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Issue 5 [Fall/Winter 2010] of Compassionate Living, an excellent free magazine from Mercy for Animals - This issue features: * Breeding Misery: Undercover at a Pennsylvania Pig Farm * The Inner World of Farm Animals: Exclusive Interview with Amy Hatkoff * Activist Spotlight: Kayla Worden * Hatchery Horrors: Meet the Egg Industry's Tiniest Victims http://www.mercyforanimals.orgPlease consider making a donation to Mercy for Animalshttps://www.charity-pay.com/mfa/donation.asp?f=m

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THE MAG OF MFA. FALL - WINTER 2010 Issue 5

Breeding
Inside the Pork Industry

the Inner World
Exclusive Interview with Amy Hatkoff In Defense of the Miraculous Bean

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Meatless Morsels
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dear friends
When Mfa pointed out the obvious fact that pigs suffer pain the same as dogs, and deserve the same consideration and protection, Pork magazine defended factory farming stating, “(a) pig is not treated like a house pet because their needs are vastly different.” While i fully agree that the pork industry treats pigs differently than pets – producers could be jailed if they abused fido like they do pigs – pigs’ needs are not “vastly different.” all animals long for freedom. all species wish to avoid suffering – including mutilations, confinement and a lack of control over their lives. implying that pigs vary so greatly from dogs that they hold no such needs shows just how disconnected the industry is from the true desires of the animals they exploit and kill. The reality is that what the majority of meat, dairy and egg producers consider “proper animal care” is terribly out of touch with common sense, basic decency and the values of most americans. These industries see cows, pigs and chickens as units, “genetic products,” mere profits and losses, and preprocessed goods, not the unique individuals they are with complex feelings and interests. Tyson, Perdue and Smithfield claim to follow standards of care developed from “sound science,” rather than emotion. no Ph.D. or degree in animal behavior is required to know that animals with legs should be able to walk, run and play. it doesn’t take an expert to see that modern factory farms cause incredible suffering. a more honest position for meat producers to take would be to bluntly state that they are simply responding to a demand for cheap animal products - leaving the animals to pay the ultimate price in a life of misery. Then, hopefully more consumers would wake up to the power, and consequences, of their food choices. Each of us holds the power in driving the market, calling the shots in the almighty game of supply and demand. as more compassionate consumers put their ethics on the dinner table, rejecting blatant animal abuse by leaving meat off their plates, we can finally move toward a future where all animals are truly granted the “proper care” they so rightly deserve. For a kinder tomorrow,

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Contributors Alicia Boemi Lydia Chaudhry Derek Coons Suzanne Fulton Daniel Hauff Amy Mackenzie Brooke Mays Heather Patrick Nathan Runkle Anya Todd
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Dear Friends,
This issue of CL gives you a rare glimpse behind the secretive world of pork and egg production – blowing the lid off some of the industries’ cruelest practices. Mfa’s undercover investigators reveal, once again, that animal mistreatment is commonplace in meat, dairy and egg production. With the overwhelming evidence of such rampant abuse, nothing confuses me more than when i hear factory farm spokespeople, who confine animals in cages where they can’t even turn around, say that “no one cares more about our animals than we do.” in fact, the manager of an egg facility, where Mfa documented live hens in trash cans, birds suffering from untreated infections and animals covered in feces, publicly claimed, “i treat my chickens better than my children.” another line seemingly pulled from the animal abuser handbook is, “Of course we treat our animals well; otherwise, they wouldn’t produce.” So what do they consider “proper care"? Based on standard and accepted factory farm practices, throwing live animals into grinding machines, cutting off parts of their bodies without painkillers and condemning animals to lives in stalls and crates where they can barely move, are all considered “proper care.”

Mercy For Animals (MFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal advocacy organization that believes non-human animals are irreplaceable individuals who have morally significant interests and hence rights, including the right to live free of unnecessary suffering. Mfa is dedicated to establishing and defending the rights of all animals. Given that over 97% of animal cruelty occurs in the production of meat, dairy, and eggs, Mfa’s main function is promoting a vegetarian diet. Mfa works to be a voice for animals through public education and advertisement campaigns, research and investigations, working with news media, and grassroots activism. Mfa relies on the generous support of compassionate individuals to carry on our life-saving work. To become a member, simply send a contribution of $15 to: Mercy For Animals 3712 N. Broadway, Ste. 560 Chicago, IL 60613 1-866-632-6446 [email protected]

nathan runkle Executive Director

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The Future of Food
it sounds like something from a Sci-fi movie: in vitro, or “cultured” meat, is created by growing isolated cells in a laboratory dish – rather than slaughtering feeling, sentient beings. “laboratory meat” potentially offers a humane alternative to the growing global demand for animal protein. according to a recent Cnn report, in addition to reducing suffering, proponents of in vitro meat claim that it would offer several advantages for human health and the environment. nutritional content (fat and protein) can be customized and controlled, and the laboratory production

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means it’s protected from the bacteria and diseases rampant in factory farming.The green advantages are enormous as well; unlike conventionally produced meat from live animals, in vitro products do not leave a gigantic environmental footprint, as they avoid the inefficient use of resources – such as land, water and fossil fuels – for production. Organizations such as new Harvest, a non-profit dedicated to researching the production of in vitro meat, are currently developing new methods of production to eventually bring an affordable product to market.

