:27would become 9 cents more expensive in the US.

04:3090% of meat chickens in the EU live in prisons or torture camps.

04:35They're kept indoors in extremely crowded conditions,

04:38with sometimes dozens of birds per square meter,

04:40often in the dark and with poor ventilation.

04:43So what if we moved them all to prisons?

04:46One EU study found that giving them 30% more space,

04:49perches, fresh air and daylight would increase the price by another 13 cents per serving.

04:55Probably less than 5% of meat chickens live free-range in relatively decent conditions.

05:00This meat is actually noticeably more expensive,

05:03double the price of regular chicken.

05:06But chicken is the cheapest meat,

05:08so depending on the cut, you'd pay 35 cents to 1 euro or dollar more

05:13for a serving of chicken that had a decent life.

05:18Pigs are basically dogs.

05:20They're as intelligent, social and playful as our wolf buddies

05:24and make lovable pets.

05:26So pigs really feel how they live

05:28and arguably have it the worst of all animals we eat.

05:31Probably more than 90% of all pigs live in torture camps.

05:35They spend their entire lives indoors,

05:37in extremely crowded spaces,

05:39on concrete floors without straw or bedding.

05:42Since this is far from what they need,

05:44they get frustrated and often fight.

05:47Piglets have their tails docked to stop tailbiting.

05:50Most males are castrated after birth,

05:52so that their meat will taste better,

05:54often without pain relief to save time.

05:56Mothers are kept in crates,

05:58extremely tight metal straitjackets,

06:00where they can't move at all.

06:02This leads to extreme suffering for the mother and for the piglets,

06:05which are held in a barren area,

06:07separated by metal bars,

06:09and taken away at just 3 weeks old.

06:11Imagine treating dogs like that.

06:13First, let's get to the prison level.

06:16Getting rid of crates would raise the cost

06:18of a 2 euro serving of pork by about 20 cents.

06:21Anesthesia for castration costs almost nothing,

06:24around 1 cent per kilogram of meat.

06:27And a study in Denmark found that giving pigs more straw

06:30and bedding material and 30% more space

06:33and other things that are more animal friendly

06:35would increase the price per serving by another 20 cents.

06:38This is still an awful life for an animal this intelligent,

06:41but obviously much better.

06:43For 40 cents more per serving.

06:46Going one level further and giving pigs outdoor access

06:49for at least 40% of their lives,

06:51and 300 to 400% more space indoors

06:54would increase the price per serving by another 80 cents.

06:58Just over 1% of pigs in the EU

07:00live in these or similar conditions.

07:03We can't know if this is really okay

07:05for such a smart and social animal,

07:07but it starts resembling something decent.

07:10And all for about 1.2 dollars or euros more

07:13per serving of pig.

07:17Cows raised for meat have it the best

07:19because they usually spend about 2 thirds

07:21of their lives outdoors,

07:23making their lives pretty good.

07:25If they were in the wild,

07:27it would be basically the same thing, but less safe.

07:29Their lives are far from perfect though,

07:31especially at the end.

07:33The vast majority of cows

07:35spend the last months of their short lives

07:37in finishing feedlots,

07:39either prisons or torture camps

07:41where they are threatened to reach their slaughter weight

07:43as fast as possible.

07:45Probably less than 5% of beef cattle in the US

07:47have lifelong access to outdoor pasture.

07:50And yet, a recent German study

07:52found that it only increases the price of beef

07:54by around 15%.

07:56The life quality of cows

07:58varies widely even within countries and regions,

08:01depending on the available land,

08:03climates and farming traditions.

08:05So it's really impossible

08:07to make more easy and cheap suggestions

08:09to make their lives better.

08:11Dairy cows do have it much worse.

08:14They're often kept indoors for most of the year

08:16and suffer pain, soul ulcers

08:18and lesions from standing on concrete.

08:21But once again, none of these things

08:23seem to be needed to have affordable milk.

08:25In Germany, outdoor pasture

08:27increases the price of the milk

08:29by about 10 cents per liter.

08:31We could go on with many other animals

08:33and farming practices,

08:35but the summary is clear.

08:37For the animals we eat the most,

08:39upgrading their living conditions

08:41from outright torture to somewhat decent

08:43may cost you about 15% more

08:45for beef and milk,

08:4750% for eggs and pork

08:49and 100% for chicken meat.

