Peter Singer-Animal Liberation
Afarmyardhenwillfindasuitableareaoffinesoilandthen form a hollow in it, fluffing up the soilintoherfeathersandthenshakingenerget ...
skinbeginstorubagainstthewire,anditiscommontosee birdswhohavebeenin thecagesforsome time with few feathers, and skin rubbed brig ...
hasdonejustthat,andherworkprovidesyetmorescientific backingforwhathasalreadybeensaid.Givenachoice,hens familiarwithbothgrassedru ...
sincethegreater totalnumberofeggsobtainedmadefora larger return on capital and labor, which more than compensated for the higher ...
hersystem.Typicallythehenswillfindthattheirfoodand water,which have beenfreely available to themuntil this time,aresuddenlycutof ...
OfalltheanimalscommonlyeatenintheWesternworld,the pig is without doubt the most intelligent. The natural intelligenceofapigiscom ...
andliveforaboutninedays,untiltheyandtheirpigletsrejoin the group.^64 As we shall see, factory farming makes it impossibleforthep ...
fightinginthepigpenandreducesgainsinweight.Sincepigs donot havebeaks,farmerscannotdebeak themto prevent this, but they have foun ...
inunitswithstrawbeddingisprobablydue,atleastinpart,to the “recreational” effects of the straw.^70 NowwecanseewhytheU.S.Departmen ...
Thereisalsostrongevidencethatporcinestresssyndromehas increased dramatically as confinement rearing has become more common.^73 C ...
Somostpigsnowspendtheirentirelivesindoors.Theyare born and suckled in a farrowing unit,raised initially in a nursery,andbroughtt ...
IllinoisPorkAll-AmericanbytheNationalPorkProducers’ Council. Another physicalproblemforthepigs isthatthefloors of confinementuni ...
Thesolution,ofcourse,istotakethepigsoffbareconcrete floors.OneBritishpigfarmerwiththreehundredsowsdid justthat,puttinghispigsino ...
have always been limited by the capacity of the sow mammary system.”^84 By the combination of mechanical nursingandothernoveltec ...
conditions.Theyarecloselyconfinedforbothpregnancyand birth.Whilepregnanttheyareusuallylockedintoindividual metalstallstwofeetwid ...
Netherlands,G.CroninobtainedaPh.D. forastudyofthe behaviorof confinedsows. Here ishis descriptionof how they behave when first p ...
than twenty different studies, the report likened the stereotypical behavior of sows to obsessive-compulsive behaviorinneurotich ...
unfortunateconfinedsowsandboarsusedforbreedinghave yet another source of distress: they are kept permanently hungry.Animalsbeing ...
restaurants.Fortunatelythisindustrydoesnotcompareinsize withpoultry,beef,orpigproduction;neverthelessitisworth our attentionbeca ...
raisedabovetheconcreteflooroftheshed.Thecalvesare tetheredby achain aroundthe necktoprevent themfrom turningintheirstallswhenthe ...
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