Sensitive and intelligent beings, pigs are treated
as nothing more than machines. This pig
collapsed in a pool of his own vomit.
In an issue of the journal Hog Farm Management,
John Byrnes advised: "Forget the pig is an animal.
Treat him just like a machine in a factory."
"Dead piles" are a constant presence in factory
farms. While pigs are fed massive amounts of
antibiotics to keep them alive in conditions that
would otherwise kill them, hundreds of
thousands succumb to the stress of violent
mutilations and intensive confinement.
Living their entire lives in what are called battery
cages, these chickens don't have enough room to
turn around or even spread out their wings.
Veal: Baby cows that have been ripped from their
mothers are horrifically confined, then
intentionally malnourished to make the meat
"desirable." They live in isolation, in their own
waste, completely neglected and abused,
unable to move around, then slaughtered. An
increasing number of gourmet and world
renowned chefs are refusing to use veal in their
restaurants, recognizing it is shameful & cruel.
This bird choked to death on his own vomit
during the cruel production of foie gras. The
"delicacy" known as foie gras is one of the most
sickening examples of cruelty promoted as
"luxury." Workers shove pipes down the birds'
throats two or three times a day and pump
enormous quantities of grain and fat into the
animals' stomachs so that the birds' livers will
become diseased and bloated. The birds are
then killed, and their livers are sold as foie gras
to diners in fancy restaurants.
Broiler Sheds
With tens of thousands of chicks packed into each
building, the sheds become increasingly crowded as
the animals grow larger. Chickens often have to walk on
top of one another—and over the bodies of others who
have died—to get to food and water. Many chickens in
factory farms get sick and die because of the cramped
and filthy conditions. Instead of giving their birds more
space and a cleaner living area, farmers mix large
quantities of antibiotics into the birds’ feed in an attempt
to stave off disease, but many of the birds still die.
Male chicks are of no economic value to the egg
industry. These chicks pictured were found dead
and dying in a dumpster behind a hatchery.
Typically they are gassed or just ground up alive.
After about six months, the animals are grabbed
by their delicate legs and slammed into crates on
transport trucks, where they will travel for many
miles through all weather extremes without food
or water to the slaughterhouse. Many animals die
before they reach their final destination. There are
no laws regulating the transport of farmed
animals on trucks. People who live near factory
farms or slaughterhouses often report seeing
dead or dying animals who have fallen off the
trucks on the side of the road.
Fish die by the millions in North Carolina's
Neuse River Watershed, largely as a result of
runoff from pig factories.
Do you think "free-range" chickens are better off?
Gestation Crates
In factory farms, mother pigs are intensively confined
and forcibly impregnated. A mother pig (sow) spends
her entire adult life confined to a metal crate so small
that she can't even turn around or lie down comfortably.
Forced to live lying in her own feces and urine, she and
millions of other pigs like her will not be allowed to step
outdoors until they are forced onto trucks headed for
slaughter. Pigs are social and intelligent animals who
often go insane from their intensive confinement and
complete lack of mental stimulation in factory farms.
With nothing to do and nowhere to go, many pigs spend
their days compulsively chewing on the metal bars of
their stalls.
A modern-day feedlot. Cows of today rarely see grass
or pastures, are intensely confined, and are generally
living in horrible conditions, covered in feces. They are
also given an array of chemicals including, but not
limited to: pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones.
DO YOU TAKE PART IN ANIMAL CRUELTY?

LOVE ANIMALS = VEGAN