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21 Shocking Practices Revealed

21 Shocking Practices Revealed

 

Animal agriculture manuals are not in plain view, in the hope that we won’t look.

So what exactly is inside of these manuals?

We’ve extracted 21 standard farming practices from the US, UK, and Australia — which industry leaders don’t want you to know.

These are direct extracts, including the original source underneath each release.

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#1

Nearly all chicks who are bred into the egg industry are subjected to this horrible procedure. Yes, including those labeled “free-range.”

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#2

Calves as young as three weeks old are killed for veal, a byproduct of the dairy industry. Because male calves cannot produce milk, they are worthless to dairy farmers. Whether a farm is “humane” or conventional, all male calves will be sent to slaughter or sold.

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 #3

Female pigs spend nearly their entire lives confined to gestation crates. Highly intelligent, these animals are driven crazy by this confinement, and often bite at the metal bars until their mouths are bloody.

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#4

After enduring short lives filled with mutilation and abuse, pigs are sent to slaughter while they are still babies. Whether raised on a factory farm or so-called “humane” farm, all piglets meet the same horrific fate.

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#5

Nearly all cows raised for dairy and meat endure this excruciating procedure. They suffer immense pain as their horns are cut at the sensitive, nerve-filled bud. Because there are no regulations on dehorning, the vast majority of farms use no pain relief.

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#6

Cows form incredibly strong bonds with their calves and suffer severe distress after this forced separation. They are known to cry out for days after suffering this heartbreaking loss.

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#7

Among the most abused of all farmed animals, chickens are exempt from both the Animal Welfare Act and the Humane Slaughter Act.

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#8

Not only are piglets subjected to horrific procedures without pain relief, but these procedures are often botched, leaving piglets to suffer in agony until they are killed.

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#9

Many dairy cows are still pregnant when they are sent to slaughter after their milk production declines.

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#10

Deemed worthless by the egg industry since they can’t lay eggs, male chicks are typically killed by being thrown alive into a grinding machine.

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#11

Crammed into overcrowded trucks for days at a time, millions of animals every year are dead upon arrival to the slaughterhouse, or are so injured that they are brutally killed before even getting off the truck.

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#12

When piglets can’t grow quickly enough or become sick, they are often killed using this method because they are no longer profitable to the industry.

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#13

The department of Agriculture allows the meat and dairy industries to use hammers to kill animals they deem unprofitable. Cows, pigs, and other farmed animals endure these prolonged, excruciating deaths on countless farms, including those labeled “free range” and “humane.”

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#14

Lambs, who are sensitive and playful animals, have their lives cut short at only 6 months old.

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#15

Once her egg production decreases, her food will be withheld, and sometimes even water, in order to induce one more productive laying cycle. After that, she will be sent to slaughter at only a fraction of her natural lifespan.

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#16

The dairy and veal industries are one and the same. The production of dairy not only requires tearing babies away from their mothers, but it causes the death of baby calves who are of no value to dairy farmers.

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#17

95%! It’s a huge percentage… usually overlooked in processed foods like mayonnaise or baked goods.

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#18

At the slaughterhouse, all birds are submerged in scalding water to loosen their feathers. Horrifically, countless birds are scalded alive due to failed slaughter attempts.

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#19

If you’re wondering what “exsanguination” means, it’s an agonizing method of slaughter which involves draining an animal of blood until an eventual death happens after prolonged suffering.

This report continues on to include, “Early convulsive movements are a reaction resulting from pain or distress caused by the method.. and conscious attempts by the fish to escape.”

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#20

Most fish are left to slowly suffocate until death, which can take upwards of ten minutes.

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#21

Can you imagine being boiled alive? Turkeys and chickens are slaughtered at such a fast pace, that failed slaughter attempts are common, leaving many to suffer agonizing deaths, such as drowning in scalding hot water. Whether raised on free-range farms or traditional factory farms, turkeys all ultimately end up at the same slaughterhouses.

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