Eat Green, Get Lean, Live Long
Experts are finding that vegetarian diets beat out meat-heavy ones for providing life-long health and fitness benefits. The American Dietetic Association’s 2009 position paper concluded that vegetarian and vegan diets are not only appropriate for all stages of life but are also associated with lower weight, lower blood pressure, and reduced risk of heart disease. What’s more, the ADA and The British Journal For Cancer also identified plantbased diets with decreased risks of many cancers, including prostate, colorectal and blood cancers. As if that weren’t enough reason to go veg, the longevity linked with the so-called “Mediterranean Diet” is now being credited more specifically to plant foods. A recent report from a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health concluded that higher consumption of certain food groups – namely vegetables, fruits, nuts, olive oil, and legumes – is largely responsible for the health benefits of this regional cuisine.

Three Steps Forward...
In May, Maine’s Governor John Baldacci signed legislation prohibiting veal crates and gestation crates, effective 2011. Maine is now the sixth state to implement a ban on these needlessly cruel confinement systems, which prohibit baby calves and pregnant sows from turning around, lying down comfortably, or engaging in basic natural behaviors. The suffering of farmed animals is becoming less acceptable in other states as well: four pork farm workers at an Iowa factory farm pleaded guilty to multiple counts of abusing pigs; their admission of guilt came on the heels of earlier convictions of an another worker at the same facility. Two West Virginia turkey farm workers were also found guilty of cruelty for stomping birds and slamming them to the ground, marking the first time in U.S. history that turkey farm employees have been convicted of cruelty to animals.

And One Step Back
Only two years ago, Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, announced it would phase out gestation crates over the period of a decade. In a stunning reversal, Smithfield recently claimed that “operating losses” will prevent the company from enacting even this minimal move towards reduced cruelty, effectively condemning millions of pigs to unimaginable misery for the foreseeable future.

It’s Official: Meat Is Not Green
recent articles in The Washington Post and Time Magazine have confirmed that there’s a high environmental price for our cheap, meat-heavy diets. The world’s relentless demand for ever-increasing supplies of meat has created more global warming than all forms of transportation combined. This is largely due to the enormous volume of fossil fuels burned in the operation of industrial factory farms and transport of animals and meat, as well as methane gas emissions from the animals themselves. animal farming has also created an unsustainable demand on natural resources like water and land, due to the vast amounts of soy and corn grown to feed livestock rather than people. The simple answer, according to both of these publications, is to embrace vegetarian meals and foods more frequently. Meat isn’t the only culprit; the dairy industry is also creating its own environmental problems. a new york Times front-page piece on the link between Wisconsin dairy farm manure run-off and tainted drinking water reported that the Environmental Protection agency considers agriculturalrun-off to be the single largest source of water pollution in the nation’s rivers and streams.
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Activist Spotlight: Kayla Worden
Position with MFA: north Carolina Campaign Coordinator Hometown: asheville,nC Email: [email protected] favorite Quote: “To a man whose mind is free, there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. for with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal.” -romain rolland, author, nobel Prize 1915
CL: How is animal activism different in North Carolina, given that it is a leading meat producer? KW: Certainly here in nC we are faced with the daunting “Davidvs.-Goliath” task of going up against deeply entrenched animal agriculture industries, with all of their dark, hidden underbellies. The vast majority of north Carolinians have had the hideous truth of rampant, widespread and extreme abuse of farmed animals hidden from their view for the most part. Others blindly accept it under

Kayla Worden lives in her mountain home with her rescued, vegan dogs, Lindsay and Jasper, and several rescued cats. She currently operates Serenity Hill Animal Sanctuary and as Mercy For Animals’ Asheville, North Carolina Campaign Coordinator, she organizes local events and campaigns and coordinates volunteers. Kayla believes that it is important to “bloom where you are planted” and she has done just that, as she has called the tranquil hills of Asheville home for more than 20 years.

the guise of supposed “tradition” and “cultural norm.” it is so very important for the animal rights movement to take root in areas where the message really needs to be heard here and now, appealing to people’s common decency and consciences, as well as to their personal health and environmental concerns. We certainly don’t want to be simply preaching to the choir. We’ve got a lot of work to do in north Carolina, no doubt.

CL: What was your initial reason for becoming vegetarian and what motivated you to become involved in animal activism? KW: i grew up on a small farm in rural Pennsylvania in a typical
meat-eating family. at about age 12 i began to realize that the same animals who i loved and formed friendships with in the barnyard were the same animals who ended up on our family’s dinner table and i decided to become a vegetarian. years later in 1989, i received a mailing from an animal protection organization, describing the horrendous suffering animals endure in order to become food for human consumption. Becoming a part of the solution rather than continuing on as a part of the problem took shape in my awareness. at that moment, i felt the “floodgates” open and from then on i embraced the vegan lifestyle.

