Agriculture Reference
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no. of animals killed per minute in the u.s. industries: 21,746
21,746
17,266
3,089
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516
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build nests, and wallow in the mud—cannot engage in hardly any
of their normal, instinctive behaviors. For nearly their entire four-
month pregnancy, they can do nothing but stand and lie on con-
crete slatted floors, breathing in toxic ammonia emanating from
massive waste pits. There is no positive stimulation and no social
interaction. In such extreme confinement, their muscles atrophy,
they lose bone mass, and they are often afflicted with lesions that
are indicators of their terrible health and this unsanitary environ-
ment, not to mention the psychological torment they experience
from such extreme restriction.
Before giving birth, the sow is moved to a farrowing crate—an
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