The Truth About Factory Farms


	The Truth About Factory Farms

violetnightshade

4-14-2009 1:06 PM

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anmal welfare, animal cruelty, farming

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April 14th, 2009 By Paul Shapiro

A recent Mercy for Animals (MFA) investigation at New England’s largest egg producer revealed a list of cruelties few people would ever want to witness. Dead hens left to rot in cages with live hens. Birds, wildly flapping, kicked like footballs into manure pits. Cages upon cages of birds crammed so tight they can’t even spread their wings. The list of horrors goes on.

You’d think this would be the kind of obvious animal abuse few people would hesitate to conde

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4-14-2009 7:01 PM

katsteevns

Who's idea was the factory farm? Who told the farmers how much better life would be if they submitted to the changeover? Who is lining the pockets of the USDA? The poor farmer?

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