CL: How have you kept inspired, motivated and focused over the years? KW: i have had the fortune to remain surrounded by the most
incredible and loving animal companions – whether they have been cows, chickens, dogs, cats, pigs, goats or otherwise. also, i have had the pleasure of rehabilitating many creatures of the wild. all of these precious beings – in fact, all of the beauty i see in the innocent faces of animals everywhere – are the faces that continue to inspire me forward. i would also encourage anyone wanting to get involved to attend Mfa or other animal rights events in their area or make the trip to a conference to meet others of like-mind.

CL: What prompted you to take on the role of MFA’s North Carolina Campaign Coordinator? KW: Over the years i have volunteered and worked both locally
and internationally on animal rights issues with various organizations. nathan runkle and i had come to know one another several years ago, even traveling together to carry out various animal rights campaigns. i believed that Mfa would be a good fit for me here in western north Carolina, where its message of compassion needs to be heard loud and clear.

CL: What are your favorite vegan and/or animal rights resources? KW: i adore VegNews Magazine, as it is a hip resource for the vegan
activist! right now i am enjoying the moving, insightful book, The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals, by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson.

CL:What advice can you give to people who want to become involved in animal rights or MFA? KW: Take the plunge! Volunteer your time and get involved. it’ll
make a huge positive impact in your life and all the difference in the lives of countless animals.

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A Recipe for Effective Activism
as the saying goes, “The way to the heart is through the stomach.” Mfa has cooked up an effective recipe for change with vegan “Feed-Ins” – events offering free samples of easy, delicious and cruelty-free alternatives to meat, dairy, and eggs that are available in grocery stores nationwide. in 2009 Mfa advocates held dozens of feed-ins in locations as diverse as Chicago’s famous Wrigley Field, Michigan avenue in downtown Chicago, in front of KfC, and at local animal shelter marathons. free samples of appetizing vegan versions of common favorites demonstrate that there’s no need to sacrifice taste or satisfaction when adopting a vegan diet. Hundreds of copies of literature, such as Mfa's Vegetarian Starter Kit, are handed out to people who are inspired to make the switch to a vegan lifestyle. feed-ins are fun and effective outreach activities that promote compassionate eating through a positive, friendly approach.

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Driving Home Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is reaching new heights in Denver, Colorado, with the launch of 20 new Mercy for animals billboards. Spread across the greater Denver area along bustling highway routes, on college campuses, and nestled on busy street corners, the pro-vegetarian billboards are giving millions of local residents some serious food for thought. The ambitious campaign features three designs. The first ad spotlights an adorable puppy and a loveable piglet sitting side-by-side and asks, “Why love one but eat the other?” The other two billboards give commuters an eye-opening look inside factory farms and dare to ask, “How much cruelty can you swallow?” These ads bring consumers face-to-face with the animals abused and slaughtered for meat, dairy and eggs. Guaranteed to provoke thought and discussion, they feature images of egg-laying hens crowded inside a battery cage, and another of a sow locked in a tiny gestation crate. Similar ad campaigns also hit the subway and bus lines in Toronto and New York City this summer – amassing over 14 million views in the Big apple and reaching nearly half a million Canadian commuters each day.

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VegWeb
from mega metropolises to conservative rural america, it’s no secret that vegetarianism has plunged into the mainstream, with an ever-growing number of consumers opting for healthy and crueltyfree fare. and now with the launch of VegIndiana.com, Mfa is stepping into the Corn Belt to offer a helping hand to people seeking vegetarian meals. Complete with hundreds of listings of vegetarian-friendly restaurants and health food stores, the site features establishment locations, sample menus, pricing details and business hours. Being a vegan jet-setter also just got easier thanks to the kick-off of VegGuide.org. a joint project between Mfa and Compassionate action for animals, this must-cruise powerhouse of a resource is filled with thousands of listings and reviews of veggie restaurants around the globe. furthermore, Mfa has leaped into the blogosphere with the launch of MFABlog.org. This cyber center allows you to stay up-to-date on the latest Mfa news, event reviews, campaign roundups, commentary and other timely, not-to-be-missed animal rights and vegetarian news.

Biting Into the Big Apple
Here we grow again! Mercy for animals is expanding its vital grassroots campaigns on behalf of farmed animals to the largest metropolis in the nation - New York City! Our recently opened new york advocacy Center in Manhattan serves as an east coast center for grassroots activism, humane education, vegan campaigns and media outreach. Mfa’s nyC Campaign Coordinator, Matt Rice – a seasoned animal advocate with extensive experience in grassroots activism – is rolling up his sleeves and working with local activists and supporters to bring Mfa’s groundbreaking campaigns to the Big apple. The new Advocacy Center, which opened its doors in august, serves as a resource center, a networking hotspot for local activists, and a place to pick up information and literature on animal protection issues. log on to Mercyforanimals.org for nyC volunteer and internship information.

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AskAnya
anya Todd is a vegan registered and licensed dietitian who graduated from Case Western reserve University and completed her internship at the Cleveland Clinic foundation. She simply does not understand why people cringe when she eats plain tofu straight from the carton.

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What is the deal with soy – is it safe to eat or not?

