[Trojan97]

Originally Posted by moncton golden flames

what do you mean still? i have never said anything of the sort.

what i am saying is that mcdonald's buys it's beef from producers who maintain CAFO's (concentrated animal feeding operation). it doesn't matter if these CAFO's are from brazil or alberta. these feedlots expose the animals to enormous concentrations of excrement, crowding and poor diet. animals in feedlots are there for the sole purpose to expose them to a fatty diet which enhances the marbling in the meat. the excrement from the feedlots, and the hormones & antibiotics that go with it, are absorbed into the groundwater and aquafers.

did you know that 1 cow produces 120lbs of excrement a day, which is the equivalent to approx. 20 people. so a cow heard of 55,000 produces as much crap as the city of calgary. but, the feedlots are not required by law to treat any of their waste, but calgary is, due to clean water acts. these feedlots are massive polluters on massive scales.

western feedlots has 3 feedlots in southern alberta, with a capacity of 100,000 head. that's as much untreated sewage as 2,000,000 people!

Source? I have a tough time believing a cow dumps 10-15% of its body weight/day.