When people think of the word "animal," they think of a living, breathing organism, and never of something they just had for dinner. Many people fail to realize that animal cruelty is occurring right now and all over the world. Animal abuse is completely immoral. The definition of ethics is the study of ethical values ​​and how they influence behavior. We live in a world governed by ethics and the idea of ​​right and wrong; this is why animal cruelty in today's culture is so out of this world. The fact that animals are still seen as artifacts and not living, breathing organisms is morally wrong. Unfortunately our morals do not apply to animals. Although countless people say they are against animal cruelty, they still see animals as a kind of food, entertainment, clothing and research. These acts are unethical, animals cannot be used by us. Why do people continue to commit these acts if they know it is unethical? A simple fact that humanity knows is that the meat we eat comes from animals, but we don't know what happens before the consumption process. Every year the food industry slaughters approximately 55 billion animals for consumers around the world. Many of these animals are kept in extremely harsh conditions leading to the death of many animals. In slaughterhouses, animals are tortured to death. Animals endure horrible suffering because people try to raise and slaughter them as quickly as possible to stay at the same level of demands. Animals such as cows, chickens and pigs are often crammed into incredibly small spaces and live abused and abandoned. They are often skinned, dismembered, burned and/or drowned while still alive, as documented by numerous undercover investigations (Terrans). Before animals are killed for what people want,