FARM ANIMALS
The majority of the meat we ingest come from "factory farms", or "A system of rearing livestock using highly intensive methods, by which poultry, pigs, or cattle are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions." These factories treat the animals they hold very poorly. These animals, just like in puppy mills, never get fresh air until they are being shipped to the slaughterhouse. Slaughtherhouses kill the animals while they are still fully consious.
Common Animals Held in Factory Farms
- chicken
- cows
- pigs
- bees
- turkeys
- ducks
- fish
Cows
- 29 million cows suffer and die every year in factory farms
- Cows are branded and dehorned at a very young age before getting shipped to to the lots where they are young, ussually tranquilizers or anesthesia
- Some cattle have done anything in their power to escape slaughterhouses
- Cows could travel hundereds of miles to the slaughtherhouses without any food or water; and many die on the way
Chickens
- 9 billion chickens are killed for their meat each year
- 305 million hens are used for eggs currently
- There are no laws protecting chickens
- Chickens killed for their flesh are shipped to slaughterhouses at around 2 months old
- Hens that stop laying eggs are transported to slaughterhouses and turned into cat or dog food
- Male chicks in the egg industry and chicks that don't develop quickly are ground up alive
- Chickens are fully consious while they are being slaughtered
Pigs
- Pigs are seperated from their mothers a few days after they're born
- Over 1 million pigs die in transport to slaughtherhouses every year
Turkeys
- 245 million turkeys are killed every year, mostly around Thanksgiving and Christmas
- Turkeys on farm factories are murdered when they are 3-5 months old
- Some turkeys are still fully concious when they are dropped into the tank of boiling water to remove their feathers
Ducks
- Ducks raised for meat are raised just like the chickens
- Male ducks raised for fois gras, a french dish that means "fatty liver", are force-feeded to make their livers "ten times their normal size"