1. Thumping
Piglets who are too sick, or who aren’t growing fast enough,
are killed by being slammed headfirst onto concrete floors.
are killed by being slammed headfirst onto concrete floors.
2. Dehorning
Farmers
burn or
saw off the horns of cattle without anesthetics. This cruel practice, which often leads
to infection, is 100 percent legal.
burn or
saw off the horns of cattle without anesthetics. This cruel practice, which often leads
to infection, is 100 percent legal.
3. Tail Docking
Although
outlawed in a few states, tail docking is a relatively common practice. It
involves cutting through the sensitive skin, nerves, and bones of calves’ tails
without any painkillers. This purposeless and inhumane practice has been
condemned by animal welfare experts.
outlawed in a few states, tail docking is a relatively common practice. It
involves cutting through the sensitive skin, nerves, and bones of calves’ tails
without any painkillers. This purposeless and inhumane practice has been
condemned by animal welfare experts.
4. Debeaking
Perpetrated
by the egg and poultry industries, debeaking is to painfully cut off
the tip of a bird’s beak, usually with a hot blade.
by the egg and poultry industries, debeaking is to painfully cut off
the tip of a bird’s beak, usually with a hot blade.
5. Castration
Shortly
after birth, male piglets are castrated without the use of
painkillers. Farmers use a blade or scalpel to pull out the testicles.
after birth, male piglets are castrated without the use of
painkillers. Farmers use a blade or scalpel to pull out the testicles.
6. Macerators
Since
male chicks will never lay eggs and don’t grow quickly enough to be raised
profitably for meat, they’re killed within hours of hatching. These young animals
are often ground up
alive in
macerators.
male chicks will never lay eggs and don’t grow quickly enough to be raised
profitably for meat, they’re killed within hours of hatching. These young animals
are often ground up
alive in
macerators.
7. Extreme Confinement
In
an effort to maximize profit, animals on factory farms are kept in cramped,
disease-ridden conditions, and many won’t see the sun until they’re on their
way to the slaughterhouse.
an effort to maximize profit, animals on factory farms are kept in cramped,
disease-ridden conditions, and many won’t see the sun until they’re on their
way to the slaughterhouse.
8. Antibiotic Overuse
Because
factory farms are filthy, disease and infection run rampant. Eighty percent of all antibiotics
used in the U.S. are administered to farmed animals. While these drugs are
sometimes used to prevent and treat illness in farmed animals, they’re also
used in low doses to make animals grow more quickly.
factory farms are filthy, disease and infection run rampant. Eighty percent of all antibiotics
used in the U.S. are administered to farmed animals. While these drugs are
sometimes used to prevent and treat illness in farmed animals, they’re also
used in low doses to make animals grow more quickly.
9. Cannibalism
To
cut production costs, chicken and hog farmers sometimes use the carcasses
of dead animals as feed.
cut production costs, chicken and hog farmers sometimes use the carcasses
of dead animals as feed.
10. Breaking Up Families
On
modern-day farms babies
are often ripped away from their mothers, leading to severe distress for both mothers and
their young.
modern-day farms babies
are often ripped away from their mothers, leading to severe distress for both mothers and
their young.
These
heartbreaking and barbaric acts are ALL 100 percent legal and go to show the
complete disrespect for animals on farms.
heartbreaking and barbaric acts are ALL 100 percent legal and go to show the
complete disrespect for animals on farms.
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