Is it really good for us? Does it cause cancer? Will it make men grow breasts? How much is safe to eat?
The issue of soy and its effect on our health is much debated. These questions always arise when I give vegan nutrition lectures. With all of the misinformation about soy being dispersed out there (mostly by industries opposed to a plant-based diet), it is no wonder that there is mass confusion about this precious bean. Soy foods, like tofu and soy milk, are staples in many vegans’ pantries because they are plentiful in protein and other nutrients, like B vitamins. They are free of artery-clogging saturated fat and cholesterol. What many soy myths focus upon is the “phytoestrogens” found in soybeans, called isoflavones, and how these compounds can cause breast cancer. There are people who claim that the isoflavones will act as the female sex hormone, estrogen, would in the body and hence, potentially increase the risk of cancers (especially breast), as well as reduce testosterone levels in men. Science, based on well-planned research studies, has yet to uphold any of these claims. Often the studies quoted by those opposed to soy have been conducted on animals in labs who are injected with amounts of isoflavones that far exceed normal human consumption. To apply such a study’s findings to humans would be pretty poor science. Thankfully, there are researchers who understand that

studying real-life humans is a more informative option. The latest research recently followed women in Asia and showed that pre-menopausal soy consumption has a protective effect in regard to breast cancer. At this time, there is no reason to believe soy causes cancer. As far as men and soy consumption goes, there are over 30 studies which conclude that one’s manliness will not be affected. The few studies that may be cited by the naysayers are again poorly designed. Just from observation, I know a fair share of vegan, soy-consuming men who are leading satisfying love lives, reproducing without issue and have yet to sprout man boobs.

I am baffled by the amount of soy backlash when the recommended alternative is cow's milk, which is loaded with hormones and growth factors, and designed to increase a calf’s size nearly tenfold in a year.
Bottom line, soy, like any other foods, should be consumed in moderation and ideally be as unprocessed as possible. 2 -3 servings a day is a safe recommendation. A serving counts as 1 cup of soy milk or a ½ cup of tofu, tempeh or soybeans. That means the grande pumpkin spice soy latte I had earlier was my soy source for the day, and it was worth every sip. Remember, soy is not your only plant-based protein option. Legumes, seitan, seeds (like quinoa & hemp) and nuts are excellent protein sources that can be included in any well-balanced diet. So, enjoy that tofu scrambler and don’t let the soy fear mongers get you down.

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Recipes from The Vegan Table
Ingredients:

Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies
3 cup Earth Balance “Buttery” Spread or Fleishmann's Light Lactose Free Margarine ½ cup light brown sugar, packed ½ cup peanut butter, creamy or chunky 2 tablespoons nondairy milk (soy, rice, or almond milk) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 ¼ cups all-purpose or whole-wheat pastry flour ¾ teaspoon baking powder extra nondairy milk, if necessary strawberry jam or jelly
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No - Queso Quesadillas
Ingredients:
hummus 8 10-inch flour or corn tortillas ½ to 1 cup salsa ½ cup chopped green onions
Spread a tortilla with 3 tablespoons of hummus and place in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle with green onions and spread on a thin layer of salsa. Top with second tortilla, and cook until the bottom tortilla is warm and turning golden brown – about 3 to 5 minutes. Turn over and cook until the second tortilla is warm and turning golden brown. Remove from pan, and serve hot. Cut it in half or into triangles to serve as finger food. Repeat with remaining tortillas.

Preheat oven to 375º. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, beat the Earth Balance, brown sugar, peanut butter, vanilla and nondairy milk until creamy. In a smaller bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly. Test batter to make sure you can roll it into balls. Add a small amount of nondairy milk if needed. Roll batter into 1- inch balls, and place 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet. Use your thumb to make a well in the center of each cookie, flattening each ball as you go but keeping it intact. (Hold the dough ball with one hand while you press into the center.) Fill the well in each cookie with the jam. Bake for 10-11 minutes.

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DAY 52

I saw firsthand how clever and empathic pigs can be. A sow and her entire litter had escaped their crate and gathered in the hallway. I examined how they’d escaped and discovered that the sow had loosened steel pegs in two different places. I told a co-worker this story and she said that when a sow figures out how to unlock her crate, she often goes around unlocking all of the other crates as well.

Pigs crated...beaten...mutilated...neglected...and killed by toxic gas or massive head trauma – these are just a handful of the nightmarish findings of a recent Mercy For Animals investigation of Country View Family Farms, a factory pig breeding facility in Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania. Country View confines over 7,000 pigs and is owned by Hatfield Quality Meats. Pigs bred at this cruel facility are slaughtered and sold as meat under the Hatfield Quality Meats label by major grocers such as Walmart, Stop & Shop, Shaw’s, Sam’s Club and Costco. During the spring of 2009, an MFA undercover investigator, “Mike,” worked as a barn technician at Country View. Equipped with a pinhole-sized camera that he wore on his body, he captured on film a rare glimpse into the gruesome and secretive world of industrial pork production.

Life SeNTeNCe - NO PArOLe
At this factory farm, approximately 1,500 stalls run side-by-side and face-to-face, farther than the eye can see. These “gestation” stalls are approximately two-feet wide and barely longer than the sows themselves, allowing them no movement except a step forward or backward. Caught in a constant cycle of impregnation and reimpregnation, breeding sows spend almost their entire lives locked in these barren metal enclosures. Many sows have deep sores on their shoulders, noses and heads from constant rubbing against the bars of their stalls. The stall floors consist of slatted concrete, designed to allow manure to fall through; however, much of the manure sits stagnant, smearing on the sows’ undersides. Sows are unable to lie down in their stalls, other than on their sides with their feet, legs, bellies and tails often protruding through the bars. Many display neurotic behavior, such as biting the bars or banging their heads against them. Gestation crates are so cruel that the entire European Union and seven U.S. states have banned their use.

