Factory Farming
Americans like to say they’re animal lovers. However, animal lovers don’t torture animals. And, the vast majority of animals in the United States are being tortured. That’s because most animals are not our beloved cats and dogs. Today, most animals are farmed animals: cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, lambs. And, most of those farmed animals are trapped on factory farms.
The Sentience Institute analyzed USDA statistics and determined that 98.74% of farmed animals in the United States live on factory farms. They’re also known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations or CAFOs, giant, windowless warehouses where tens or even hundreds of thousands of animals exist in cramped quarters, never touching the grass.
Despite this, three-quarters of consumers claim to buy humane products. That’s called denial. Time to snap out of it. These videos will help with that. For a second, the truth hurts. But, then, life gets better. Because… face it. Deep down inside, you knew the truth all along. Now, with honesty on your side, you can help make the world a less hellish place for animals.
The Farm Bill Battle in Congress: Activists face arrest as they expose the environmental, animal welfare and economic costs of subsidizing animal agriculture. Los Angeles, August 22, 2024 — As the United States Congress debates the renewal of the Farm Bill, a significant battle is unfolding over the future of food and agriculture in America.
As alarm grows over the prospect of a massive octopus farm in Spain, a California nonprofit has a plan to stop it from ever happening. Los Angeles, May 12th, 2024 — Scientists, environmentalists and animal lovers have expressed horror and alarm over plans by a Spanish company to create a huge octopus farm in the Canary Islands that would reportedly grow and slaughter a million octopuses a year.
Help put an end to large-scale animal factories! Sonoma County, California, could lead the nation by becoming the first U.S. county to ban Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) through a popular vote. More than 37,185 residents have already backed this initiative, showing their support for sustainable and humane farming practices.
Hollywood, California, January 1st, 2024 – To borrow from Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” While so many groundbreaking new vegan products are hitting the market, the number of animals being killed for food is still on the rise.
The animal rights activist Wayne Hsiung was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years probation for three trespass-related convictions in the Sonoma Open Rescue Trial Los Angeles, December 1, 2023 — On November 30th, Wayne Hsiung, the attorney and co-founder of the animal rights organization Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two-years probation in the Sonoma Open Rescue Trial involving mass actions to rescue suffering chickens and ducks from two animal factories.
The vegan activist Wayne Hsiung was found guilty of three charges of ‘trespass’ and ‘conspiracy to commit trespass’ in the Sonoma Rescue Trial, while the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict for a fourth charge. Los Angeles, November 3, 2023 — Wayne Hsiung, the attorney and co-founder of the animal rights organization Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), was found guilty of three of four charges in the Sonoma Rescue trial and immediately sent to jail with no bail.
The New Roots Institute is an American nonprofit empowering the next generation to end factory farming by giving them inspirational lessons Los Angeles, October 9th, 2023— Members of the youngest generations (Generation Z and Generation Alpha) are clearly alarmed over the state of the planet, the suffering of farmed animals, food injustice, and the public health crisis caused by animal agriculture.
The animal protection group Mercy for Animals has released an undercover investigation into the suffering of pigs in a Nebraska farm while issuing a call to action to oppose the EATS Act Los Angeles, August 18, 2023 — The California-based animal protection organization Mercy for Animals (MfA) just released a new exposé of yet another pig farm, this one in Nebraska.
An undercover investigation by the animal protection organization Animal Outlook into a facility that raised chickens for Tyson Foods has led to calls for prosecuting the meat company giant Los Angeles, July 11th, 2023 — A new investigation of a Virginia chicken breeding facility, that produced birds for the meat company giant Tyson Foods, is making headlines.
The activists in the Canada 11 case, convicted for entering a pig farm in Quebec to expose animal cruelty, have now been sentenced after more than three years of waiting Los Angeles, June 27th, 2023 — As animal rights protesters held a rally outside court, 11 activists (10 Canadians and one American) known as the Canada 11, were finally sentenced by a judge in Quebec.