Andrew Skowron Exposes The Everyday Reality Of Farm Animals And It Might Turn You Into A Vegetarian (30 Pics)
Andrew Skowron has been an animal rights activist for over 20 years, and for many years he's been documenting the reality of animals in factory farms. The places he visits and the images he sees on a daily basis are unbearable for most people, but Andrew keeps coming back and fighting even harder for the world to see the animals for who they truly are - friends, not food.
For the new decade, Andrew wrote a letter to everybody who loves animals and wants to see them free and happy.
Andrew
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A Fox Making An Eye Contact During An Intervention On A Fur Farm
Please don't set them free. They are often too domesticated to find their own food, and at least in my country, a harmful, non-domestic species, that are a threat to local wildlife. So, worst case scenario: they starve to death. Second worst: they live and kill local animals. Please try other forms of protest.
Load More Replies...nsfw warning... most animals used for fur are electricuted by a rod in their a**s
The proper term is vegan. Only vegans are truly enlightened people. Consuming animal flesh is that of a savage, backwards mind.
"Hi, my name is Andrew. I've been working as a farm animal photographer for many years. Today, I want to ask you a favor for the new decade."
A Pig Transported To Slaughter
As an activist, I have been undercover in a abattoir, apart from the general smell of blood and violence in the air, the worst thing, the thing that made me bite my lip to stop myself crying was the looks in the pigs and cows eyes as they were led to slaughter, the look their eyes gave me was "what have i done to deserve this?", we got that place shut down eventually as they were horrific people running it.Those eyes will stay with me forever.
It looks terrified. Poor pig, I didn't know they had eyes like us. That's sad.
It's almost like you think humans are incapable of eating beans and vegetables.
Load More Replies...So thats why you feel bad for it? Because you imagine a Human being sent to slaughter? The pig isnt thinking about whats going to happen to it.
Sleeping Piglets On A Pig Farm
The overwhelming majority of pigs never gets to see straw in their entire life...And no sunlight, no windows, no fresh air. Just cold concrete slatted floors and artificial light. The mothers are put in pens so small that they can't even turn around or extend their legs when lying down.
The picture literally shows the piglets lying in straw.
Load More Replies...You should probably familiarize yourself with the term "suckling pig."
Load More Replies..."Every year, I visit numerous factory farms. Very often people don't want to look at my photos, not because they are bad, but because they show the reality our society doesn't want to see. We don't want to see the pain, the neglect, the suffering. We don't want to acknowledge the terrible crime we, as humans, committed towards the animals. And I get it, trust me. I know how difficult it is to see another living creature hurt. I've been to more factory farms than I can count, and the things I've seen will haunt me forever."
A Pig Interacting With The Activists
Pigs are actually on par with dogs when it comes to intelligence. They just have a hard time getting through to people. You ever get to know one, let me tell you, they will never taste the same
How can you see a picture like this of an innocent animal and wish him/her death? How sick do you have to be to think that this smart, and aware being is better off as food?
Load More Replies...mmmmmm unprocessed human tell me, why do we have more of a right to live than them
Load More Replies...A Sleeping Chinchilla On A Fur Farm
"Calves crying for their mothers, as they are taken away from them right after birth. Exhausted, exploited laying hens, practically featherless, barely breathing. Broiler chickens too heavy to lift their own bodies, unable to get to water or food. Minks and foxes going crazy in tiny cages of fur farms, with injuries to their paws and bodies. Quails kept in cages so small and dirty, they couldn't even dream of spreading their wings. Piglets having their tails cut off, teeth clipped, castrated with no anesthesia, screaming for help. Sows kept in farrowing crates, where they can't even turn around. Geese transported to slaughter in 40-degree heat."
Motherhood In Factory Farms, Pig Farm
No, they put them in such tight conditions she would kill them because she's in a super confined space, basically commodified. IF she were on a normal farm, this would not be an issue.
Load More Replies...If a mother pig rolls over, she can easily crush her babies. I have seen similar equipment used on a small organic farm.
In reality, sows have to be separated from the piglets so that they don't roll over on and kill them. But, this is done with a large board and not a steal cage.
