Review Cowspiracy Documentary

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The Cowspiracy is a documentary that highlights the environmental impacts associated with animal agriculture. According to the documentary, animal agriculture has had great global demands because of people’s consumption of meat which is part of many people’s diet. However, animal production through agriculture is responsible for 18% of the global greenhouse gas emission which is more than what is produced by the transport system. These figures are quite alarming, and the documentary is aimed at developing a change in the society through providing information about how animal production bears great negative implications on the environment (Andersen, & Kuhn, 2014).
The documentary is based on the argument that the global demands for meat products from animals are very high and as a result, people are dedicating large tracts of land for the production of animals. It is for this reason that animal agriculture is responsible for unsustainable water consumption and pollution, deforestation and responsible for the emission of great amounts of methane which is a highly potent greenhouse gas. The activities surrounding animal agriculture causes the destruction of forests which leads to loss of habitats, the extinction of species, erosion and soil degradation and many other environmental problems (Andersen, & Kuhn, 2014).
Despite the great explanations about animal agriculture, the documentary is affected greatly by its one-mindedness associated with its bias on the need to go vegan.

It is the slogan perpetuated by the documentary, and after taking a closer look at it and especially researching the figures, the bias leads to great levels of inaccuracy. The documentary thus tries to push for the veganism movement, and it comes short because of the factual inaccuracies presented (Grindrod, 2018).
A major criticism of the film is the use of inaccurate facts. The claim that animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gas than the transport industry is far from the truth, and this is because of the need to promote veganism (Grindrod, 2018).
Despite the criticism of the documentary one cannot reject the fact that with animal production and the high demand for meat, more land is needed for the production meaning that there will be instances of deforestation, pollution, soil degradation and also the excessive production of greenhouse gases. There are significant environmental issues associated with animal production and should be addressed. However, the adverse representation of the situation as done by the film risks lack of support from the public.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY l 1033 Andersen, K., & Kuhn, K. (Directors). (2014). Cowspiracy [Motion Picture].
Grindrod, C. (2018, February 22). An Ethical Meat Eater’s Response to Cowspiracy. Retrieved from https://www.rootsofnature.co.uk/cowspiracy-an-ethical-meat-eaters-response/