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How Factory Farming Hurts Animals

What is Factory Farming?

How Factory Farming Hurts Animals
Farm animals are gentle, smart and friendly, just like dogs and cats. And, like all animals, they want to be free of pain, live in a clean place and be treated with kindness. But farm animals, because they are used for their meat, milk and eggs, are often treated very badly. In fact, people can do almost anything to a farm animal without being punished.

Today's farms aren't at all like they used to be. Instead of living outside in the sunshine, most animals are raised on "factory farms" where they are packed into big, dark buildings all the time. Some spend their whole lives in small cages or crates. Hens, for example, don't even have enough room to spread their wings. Calves being raised for veal and mother pigs also live in spaces so narrow they can't even turn around. They are treated like machines instead of like animals with feelings.

Click on each photo to learn more about each species "Living Free" or "On Factory Farms."

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