This is why I no longer buy pork. I don't want to legitimize something this horrible by paying money for it. No living thing should have to spend their life like this.
What about other animals? Cows? Chickens? Sheep? Turkey? Their suffering is just as legitimate as pigs' suffering.
Load More Replies...Pigs Consoling Each Other, Pig Farm
How do they know they at consoling each other. I wish people had this kind of love for their fellow humans.
"I've been to hell and I keep coming back. I get it - it's difficult to watch. But we cannot turn a blind eye on the way animals are treated on factory farms anymore. We cannot pretend they are not there, just because we can't hear their screams from our apartments. It's time to wake up. It's time to make an uprising."
A Meeting With A Bull, Dairy Farm
Yeah. Why would a male cow be on a farm where female cows have to be impregnated to produce milk?
Load More Replies...Cows HAVE to be milked every day for their own health. It doesn't hurt them and then making food from that milk is a fine. My vet told me this when I asked her and she grew up on a dairy farm.
i love how you made that up and tried to act like it was true. cows only produce milk when pregnant, and their babies drink the milk. on dairy farms, they are raped and the babies are killed
Load More Replies...Cows HAVE to be milked every day for their own health. It doesn't hurt them and then making food from that milk is a fine. My vet told me this when I asked her and she grew up
The cows are bred over and over and over and over. What do you think happens to a cow whose milk production has slowed down? Do you think they retire to somewhere sunny??
Load More Replies...A Piglet Having Its Tail Cut Off Without Anesthesia
Teeth are cut because they are super sharp and while nursing, they will cause damage while nursing. This leads to a huge increase in mama pig getting an infection and possibly sick or worse, die. The piglets will also fight each other over where to nurse, causing injuries that can produce life long struggles...like losing an eye etc. Teeth cutting, tail docking, and castration are all done without anesthesia because...pigs do HORRIBLE on anesthesia. The risk of the pig dying while under the influence of anesthesia, for a procedure that takes less than 5mins, is not worth it...basic risk benefit analysis. The procedures are done sterile and quickly as possible...for the sake of the pig. They are back to doing Pig Things in less than 5minutes from being let go after procedure. Under anesthesia, the recover is hours and dying is a huge possibility.
Here's the truth for all of you bleeding heart morons. Pig tails have to be docked because other pigs will EAT THE TAILS OF OTHER PIGS! It helps prevent that and the infection that will most likely start! And another little tidbit for you---of an infection starts and there is an open wound the other pigs will literally eat the rear end of the infected one! Now. Which is better? Docking or being eaten alive?
Hey Moron, It's Interesting that in your mind there are only 2 options. How about NOT EATING PIGS.
Load More Replies...For all those saying how horrible this is, if you eat pigs, YOU ARE PAYING FOR IT! YOU pay for every baby pig to have their tails cut off. YOU pay for their lives of misery and their painful and traumatic deaths. Don't just say you hate that this is done, do something about it. STOP buying dead pigs for your plate, you can live without it and they can't live with it. Go vegan and stop animal agriculture!
Can you please stop yelling at us to go vegan? Some of us actually do our research on which farms you should eat from.
Load More Replies...Sounds more terrible than it is. Lot of puppies get their dew claws cut right after their born without anesthesia. Also when they're young tissues softer so it isn't as bad. People should really research farm animal life before they comment.
how would you like it if you woke up to a beautiful sunrise no care in world because its a saturday..thats right you worked hard and earned this day off. yoy make your way to the fridge, for some ice cream then BaM! out of no where a big a** hand scoops you up and cuts your ear off then puts u down like nothing happed.
"This next decade, I am asking you to be more open-minded. To do your research. I am asking you not to skip that slaughterhouse video. I am asking you to live according to your values - if you really love animals, help them. Don't eat them. Support animal rights activists, fight for the better world with us. Open your mind, eyes, and heart. The nightmare we created for the animals is real and difficult to accept, but if we unite and act now, as a community - we will win this fight and make this world a better place for the animals. And for ourselves."
Broiler Chicken, Unable To Move
meat chickens are designed for this unfortunately. generally people slaughter them a bit before they splay out. Eventually they are too heavy. I raised meat birds. They lived a happy life until they died.