The conditions documented are standard within the pork industry.

Pregnant sows are confined in narrow “gestation crates” for months on end.

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MerCiLeSS MUTiLATiONS
Workers castrate and tail dock between 100 and 500 piglets each day. Castration is to prevent testicular hormones from “tainting” the flavor of the pigs’ flesh, and tail docking is to prevent pigs from gnawing on each other’s tails, a behavior that often arises from the stress of extreme overcrowding. Workers grab a piglet out of his crate by a leg, hold him upside down, slice open his scrotal sacks with a knife, and tear out the testes and connective tissue with their bare hands. They then clip the piglets’ tails at the base with a dull pair of scissors. No anesthesia is administered for either procedure. The piglets screech, heave and violently struggle – their eyes bulging, mouths gaping and legs jutting out to brace against the pain. Often during castration, a piglet’s intestines will fall out of the scrotal incision. These piglets, termed “ruptured,” are dropped into a gas cart to be put to death later, once enough piglets have accumulated in the cart to economically justify expending the gas. Veterinarians and animal scientists harshly condemn such knifecastration and tail docking. Dr. Nedim C. Buyukmihci, Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis states, “The pain of castration is intense regardless of the age age at which it is done…Regardless of any arguments to the contrary, to castrate or cut off tails without the use of anesthetic is cruel…”

Dr. Buyukmihci continues, “Tail docking is completely unnecessary and the piglets at this facility had to endure the pain of this procedure and its long-term effects for no defensible reason.”

MArkS Of CrUeLTY
Sows are “tattooed” and ear-tagged with individual ID numbers. Workers tattoo the sows by taking a mallet with ¾-inch spikes on the end, dipping the end in ink and then driving the spikes into the sows’ flesh, once above each leg. The first blow sends the sows squalling and fleeing their assailants. Workers then stalk the sows in the pens, as they crowd into corners, looking for the next opportunity to pound them with the mallet. Ear tagging is also performed without anesthesia, using a clamp that forces a metal spike through the pigs’ ears. The pigs’ extended shrieking and head-shaking attest to the severe pain it causes.


Top: Piglet suffering from scrotal rupture due to botched castration. Other piglets huddle in the background awaiting death in the gassing cart. Bottom: Bloody wounds cover the back of this young piglet.

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MOTherS iN MiSerY
Twice a year sows experience minutes of mobility as they make the journey from their gestation stalls to “farrowing” stalls, where they spend one month birthing and nursing their young. Because the sows so rarely get a chance to walk, when they realize that they are about to enter another small stall, many resist, bucking and squealing and trying to push past the workers. Workers force them forward by yanking their ears and kicking their hindquarters or back them into the stalls by kicking them in the face. Playful animals that they are, piglets like to wrestle and chase one another. In the minimal space of the stalls, such innocent play can turn deadly, as they often run under their standing mothers and are crushed to death under her or between her and the sides of the stalls when she sits down. One piglet had been flattened from his lower ribs back. In a natural setting, where sows have the freedom to move more than just up or down, they tread carefully, so as not to harm their precious young. Piglets and their mothers also frequently become lodged between or pinned under the bars of the stalls. Mike discovered one sow who had gotten her head stuck between the floor and the bottom bar of her stall, and in the ensuing struggle to free herself, appeared to have twisted her neck. A co-worker concurred that she likely had snapped her neck, and noted that this was not the first time this had happened.

PiG iNTeLLiGeNCe
In the British documentary, “Look Who Is Talking Babe,” animal psychologist, Dr. Stanley Curtis, declared the pig to be “the smartest animal on earth after man.” Dr. Curtis bases his conclusion on numerous fascinating studies. One of Curtis’ studies found that pigs could use their snouts to maneuver joysticks, learning to move cursors in order to hit targets on the screen. Not only can they learn to use joysticks, in a recent University of Cambridge study, pigs figured out how mirrors worked, and were able to locate hidden bowls of food based on the positions of the bowls’ reflections in the mirrors. In his book, Farm Sanctuary, Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur tells the stories of Truffles, Rudy and Terrin – a trio of piglets spared from slaughter when they tumbled out of crowded transport trucks on their way to “finishing” farms. Since they were rescued and brought to sanctuary, he says that the pigs’ unique (and mischievous) personalities have blossomed. Rudy and Truffles have learned to untie shoelaces – to the great amusement of sanctuary visitors – and all three playful pigs have learned to bop each other with inflatable balls by holding the balls’ handles in their mouths. Pigs also have a documented ability to find their way home across long distances, as well as a sophisticated communication system, consisting of over 20 distinct grunts. They quickly learn their individual names and to respond when called – and have even been known to outwit computerized feeding systems in order to treat themselves to multiple meals!

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A worker spray painted the word “lame” on the back of this injured sow.

