corporate farming

Mercy for Animals exposes sickening animal abuse

From: Pramoda Chitrabhanu... Once again, a brave whistleblower with Mercy For Animals has exposed sickening animal abuse in the poultry industry. A couple weeks ago, we showed you how a major chicken supplier for Gordon Food Service—the largest private foodservice distributor in the U.S.—routinely tortures millions of animals. Now, we’re releasing disturbing hidden-camera video from inside the largest poultry producer in Canada—Maple Lodge Farms. The graphic video [Read more...]

Cows Forced to Sleep, Eat in their Own Waste at…from PETA

    Dear Pramoda, After a disturbing tip about cruel and grotesque conditions on a North Carolina dairy farm that supplies milk to supermarket chain Harris Teeter, we took a look ourselves. What we found was shocking. Emaciated, lame cows whose bones protrude sharply are forced to eat, sleep, and trudge through a deep pool of their own corrosive, bacteria-laden waste while flies swarm about them. The constant contact of the feces and urine with their sensitive skin and feet has resulted [Read more...]

Cage-free eggs: Behind the Myth

Behind the Myth - cage free eggs

From: http://www.humanemyth.org/cagefree.htm HumaneMyth.org Deconstructing the Myth of Humane Animal Agriculture Hens used for egg production come from hatcheries, where male chicks (none of which can lay eggs) are killed immediately after hatching. Each year, hundreds of millions of these vulnerable beings are suffocated or ground up alive to produce fertilizer or feed. Chickens used to produce eggs, including eggs labeled "cage-free," have their beaks forcibly mutilated to minimize the [Read more...]