Those chickens are not even the same chickens from 30 years ago. They're injected with all sorts of c**p to make them fat.
they get heart attacks and messed with to grow faster
Load More Replies...We got 5 chickens from an egg farm, they were missing feather and had messed up beaks but now they’re happily scratching around in a large pen
This is a disgrace, unfortunately it's to expensive not to use this kind of bird. Almost no-one will pay the economic cost of breeding smaller, slower-growing broilers.
Actually a lot of people are increasingly paying for humanely raised chickens and eating less meat in general, which is great.
Load More Replies...It absolutely is the farms fault. These animals were bred to do this and farms that breed them continue to do so. They do not have to breed them
Load More Replies...A Piglet Screaming In Pain, Pig Farm
Pigs scream at literally everything they dislike, its their main defense mechanism. There is no guarantee this one is in pain rather than just unhappy
You can't see what's going on behind that wall, the photographer did
Load More Replies...Pigs scream because they want attention!!! I have pigs! I know these things!
Probably either horny or their meal is ten seconds late. Or they just felt like screaming.
"I believe in you. I believe your heart is stronger than your taste buds. I believe you don't want animals to suffer. I believe we're in this together. Let's make this new decade a new era."
Terrified Fox, Waiting To Be Rescued, Fur Farm
I hope he got rescued. There is no reason to wear fur in a world where it can be made from fabrics that are hard to tell from the real thing. What benefit is there in owning real fur?
I totally agree so long as you don't differentiate between unnecessary fur wearing and unnecessary meat eating. Society has a big problem with one, and no problem with the other for some reason.
Load More Replies...Same. People are so cruel. We often forget that animal are living things, and that we can also put ourselves in their position. The fox already doesn't like being held hostage, but it doesn't even know greater pain awaits it. Same with cows, pigs, chicken, and so on.
Determining The Sex Of The Chickens
I'm only buying eggs where they don't shred the masculine chicks. Costs a bit more but makes me feeling better.
The male chicks will still get killed though, only later. Is that really better?
Load More Replies...This breaks my heart!!! I have a friend who's family owns an egg farm, and the sweetest bird there was an old rooster. He got to live his full life, and just wanted to be skritched behind his head.
Dirty And Exhausted Pig On A Pig Farm In Poland
This is how pigs look. It is not possible to tell if this pig is sad or not from this picture.
You should open up your eyes and actually look at the picture. He's suffering and anyone with half a brain could tell that much.
Load More Replies...And I want to hug them, clean them, feed them and let them live a happy life :(
Good luck keeping a pig clean lol. But yeah :(
Load More Replies...I don't understand how anyone can be cruel enough to look at this animal and the sadness on his face and not have compassion for it.
All people see is pork. This planet needs lots of compassion.
Load More Replies...Here is a question, are you this upset about the kid down the block that has not seen a meal in days.
A Pig Breathing Fresh Air For The First Time
1) there is no context to show where they are at. 2) carbon dioxide and oxygen are colorless so you can not tell how fresh it is. 3) if they did not get fresh air they would be dead.
It's a pig farm. It's a factory farm. That's the context. The pigs live indoors.
Load More Replies...Poor piggie! Breathing fresh air for the first and last time. Because they will get killed so that humans can eat the flesh. Such a strange concept. If they were a dog, we would all run to get them out of there!
Animals have been eating other animals for several hundred million years. We
Load More Replies...Ducklings On A Duck Farm, Ukraine
Ducklings they have been sitting in the same dirty spot there whole lives.
Load More Replies...Pigs Going To Slaughter In An Overcrowded Truck
Look like they just came from a fair. I can tell because of the blue stripes on the back.
This shows pigs in a crowed place, they may just be going to a different farm or to be killed for rabies. The titles here assume a lot.
A Lamb Drinking Milk From Its Mother
That baby is probably gonna be somebody's dinner.
Load More Replies...Baby lamb will be eaten. Mama sheep will get her babies taken away again and again and again... :(
Just as it will be in the wild. Just be good to them when they are in your custody.