MALiCiOUS MiShANDLiNG
Handling of pigs is rough and often appears malicious. Workers “wean” piglets by grabbing them from their mothers by an ear, a leg, or sometimes with a “grabber” – a long pole with two grasping metal jaws on the end. One worker flips a piglet off the end of the grabber into the air. The piglet repeatedly somersaults, screeching wildly, before the worker catches him in the palm of one hand and tosses him into a bin teeming with other panicked piglets. Workers callously throw piglets, passing them to one another like footballs, over distances of several feet. At times, one worker holds the piglets as high in the air as he can and lets them drop, or forcefully slams them into the bins of piglets, as though spiking after a touchdown. Once he tried spinning a piglet in midair towards the bin. The piglet hit his back on the edge of the bin and fell to the floor. After reviewing the undercover footage of workers mishandling pigs, Dr. Debra Teachout, a practicing veterinarian with an advanced degree in veterinary clinical pathology, emphatically asserted, “This entire operation deserves to be shut down.”

According to Dr. Geoff Ball, a licensed veterinarian, whose training has included pig farming, pigs have long-term memories greater than three years. Dr. Ball says of the manner of handling at Country View, "These animals are constantly berated by stressors. From gestation crates where they cannot even move…to farrowing pens where their piglets are grabbed from them screaming, to pens where the tattooing takes place, there is no break from affliction. For animals that remember each occurrence and can anticipate the next, the level of psychological stress has to be immeasurable."

DAY 43

Using a “captive bolt pistol,” a worker fired a rod into the sow’s head once, but she didn’t die. She stood looking stunned, as blood trickled down her forehead. She then got her bearings and turned and tried to run. After a struggle – kicking her and yanking her ears – the worker got in another shot, which sent her down. She spasmed for about 15 minutes in a pool of her own blood. Afterward, our supervisor told me she was dubbing my co-worker “Two-Shot” because he rarely killed sows with one bolt.

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MFA’s investigator never witnessed a veterinarian treat any injured animals. These piglets, their faces nearly torn off, were killed in the gassing cart.

MeDiCAL NeGLeCT
Typical of factory farms, the animals at Country View often suffered from advanced injuries and illnesses. No matter how severe the affliction, however, Mike never observed veterinary care provided to any animal. He documented numerous sows with prolapsed rectums – a painful condition in which the rectum herniates outside the body – including one case that festered for at least 13 days, decaying, turning black and emanating a putrid odor.

TrAiL Of TerrOr
Piglets are weaned from their mothers at about five weeks of age and most are sent to a “finishing” shed to be raised for meat. Shaking and striking the piglets with rattling jugs, workers scare them out of their stalls, occasionally smacking uncooperative piglets hard enough to send them flying out. They stampede the piglets, hundreds at a time, down a narrow hall and onto a ramp leading into a transport truck. The terrified piglets try to force their way through the throng and climb over one another, in a frantic effort to escape the raucous rattling and “herding boards,” which workers thrust in front of them whenever they attempt to move anywhere but forward.

Mike repeatedly reported such cases to management, but as a worker said of one sow, “We don’t treat that. We’ll let her wean her babies, if she makes it that long. Then she’s probably a goner.”
Dr. Temple Grandin, associate professor of livestock behavior at Colorado State University and animal welfare advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the meat industry, describes Country View’s failure to treat the sow’s prolapse as “abusive animal neglect.” There were also several injured sows, including one who appeared to have a broken back, and another with a lame leg who was unable to lift herself up to eat. At first she flopped around, but soon just resigned herself to screaming.

This sow, afflicted with a painful prolapse, was left to suffer for at least 13 days.

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Underweight or sick piglets were thrown into a bin and gassed with cO2.

"SQUEALING BLOODy MURDER"
Sows who are too sick, injured or old to profitably maintain are put to death using a captive bolt pistol, which shoots a thick metal rod through the sow’s skull. Captive bolt killing is purported to be quicker and less cruel than other killing methods, but Mike frequently noted this not to be the case. Once a worker returned from bolting a sow, looking exhausted. She told Mike that the sow could not use her back legs, but still managed to give the worker trouble. She persisted in dragging herself in the “wrong” direction, “squealing bloody murder,” as the worker tried to lead her outdoors to kill her. She said that she was shouting and shoving the sow, and finally just said, “Goodbye, pig” and bolted her in the middle of the feed aisle. Another worker remarked that on one occasion a sow had taken four bolts before she died, and on another a sow had died after one bolt, but staggered around vomiting for a long time before she died.

Mike frequently discovered that piglets were still alive after the gassing process, lying on their sides, eyes open and gasping for air. The pained vocalizing of one piglet could still be heard, his intestines dangling out of his body. On one occasion Mike observed four live piglets in the cart, who had been slowly suffocating from the gas for over 40 minutes.

According to Dr. Holly Cheever, a licensed veterinarian who also assists in prosecution of cruelty to animals, “…it is painful as well as terrifying to experience this suffocation without being fully killed.”
Over the course of a day, buckets and cartloads of dead piglets accumulate in the hallways. Like all factory-farmed animals, these piglets are viewed as mere profits and losses, rather than the emotionally complex individuals that they were. As the dead are loaded onto a tractor, the industry’s disregard for the value and potential of their lives is expressed by Mike’s co-workers, who term the process, “dumping the day.”

