The following information is from the Human League
What Happens on Factory Farms? 🐄 🐓
- On factory farms, animals are not given any choice about how to live their lives. They're raised to grow quickly so that they can be turned into products as swiftly as possible. Various bodily mutilations, extremely tight and crowded confinement, and lives spent entirely indoors are routine aspects of life for factory-farmed animals.
Inhumane Treatment
- definitions of animal cruelty used by the CEOs of big meat companies will differ drastically from those used by grassroots animal advocates. While producers often claim to root out inhumane treatment of farmed animals wherever possible, many advocates believe that factory farms are inherently inhumane.
- Chickens are Debeaked
- Cows and Pigs are Tail Docked
- Animals are Confined
- Genetic Manipulation
- Environmental Impact
Animal Welfare
- The Five Freedoms are:
- Freedom from thirst, hunger, and malnutrition.
- Freedom from discomfort and exposure.
- Freedom from pain, injury, and disease.
- Freedom from fear and distress.
- Freedom to express normal behavior