Load More Replies...A Raccoon Dog, Fur Farm In Poland
People buy raccoon fur? And fox fur? Why. It's not only inhumane and stupid, it's ugly too
A raccoon dog is a type of dog more popularly known as a Tanuki. They aren't related to raccoons but look a lot like them and are popular in Japanese myths and anime.
Load More Replies...How could you have a bag made out of a Raccoon?! I want one as a pet, I can't imagine taking its fur
Sad And Lonely, Pig Farm
The poor thing. How can we treat other beings so horribly. I gave up meat last year when I was made aware of factory farming. I just don't want to be a part of all this. Everyone needs to see these photos and the videos of factory farms and, above all else, the slaughterhouses.
Pigs can become depressed as we do. PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE!!!!! I PROTEST.
Pepe Rabelais,I hope your wish come true and that you end up like this....but do not insult the pig by comparing it to yourself.
Again, how would you know if it's sad? I would assume it was relaxing.
"Me, just chilling alone in my solid steel room without enough room to turn around in. All good!"
Load More Replies...An Activist Holding A One-Day-Old Broiler Chicken
You can't rescue broilers. They are genetically bred to get so heavy so fast they break legs, end up with deformed beaks etc. They cannot have quality of life beyond 6-8 weeks
That's so f****d up. I'm so glad I don't eat meat. Yikes!
Load More Replies...A Crying Cow On The Way To Slaughterhouse
Animals don't shed tears due to sadness. It's to clean their eyes. Just like dogs and cats and pigs and lambs.
Woah! I never said they don't FEEL sadness! I simply said they don't SHED TEARS because of it. They do make noises and make crying sounds but they don't shed tears because of the sadness and heartbreak they are experiencing.
Load More Replies...Yes, they do cry. Think of this when you are eating that burger. This creature knew enough to realize the hopelessness of it's situation,
Or, like many other mammals, the tears are keeping the eyes clean and are not of sorrow or fear. This cow may not even be headed to slaughter at the moment, maybe it is getting it's shots, a checkup. You never know, you only see THIS much of it. Any photographer can SAY something is about to happen if it fits the picture even if it is not true.
Load More Replies...A Curious Fox On A Fur Farm, Looking At Activists
Laboratory Rabbit
There's so much wrong in this picture! Bunnies need a carpeted flooring, or else they'll get feet pains with their overly fluffy feet bottoms. Bunny has nothing to do, either, and nowhere to hide!
dude, it is going to be tested on!! tortured alive, for "beauty". The point is not the damn carpet under its paws!
Load More Replies...This bunny could be at a vet? or a shelter? no context to the location. if you want to have proof to persuade people do a better job.
Bunnies on experiments is so upsetting. So I have to disagree with you, The Random Merp.
So how to experiment drugs then? Yes, using animals is a problem, but what is the solution? A lot of scientists love animals but they do not have an option BUT to test on animals before human trials!
Would a decent environment (proper flooring, for example) nullify the experiment?
Load More Replies...A Terrified Raccoon Dog, Fur Farm In Poland
Calves In Igloo Booths, Dairy Farm
This is actually pretty nice compared to the single sheet uninsulated plywood calf shacks I've seen in my local rural areas. It's very sad but these little guys have it better than most.
Um.... if that's a Hereford, then that's not a dairy cattle, but it's veal on the hoof. And I've seen this with beef calves more than dairy where I grew up.
You think propagandists would know that? People who do this kind of stuff 99% of the time are uneducated on the matter.
Load More Replies...So sad. This is sooo wrong! Just so we can drink the breast milk that was meant for this baby!
fun fact cows still produce milk after the baby grows up. its not all for the baby
Load More Replies...Ah I think i understand. This is so the calves can not get any iron. no nails, etc for them to lick no access to grass. The food would be low iron. this is to get "nice looking" pale veal.
You don't take up iron like that, it has to be wrapped in other biologicalmolecules, in its pure or rusted state it's innate for animal biology.
Load More Replies...Calves Separated From Their Mothers And Each Other, Dairy Farm
It is and it should never happen, but people want to drink their mother's milk. For some reason, it is looked down upon to have a 5-year-old drinking his own mother's milk but not wrong in any way to artificially inseminate, kidnap the baby of, then steal the milk from a mother cow.