"IT'S INcREDIBLy cRUEL"
Sick, injured and runt piglets are put to death in a CO2 gas cart. Mike’s supervisor told him that death is supposed to occur within five minutes, but that it usually takes 10 or more. “It’s incredibly cruel,” she told him, “but it’s how we’re told to do it.”

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Pork Alternatives
The POwer Of OUr PLATeS
The average American consumes about 50 farmed animals per year. We can transform that number into animals spared, not killed, by choosing a vegan diet, free of meat, dairy and eggs. What’s more, it’s never been easier to go vegan, as mainstream grocers have kept up with the rapidly growing demand for animalfriendly fare. We can boycott not only the pork industry, but the cruel egg industry, by serving a savory tofu scramble instead of eggs alongside our vegan “sausage” patties or “bacon” strips, and say “no” to dairy farm cruelty by topping our meatless beer brats with “Nayonaise” or “Vegenaise” instead of dairy mayonnaise, or melting soy, rice or nut cheese over our “pepperoni” pizza toppers.

Boycotting the pork industry doesn’t mean giving up barbecues, pizza parties or hearty american breakfasts. Check out these mainstream brands of delicious veggie versions of old favorites:

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Sausage Links and Patties: Lifeline’s Smart Links Country Breakfast Style; Yves Breakfast Links; Yves Breakfast Patties Hot Dogs and Brats:
LightLife’s Tofu Pups; Yves Good Dogs; Tofurky Beer Brats, Kielbasa and Sweet Italian Sausage; Yves Veggie Brats

The power to stop animal suffering is on our plates, as much as in our hearts. as consumers, each of us has tremendous power; it’s as simple as using our consumer dollars to support compassionate food industries over cruel ones.

Ground Sausage: LightLife’s Gimme Lean Pepperoni: Yves Veggie Pizza Pepperoni; LightLife’s Smart Deli Pepperoni

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Urge Dunkin' Donuts
to Stop Serving Cruelty
Dunkin’ Donuts is the world’s largest coffee and baked goods chain, serving egg and dairy products to over 3 million customers daily. in august 2009 an investigator with the animal advocacy organization, Compassion Over Killing, worked inside Michael foods, a company that supplies eggs to Dunkin’ Donuts. While working at Michael foods, he witnessed the unconscionable cruelty behind the eggs served by Dunkin’ Donuts. The cruelty documented includes rotting corpses left in cages with live birds, employees decapitating a hen while still alive, birds denied access to food or water and many hens suffering from bloody, open wounds and severe feather loss. The miserable lives these innocent hens are forced to endure is unfortunately legal and standard within the egg industry. There are 6,400 Dunkin’ Donuts stores in the United States alone. Each store offers more than 52 varieties of donuts, all containing eggs and dairy from animals who suffer every day in factory farms. Consumers have enormous power to end animal suffering by choosing to buy cruelty-free food items. Please take action against this horrific cruelty by not buying from Dunkin’ Donuts and contacting the company to urge them to stop using eggs and dairy and offer vegan menu items. your actions can greatly impact the lives of farmed animals, as these campaigns have been extremely successful with Morningstar farms, lightlife foods and BOCa, all companies that reduced or completely eliminated eggs from their products because of your action.

Take Action now!
Contact Dunkin’ Donuts today and let them know that they need to answer the call for more humane and healthier foods by offering vegan menu items!

Email: www.dunkincruelty.com/act-now Phone: 800-859-5339 Send a Letter to the CEO: Dunkin’ Brands, Attn: Nigel Travis, 130 Royall St., Canton, MA 02021

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Bring Fowl Play to A Screen Near You!
Fowl Play, Mfa’s new award-winning documentary, illuminates the plight of factoryfarmed egg-laying hens through shocking undercover video and interviews with people who are fighting to protect these often forgotten animals. a story of hope emerges as footage recorded inside battery cage facilities, hatcheries and slaughterhouses is balanced with personal accounts of individuals working to rescue and give sanctuary to some of the most abused animals on earth.

Help bring this powerful film, and its message of compassion, to your community by organizing a public screening. Here are five simple tips to get you started:

Publicizing the event is vital to its success! There are many ways to create buzz:

Spread the Word

Plan the event well in advance. a minimum of two months ahead of time is suggested to ensure a successful event.

Plan Ahead

Posters. Put signs up all over town! Coffee shops, veganfriendly restaurants, health food stores, and library community boards are all great places to promote your screening. Email announcements. you can send an email invitation to your friends and family asking them to pass on the event details. Notices on websites, meet-ups, blogs and social networks. facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other meet-up sites are the perfect places to advertise on the Web. Announcements in newsletters and bulletins. Many libraries, newspapers and magazines have community calendars both online and in print. Contact your local outlets at least three weeks in advance to ensure that your event is listed on the community calendar.

libraries, colleges, schools, churches, community centers, movie theaters and art houses are excellent places to hold screenings. Many venues are available free of charge.

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Check public calendars for community events, holidays, elections, school breaks, etc., to ensure that your screening does not conflict. Evening screenings should start between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m.

