Cows
When a calf is born, he/she is immediately separated from his/her mother. If the calf is female, she will then continue on to a dairy farm to live her life with utters so enlarged her bones will break. After this she will be sent off to slaughter. If the calf is male, it is of no use to the dairy industry, therefor they're sent off to veal farms where they will live their few weeks in horrific conditions, being abused by workers sometimes beat with rods and struck by metal objects.
DAIRY COWS - When an innocent cow is taken and named a dairy cow, he/she is no longer a cow, but a hybrid machine. Dairy cows produce 10 times the amount of milk than they do in the wild because the cows are genetically mutilated in order to give birth every year. "The abuse wreaked upon the bodies of female dairy cows is so intense that the dairy industry also is a huge source of downed cows. Cows referred to as downed cows are so sick and/or injured that they are unable to walk or even stand, hence the title “downed”. Downed cows are routinely dragged or pushed with bulldozers in an attempt to move them to slaughter." The workers sometimes poke the cows in their eyes and shove rods down their throats in order to get the broken down cows to move. (They are given no food or water on the way to the slaughter house.)
In the slaughter house after a cow is strung up by his/her hind legs, they are supposed to be stunned which is generally done by a mechanical blow to the cow's head. However, this stun method barely ever works and therefor the cows are hung while kicking and screaming to the cows around them until their throats are cut and they continue along the "disassembly line" dead or alive.
http://www.mspca.org/programs/animal-protection-legislation/animal-welfare/farm-animal-welfare/factory-farming/cows/dairy-cows.html
DAIRY COWS - When an innocent cow is taken and named a dairy cow, he/she is no longer a cow, but a hybrid machine. Dairy cows produce 10 times the amount of milk than they do in the wild because the cows are genetically mutilated in order to give birth every year. "The abuse wreaked upon the bodies of female dairy cows is so intense that the dairy industry also is a huge source of downed cows. Cows referred to as downed cows are so sick and/or injured that they are unable to walk or even stand, hence the title “downed”. Downed cows are routinely dragged or pushed with bulldozers in an attempt to move them to slaughter." The workers sometimes poke the cows in their eyes and shove rods down their throats in order to get the broken down cows to move. (They are given no food or water on the way to the slaughter house.)
In the slaughter house after a cow is strung up by his/her hind legs, they are supposed to be stunned which is generally done by a mechanical blow to the cow's head. However, this stun method barely ever works and therefor the cows are hung while kicking and screaming to the cows around them until their throats are cut and they continue along the "disassembly line" dead or alive.
http://www.mspca.org/programs/animal-protection-legislation/animal-welfare/farm-animal-welfare/factory-farming/cows/dairy-cows.html
Chickens/Hens
"Chickens are arguably the most abused animal on the planet. In the United States, more than 7 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year, and 452 million hens are used for their eggs. . . More chickens are raised and killed for food than all other land animals combined, yet not a single federal law protects chickens from abuse—even though two-thirds of Americans say that they would support such a law."
Broiler Chickens- Broiler chickens are those who are merely raised for their flesh and are crammed into extremely tiny cages to live their short lives. Farmers today are able to raise and kill chickens almost twice as fast as they previously were able to. This is because chickens today are loaded with so many growth hormones that their bodies often cannot keep up with the rapid growth. This often leads to chickens having multiple organ diseases and leg deformities. Chickens are extremely sociable animals which most people are unaware of, however these chickens will never see sunlight until the day they're shipped for slaughter.
Laying Hens- Laying hens spend their lives in battery cages crammed together with less space than the size of a newspaper, and are not able to spread their wings. The hens have an extremely sensitive part of their beak cut off to prevent them from pecking at each other from going stir crazy. These hens are shipped off to slaughter after their egg production slows down, and they're mostly used for soup broth, and dog and cat food because of the damage done from being a laying hen.
"At the slaughterhouse, their legs are forced into shackles, their throats are cut, and they are immersed in scalding-hot water to remove their feathers. Because they have no federal legal protection (birds are exempt from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act), almost all chickens are still conscious when their throats are cut, and many are literally scalded to death in the feather-removal tanks after missing the throat cutter."
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming/chickens/#ixzz2tDzif6Q5
Broiler Chickens- Broiler chickens are those who are merely raised for their flesh and are crammed into extremely tiny cages to live their short lives. Farmers today are able to raise and kill chickens almost twice as fast as they previously were able to. This is because chickens today are loaded with so many growth hormones that their bodies often cannot keep up with the rapid growth. This often leads to chickens having multiple organ diseases and leg deformities. Chickens are extremely sociable animals which most people are unaware of, however these chickens will never see sunlight until the day they're shipped for slaughter.
Laying Hens- Laying hens spend their lives in battery cages crammed together with less space than the size of a newspaper, and are not able to spread their wings. The hens have an extremely sensitive part of their beak cut off to prevent them from pecking at each other from going stir crazy. These hens are shipped off to slaughter after their egg production slows down, and they're mostly used for soup broth, and dog and cat food because of the damage done from being a laying hen.
"At the slaughterhouse, their legs are forced into shackles, their throats are cut, and they are immersed in scalding-hot water to remove their feathers. Because they have no federal legal protection (birds are exempt from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act), almost all chickens are still conscious when their throats are cut, and many are literally scalded to death in the feather-removal tanks after missing the throat cutter."
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming/chickens/#ixzz2tDzif6Q5
Pigs
Sows- Mother pigs spend the majority of their life in gestation grates so small they cannot turn around, and are constantly impregnated until their bodies cannot take it, and they're then sent to slaughter.
"Piglets are torn from their distraught mothers after just a few weeks. Their tails are chopped off, the ends of their teeth are snipped off with pliers, and the males are castrated. No painkillers are given to ease their suffering. The pigs then spend their entire lives in extremely crowded pens on tiny slabs of filthy concrete."
Slaughter- The trip to slaughter is possibly the most grueling part of the entire experience, for the pigs travel thousands of miles with no food or water in extreme weather conditions. Many of the pigs do not survive the trip over, in the summer they die of dehydration, and in the winter many of them freeze to death, and the others have to stand amongst their dead friends. When pigs arrive at the slaughter houses they are stunned in the same way cows are, before they're dumped into boiling water. Majority of the stun's are not successful and pigs are consciously boiled alive. In some cases the pigs escape from the water and run around the slaughter house while being boiled alive. These few pigs are caught and sent right back on the line.
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming/pigs/#ixzz2tE5hFCb6
"Piglets are torn from their distraught mothers after just a few weeks. Their tails are chopped off, the ends of their teeth are snipped off with pliers, and the males are castrated. No painkillers are given to ease their suffering. The pigs then spend their entire lives in extremely crowded pens on tiny slabs of filthy concrete."
Slaughter- The trip to slaughter is possibly the most grueling part of the entire experience, for the pigs travel thousands of miles with no food or water in extreme weather conditions. Many of the pigs do not survive the trip over, in the summer they die of dehydration, and in the winter many of them freeze to death, and the others have to stand amongst their dead friends. When pigs arrive at the slaughter houses they are stunned in the same way cows are, before they're dumped into boiling water. Majority of the stun's are not successful and pigs are consciously boiled alive. In some cases the pigs escape from the water and run around the slaughter house while being boiled alive. These few pigs are caught and sent right back on the line.
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming/pigs/#ixzz2tE5hFCb6