Load More Replies...They don't see their moms all that much in nature either. The cow will feed on grass, then check om the calf a few times a day. It will see the farmer more often and adopt him as the only mother it knows. 🙂
Pigs Going To Slaughter, Trying To Breathe Fresh Air For The First Time
To assume that the pigs are "struggling to get fresh air" is absurd. Pigs are like dogs in a lot of ways. They are very curious in nature, have great hearing, and incredible sense of smell...for rooting out food that is underneath the soil. Pigs will always smell to get a sense of their surroundings, when their vision is blocked by something...just like dogs. If you have ever seen a pig pile (where all the pigs lay all over each other while they sleep), their snouts are crammed quite often, which they don't care...otherwise they would move to a more comfortable position.
Why do you people insist on being like this, so oblivious to what's right in front of your face?!?
Load More Replies...I am a vegetarian and I'm transitioning to being vegan. I also feel that I stand somewhere in the middle in the debate about animal cruelty, mainly because I've personally witnessed many animal advocates treat other humans like garbage then profess their love for animals. It doesn't make sense. Secondly, how many people are actually motivated by guilt in order to change. Not many. There needs to be a more respectful way to encourage people to eat a diet that is better for themselves. We must all be kind to, and respect, each other.
FINALLY. Someone who is vegan that isn't trying to force their beliefs on others through guilt. I'm personally not a vegan or vegetarian, but that doesn't mean I'm heartless or an animal killer. I won't eat lamb chops, or ducks, or fish, only because I have them. It's HUMAN NATURE to eat other animals. Would you stop a cat from eating meat just because the bird doesn't want to be killed? No. So why would you stop a human from eating cow? Or pig? Thank you, Araba, for being respectful. I agree completely with you.
Load More Replies...dont take something as fact because someone says it to be true. this is sensationalizing
So sad, they never get to live the life that we give to our companion animals like dogs or cats. Even though they are even smarter than dogs. Let's change that!
Humans are omnivores, not herbivores. We need meat to be healthy and survive.
Load More Replies...Did you know humans arnt omnivores their frugeivoirs their basically omnivors but with smaller incecors the sharp pointy teeth
They are just checking if the wall can be eaten. Very smart animals. I doubt they are afraid. Pig meat gets bad if the pig is stressed.
Pig Screaming In Pain
Or, just screaming for attention. Or just because they want to. You know, because they do that....
What is wrong with you. You can't just look at these animals and think there ok. You knew exactly where they're at right now. In a machine getting ready to be eaten. With no room to move, no sign of fresh water, no clear access to phisical interaction with other animals, do you really think he's screaming "just because [he] wants to"? I can't even begin to imagine the type of person you are. To just dismiss this animal because you want to stay happily eating him and his kind. It's disgusting.
Load More Replies...My dogs do not scream and the pigs I have dealt with snort and come running to have their backs scratched.This is NOT the photo of a contented pig.
Load More Replies...A Calf On A Dairy Farm, Kept In An Igloo Booth
The calf is happy, waiting for its next meal. That is what most of them are all about. That and sleeping. Like human babies. 🙂
No it isn't, it's a prisoner in a cage, smarten up.
Load More Replies...It's outside and in the fresh air, and it does not look unhappy. It has a warm home and is probably looking forward to its next meal. I don't see the problem with this one
Being kept just long enough to be cut into veal or to grow up and have a life like the mother, breeding, losing it's calf, and being milked until they can't do it any longer and end up in the slaughterhouse.
Are you sure these were on farms? I mean I couldn't tell that they were from the pictures. Thank you for telling me in almost every picture they were on a farm. Now I can sleep tonight knowing that they were on farms.
the question is: did you just made a photo or rescued at least one go them??????
Poor calfie, missing their mom. And mom is calling out for them. Just so we can drink the breast milk that was meant for her baby. Does anyone ever think about it, how weird that actually is? Grown a*s humans drinking breast milk?
By the way, the milk we drink comes from the udder.
