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 And I held them while they died... -- When 3500 chickens got scattered all over a highway after a truck overturned, it really brought home to AR activists that, horrible though this was, this was only a tiny proportion of the enormous carnage that humanity inflicts on animals every day.
Animal Industry Foundation -- Presenting the US animal farming industry''s point of view. [Just a few paragraphs about what it does, and postal and email addresses.]
Factory Farming - The Truth Hurts -- Factory farming is an attitude which regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit. In animal agriculture, this attitude has lead to institutionalized animal cruelty, massive environmental destruction and resource depletion, and animal and human health risks.
Factory farming -- Fully-illustrated leaflet.
Farm Sanctuary - Sheep Care Information -- Guidelines for the proper care of sheep, from Farm Santuary, a group opposed to factory farming.
Farm practices ''threaten health'' (BBC News) -- Intensive farming is putting public health at risk, according to a controversial report by the National Consumer Council. (Real Video)
In praise of ALF for battery hen film footage -- "Since viewing this film footage, I wonder how much animal abuse is destined never to be exposed until someone takes the necessary steps to make such exposures."
PETA Factsheet - Factory Farming -- Life on "Old MacDonald''s Farm" isn''t what it used to be. The green pastures and idyllic barnyard scenes portrayed in children''s books are quickly being replaced by windowless metal sheds, wire cages, "iron maidens," and other confinement systems integral to what is now known as "factory farming."
Pregnant Cow Slaughter -- "There is a sickening aspect of the meat industry which has until now remained completely hidden behind slaughterhouse doors. No-one talks about it, no-one acknowledges it... every year in Britain, some 150,000 pregnant calves are slaughtered... This practice is wholly inconsistent with our pretentions of caring about animal welfare."
The Slaughter of Animals for Food -- How intense is the suffering we cause to the animals we kill for food?
The Truth about Factory Farming -- from the Humane Farming Association.
Why Vegan? - The Transformation of Animals into Food -- Competition to produce inexpensive meat, eggs, and dairy products has inevitably led animal agribusiness to treat animals as commodities rather than living, feeling beings. Animal cruelty laws in the U.S. normally exempt “standard agricultural practices.” Those standard practices have resulted in tremendous suffering, a portion of which is documented here.

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