For most pregnant pigs on big factory farms in the U.S., each four-month gestation is spent in a tiny crate. The sows can stand up but can’t turn around or take more than a couple of steps. Slats in ...
I once raised pigs. And factory farms raise them today in conditions that are as unconscionable as they are invisible. By Nicholas Kristof Readers respond to Eli Saslow’s front-page report about the ...
The Canadian National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), a collaboration between the agriculture industry, animal welfare groups, government, and other interested parties, recently released its Code of ...