Load More Replies...Piglets Hugging And Playing, Pig Farm
A Chicken Transported To Slaughter
A Sick Quail On A Ukrainian Quail Farm
Do the idiots constructing those farms not see that they get their throats stuck in those bars when everything is overcrowded?!
and that leaving them in this condition will only make them all sick this is why you should try giving them more room if you have to do this
Load More Replies...A Fish Caught In The Net
they dont have the brain capacity to feel or have personality
Load More Replies...Exhausted Broiler Chicken
I think that chicken is molting. It's completely normal. It just means they lose their feathers and grow new ones. I think chickens like this are in horrible conditions so don't get me wrong when I say this chicken is normal besides the fact that they're in bad conditions.
It could also be stress plucking itself or its companions could be pulling out its feathers. Chickens are little monsters when it comes to pecking blood feathers and other forms of cannibalism and often such tight packed conditions result in stress behaviors.
Load More Replies...They don´t stay long enough,for this to happen.This is animal cruelty.
A Dirty, Scared Pig, Pig Factory Farm
A Scared Piglet Looking At The Photographer
A Terrified Piglet Before Castration, Pig Farm
Minks Living In Dirt, Fur Farm
One-Day-Old Broiler Chickens
Awful Conditions Sows Must Live In Factory Farms
Horrific Conditions On A Quail Farm
Pig Interacting With Activists, Pig Farm
you can, by talking about it and demanding at least better conditions for meat industry, if not stopping eating animals.
Load More Replies...This animal is well aware of it's situation, just as we would be. Imagine if that were a human.
This looks like a scene from some kind of an apocalypse... poor piggy...
this is the main reason I do not consume pork, or any other animal.
Piglets Cuddling With Mom, Pig Farm
They may be cuddling with mom, but mom is confined in a space so small she can barely stand.
So she doesn't crush or eat them. Sows are notorious for doing both. So its for their safety.
Load More Replies...Silent Victims, Laying Hen Farm
That title got me. Then seeing the poor dead little baby being trampled on..So sad!
Foxes Interacting With Activists, Fur Farm
Piglets Keeping Each Other Warm, Pig Farm
Chinchilla Fur Farm, Ukraine
this still isn't good but it is better than the other one where the wire appeared to be cutting into his feet
Curious Pigs On A Pig Farm In Poland
Mink Farm In Poland
Baby Chinchillas Hugging, Fur Farm
Broiler Chickens, Interacting With Each Other
Fox Fur Farm In Poland
Hatched Chicks Waiting To Be Transported, Hatchery
The Beginning Of New Life, Hatchery
Laying Hens In Cage System
Broiler Chicken With An Injured Beak, Ukraine
Is not injured. Broilers are genetic monstrosities. Deformed beaks are common
Chickens Going To Slaughter In Broken Containers
Laying Hens In Cage System
Longing For Freedom, Geese Farm
This poor goose has had his feathers yanked out and is now set aside till he has had new feathers long enough for the «harvesting« Try having your hair pulled out and you will know what he suffers.All for the duvets IKEA and other companies sell.IKEA was caught in the act and put out a statement that they did not know and would stop buying...LIES,they just found another supplier..
Terrified Piglet, Right Before Tail Docking
and that makes it ok??He looks paralised with fear,poor little piglet.
Load More Replies...A Curious Mink On A Fur Farm, Poland
The First Day Of Broiler Chickens In Poultry House
This is the stuff nightmares are made of !!These photos will be haunting me for ever...I am literally sitting here crying snot, and at the same time SO VERY angry with myself that I have been living in ignorance of so many of the things depicted here.I knew about the Polish geese having their feathers yanked out,time and time again,while screaming in anguish and stopped using duvets...IKEA sells them though..and stopped eating suckling pigs after I accidentally wandered into the kitchen of a restaurant well-known for roast suckling pig.My elderly neighbour has the most pampered poultry I have ever seen and spends hours every day taking care of them.He supplies me with fresh eggs. The agonising thing about this post is this overwhelming feeling of helplessness.I am just one elderly lady that take in abused greyhounds and donate to shelters,but it is such «a p**s-ant« effort taking into consideration this horrific post.I admire the photographer,HE IS TRULY A GREAT HUMAN BEING !!