08:51The meat of the issue.

08:53Opinion part.

08:55Meat has gotten so cheap

08:57that we have to torture animals

08:59to keep the prices insanely low.

09:01This really is all there is to it.

09:03Food in developed countries

09:05is the cheapest it's been in history.

09:07In the US, the largest meat consumer in the world,

09:09an average person spends

09:11$337 a month on food,

09:13$88 on meat, eggs and dairy.

09:15If these became an average

09:17at 50% more expensive,

09:19that would increase the monthly expenditure

09:21on food by about $43.

09:23This may sound like a lot,

09:25but relative to income, this only means

09:27paying as much for food as US consumers

09:29did in 1987.

09:31In Germany, the average person

09:33spends about €70 a month on meat,

09:35eggs and dairy.

09:37If we increased prices by 50%

09:39on average to make the lives of these animals

09:41better in a really meaningful way,

09:43this would rise by about €35

09:45to about €100.

09:47If this still sounds too expensive,

09:49it may be because around 20%

09:51of all meat people buy

09:53is simply thrown away.

09:55Meat got so cheap that we often

09:57don't eat it before it goes bad.

09:59It's no longer valuable.

10:01Okay, so if you go shopping,

10:03what can you do?

10:05It can feel like you can't do anything

10:07as an individual consumer,

10:09but this is not true.

10:11The market follows demand.

10:13If you don't want to buy torture meat,

10:15look at the labels on holding conditions.

10:17If there is none,

10:19it is torture meat for sure.

10:21If there is, well, it's complicated.

10:23It's often unclear what

10:25different labels mean,

10:27if they're strictly enforced or legally binding.

10:29Some are great, others whitewashing.

10:31And we haven't talked about

10:33the most expensive meat so far,

10:35organic meat.

10:37You've probably noticed that many price estimates

10:39we've given here don't quite match

10:41the price estimates in the supermarket.

10:43This is in part because some retailers

10:45consider ethical products luxury goods

10:47and charge an even higher price,

10:49and also because many labels like

10:51organic, natural, ecological,

10:53bio, or the worst of all,

10:55biodynamic, often contain

10:57a lot of extras or pseudosigns

10:59that have nothing to do with animal welfare.

11:01Many, but not all of these labels

11:03include some of the best practices

11:05mentioned before, but not necessarily all.

11:07Organic brands often include,

11:09for lack of a better word,

11:11stupid measures, like

11:13forbidding GMO feed.

11:15As we covered in another video, banning GMOs

11:17doesn't do anything good for you

11:19or the animals. It just makes your food

11:21more expensive and seem more

11:23natural, while you are consuming

11:25unnatural animal breeds,

11:27living a deeply unnatural life.

11:29Unfortunately, the label

11:31situation in many countries is

11:33extremely confusing, often on purpose.

11:35All too often we don't know

11:37what we're really buying, so

11:39grudgingly, if you can afford it

11:41and want at least a high chance of

11:43torture-free meat, go for the label.

11:45If you can afford it, buy organic.

11:47If you can afford it and

11:49have time, research local

11:51farms and get your meat from a place

11:53you've seen yourself.

11:55There's one exception, too good

11:57not to mention. Mussels.

11:59They suck up carbon and

12:01filter water, making coastlines

12:03cleaner. Calling mussels

12:05dumb is giving them too much

12:07credit. With no central nervous

12:09system and probably no thoughts or

12:11pain, they're basically moss.

12:13Really, everyone should

12:15eat more mussels.

12:17Okay, let's wrap up.

12:19You don't need to be vegan to think the current

12:21situation is unacceptable.

12:23The conditions of most animals we eat

12:25are hard to stomach and could

12:27all be avoided if we paid as much for

12:29meat as our parents did. Things

12:31are slowly getting better, at least in

12:33the West. Consumers can push the industry

12:35in the right direction if we bite

12:37the bullet and pay more.

12:39If you can't afford this, maybe eat a bit

12:41less meat. Don't throw meat

12:43away. Maybe avoid the worst

12:45torture meat like pork, at least

12:47sometimes. And push for

12:49legislation that bans the most horrific

12:51practices. We can help

12:53make the lives of billions of animals

12:55dramatically better.

12:57It really is that simple.

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