All these pictures are sad but the truth of the matter is we all gotta eat. They wouldn’t be doing this stuff if the demand wasn’t so high and food didn’t need to be distributed to so many different places and people. The reality is that I cannot produce my own food therefore I depend on these companies to do the essential dirty work for me. It is sad but how else are we supposed to survive in today’s society? I know my limitations and I appreciate my food for what it is, food.
there are farms that care for animals' good conditions. we could eat meat from these industries to make bad industries chsnge
Load More Replies...Now imagine 63 photos which show happy animals in factory farms. For balance.
This is an important perspective the pictures are touching. However - I grew up in a farming community where our animals were treated like pets. Making it sound like this is every farm is irresponsible. Lots of people practice responsible, sustainable, humane, free-range farming. Take pictures of them too.
1. Few people bother to look where their food comes from. 2. Family farms produce a negligible amount of all animal products. 3. So tell me more about how animals at your farm are treated.
Load More Replies...This is just too silly. I've tried to comment some of the picture to explain what they really show, and get downvoted. I suspect some people doesn't want to hear about it and possibly learn something new.
I grew up on a farm. We had few animals, but we still had to give shots and geld and occasionally give them some discomfort (just like we humans get when we're at the doctor). It wasn't fun, but we were only supporting ourselves. If we'd tried to "go big", I don't doubt matters would have been different. I've seen factory farms, and they're horror shows of confinement and filth. If people would pay more for eggs or meat or dairy, then farms might not have evolved to treat animals like that, b/c ti takes *time* and *effort* to make sure every animal is treated well and has land to roam and all that. And nobody wants to do that. They want cheap hamburger and bacon.
Load More Replies...A lot of the captions are misleading. Also, which country is this? I know for a fact the meat I eat isn't raised like this., I've seen it for myself.
Most pictures seem to be taken in Poland or Ukraine. Which honestly doesn't surprise me, these nations have some among the worst animal conditions in the EU. As a Swede I will never buy anything but Swedish meat and dairy. And fur farms are illegal pretty much everywhere, btw, I'm very happy for that.
Load More Replies...i eat meat. yes. but i dont understand, why the conditions in this farms and slaughterhouses have to be so horrible. only people who likes to torture animals and other beings to forget heir tiny s****y lives, work there. most of them who work in slaughterhouses are heavy alcoholics. eating meat is ok in my opinion, but the animals should have a good life and a "human" death without fear or pain. but money and sadism is a very big thing here..
Most are not like this. While my farm is tiny (~50 cows), they are all happy. They come when they're called, I know each of their favorite fruits, they wait at the fence for the kids on the school bus.
Load More Replies...The amount of wire floors on the bottom of tiny cages is horrible. Imagine how much that must hurt!!!
There seems to be a lot of comments from people defending their right to eat animals because 'no way could they be in any sort of pain (mentally or physically)'. It's a fight that some just don't care about, people want to eat animals and don't give a c**p about their welfare. Too many people think animals aren't sentient beings and don't deserve a decent life. Regardless of whether you eat animals or not, they still deserve a decent life, not locked up, unable to move. And to the people who say pigs scream for many reasons, I have had pigs and they did not scream, ever. Happy pigs grunt.
These pics don't depict anything about what the animals actually go thru.
I will never understand furfarms, the meat industry is terrible for animals already ( not against eating meat, but don't do it myself ), but fur? They live in such terrible conditions just for someone to spend loads of money to buy a furcoat? All I see is someone who spent thousands to look like a coldhearted a*****e trying to show off how much money they have by wearing dead animals who suffered, not a good look in my opinion.
Do you know, that for every fur farm that has closed in western countries with animal protection laws, one has opened in China with no such laws? The demand for fur has not decreased, so if you want to stop that kind of production, then go after the buyers and not the producers...that is if you truly want to decrease animals suffering. Personally, I don't care why an animal is slaughtered (it's not like an animal would say "Oh, you are going to eat me? Well then that is okay then"), what I do care about is what type of life they had and that the slaughter was humane. And as the quality of the fur from China is bad (it's a sign of that the animals are misstreated), I prefer that production stays in the west. And I would like to see "organic fur" with even higher quality of life on the market.
Load More Replies...Thank you for posting these pictures- everyone needs to see what is going on in factory farming. I am vegetarian going vegan because of the cruelty to animals.
This is an important perspective the pictures are touching. However - I grew up in a farming community where our animals were treated like pets. Making it sound like this is every farm is irresponsible. Lots of people practice responsible, sustainable, humane, free-range farming. Take pictures of them too.
1. Few people bother to look where their food comes from. 2. Family farms produce a negligible amount of all animal products. 3. So tell me more about how animals at your farm are treated.
Load More Replies...This is just too silly. I've tried to comment some of the picture to explain what they really show, and get downvoted. I suspect some people doesn't want to hear about it and possibly learn something new.
I grew up on a farm. We had few animals, but we still had to give shots and geld and occasionally give them some discomfort (just like we humans get when we're at the doctor). It wasn't fun, but we were only supporting ourselves. If we'd tried to "go big", I don't doubt matters would have been different. I've seen factory farms, and they're horror shows of confinement and filth. If people would pay more for eggs or meat or dairy, then farms might not have evolved to treat animals like that, b/c ti takes *time* and *effort* to make sure every animal is treated well and has land to roam and all that. And nobody wants to do that. They want cheap hamburger and bacon.
Load More Replies...A lot of the captions are misleading. Also, which country is this? I know for a fact the meat I eat isn't raised like this., I've seen it for myself.
Most pictures seem to be taken in Poland or Ukraine. Which honestly doesn't surprise me, these nations have some among the worst animal conditions in the EU. As a Swede I will never buy anything but Swedish meat and dairy. And fur farms are illegal pretty much everywhere, btw, I'm very happy for that.
Load More Replies...i eat meat. yes. but i dont understand, why the conditions in this farms and slaughterhouses have to be so horrible. only people who likes to torture animals and other beings to forget heir tiny s****y lives, work there. most of them who work in slaughterhouses are heavy alcoholics. eating meat is ok in my opinion, but the animals should have a good life and a "human" death without fear or pain. but money and sadism is a very big thing here..
Most are not like this. While my farm is tiny (~50 cows), they are all happy. They come when they're called, I know each of their favorite fruits, they wait at the fence for the kids on the school bus.
Load More Replies...The amount of wire floors on the bottom of tiny cages is horrible. Imagine how much that must hurt!!!
There seems to be a lot of comments from people defending their right to eat animals because 'no way could they be in any sort of pain (mentally or physically)'. It's a fight that some just don't care about, people want to eat animals and don't give a c**p about their welfare. Too many people think animals aren't sentient beings and don't deserve a decent life. Regardless of whether you eat animals or not, they still deserve a decent life, not locked up, unable to move. And to the people who say pigs scream for many reasons, I have had pigs and they did not scream, ever. Happy pigs grunt.
These pics don't depict anything about what the animals actually go thru.
I will never understand furfarms, the meat industry is terrible for animals already ( not against eating meat, but don't do it myself ), but fur? They live in such terrible conditions just for someone to spend loads of money to buy a furcoat? All I see is someone who spent thousands to look like a coldhearted a*****e trying to show off how much money they have by wearing dead animals who suffered, not a good look in my opinion.
Do you know, that for every fur farm that has closed in western countries with animal protection laws, one has opened in China with no such laws? The demand for fur has not decreased, so if you want to stop that kind of production, then go after the buyers and not the producers...that is if you truly want to decrease animals suffering. Personally, I don't care why an animal is slaughtered (it's not like an animal would say "Oh, you are going to eat me? Well then that is okay then"), what I do care about is what type of life they had and that the slaughter was humane. And as the quality of the fur from China is bad (it's a sign of that the animals are misstreated), I prefer that production stays in the west. And I would like to see "organic fur" with even higher quality of life on the market.
Load More Replies...Thank you for posting these pictures- everyone needs to see what is going on in factory farming. I am vegetarian going vegan because of the cruelty to animals.