Set Date and Time

Provide Free Refreshments and Educational Materials
free vegan food and drinks are a great motivator for people to come to a screening and a fantastic opportunity to share crueltyfree food with attendees. Serving food after the film is best. also, providing attendees with free Mfa literature is a must! See page 22 for ordering information.

To order your copy of Fowl Play, and to watch select scenes from the film, visit www.FowlPlayMovie.com. For more information about holding a screening of Fowl Play and to request MFA literature, please contact MFA at (866)-632-6446.

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exclusive interview

Inner World of Farm Animals
Filmmaker and author, Amy Hatkoff, speaks with MFA’s Suzanne Fulton about her book, The Inner World of Farm Animals, and her transforming visit to a farmed animal sanctuary.
Amy Hatkoff is co-author of How to Save the Children, about fighting the impact of poverty and neglect on children in the U.S. She is also co-producer of the documentary, Neglect Not the Children, nominated for a New York Emmy and winner of the C.I.N.E. Golden Eagle Award. Her newest book, The Inner World of Farm Animals, raises awareness of the capacities of farm animals and makes a plea for their more humane and compassionate treatment.

The

CL: What are some of the things you learned about farm animals that you thought would be most surprising to your readers?
AH: i found the information about chickens to be among the most surprising. They can count and even use geometric principles! from the moment of birth, a chick can remember something exists even when it is out of sight, something human babies can’t do until they are 5 to 8 months old. Chickens can also learn from watching videos. They can communicate their preferences and have more than 30 specific types of calls, including a different call to indicate a predator who is in the air versus one who is on the ground. as i was working on the chicken chapter, a good friend of mine had her first baby. She and her husband used to say to their baby,

“Don’t worry, one day you will be as smart as a chicken!” Pigs who lose or are separated from their offspring or familiar pigs have been known to mourn themselves to death. They can be trained to play video games on the computer, and have a great hit rate! Cows get excited when they solve problems, and like other farm animals, are altruistic and live by moral codes. a sheep’s separation anxiety can be soothed by being shown photographs of familiar sheep. They prefer smiles to frowns and calm faces to angry faces. Male sheep prefer female sheep whose faces resemble the males’ mothers! i think the overall surprise is just how similar all the animals are to us – they experience joy, sorrow, loyalty and fear. The original title of the book was Closer than We Think.

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Once I started the bOOk, and learned just hOW sentIent the anImals are, I cOuld nO lOnger eat anythIng frOm them.
personalities of farm animals. Will you continue to explore this topic in future books?
AH: We are looking into doing a children’s version of The Inner World. i am also working on some film and television possibilities based on the book. i plan to continue to my use voice and creativity to speak out for animals and help in any way i can. There is no turning back now when it comes to the farm animals.

CL: Has writing this book changed the way that you eat?
AH: What i have learned in writing the book has definitely altered the way i look at meat, dairy and eggs. i have been a vegetarian on and off since i was 19. When i first stopped eating meat, it was because of what i was learning about its negative impact on our health. Once i started the book, and learned just how sentient the animals are, i could no longer eat anything from them. i am happy to share that many of the people who worked on the book or have since read it, have had this same experience.

CL: There were so many delightful stories of interesting and endearing behavior on the part of different farm animals. You must have had favorites – Would you talk about one?
One of my favorites is the story of Debbie, a cow who lived at Poplar Spring animal Sanctuary in Maryland. She suffered from arthritis and one day fell down ill. Thirteen of her bovine friends surrounded her and mooed until help came. Sadly, the vet determined that it would be best to put Debbie to sleep. The cows lay down on Debbie’s grave and cried out in despair. They then disappeared into the forest and did not come out for food for two days. i was told so many stories of friendship, maternal love, devotion, humor, personality, altruism, courage and even heroism among the animals. i think the stories are the heart and soul of the book.

CL: Is there anything that you would like our readers to know that I haven’t asked you about?
AH: One month before my deadline, i visited the Woodstock farm animal Sanctuary in upstate new york which brought everything i was learning about farm animals together on a much deeper level. On this trip, i came to understand how sentient, intelligent, aware, unique and personable these animals are. i found myself relating to them in the same way that i do the dogs and cats in my life. i held a blind chicken named Coco in my arms. She nuzzled her head into the crook of my elbow just like my cat used to and started to coo. i called out to a 1500-pound steer named Dylan, who came running and lowered his head so i could scratch him behind his ears. i was greeted by magnificent turkeys, who followed me everywhere and sat on the grass next to me. i was so surprised by how engaging they were. i befriended a goat named Jack in whose presence i felt so soothed and cared for. i think meeting the animals is so important. The book has a list of sanctuaries and gives a number to call to help find one in your area.

CL: The Inner World of Farm Animals is an enlightening exploration into the unique minds and sensitive

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MEET THE EGG INDUSTRy'S TiNieST viCTiMS

for nearly a decade, Mfa has been at the forefront of national efforts to protect egg-laying hens. Going undercover from coast-to-coast, Mfa investigators have exposed the cruelty suffered by the nation’s nearly 250 million battery-caged hens, condemned to lives in cages so small that they cannot spread even one wing. This summer, while working at Hy-line north america in Spencer, iowa, the world’s largest hatchery for egg-laying breed chicks, an Mfa investigator secretly filmed the grim beginnings in the tortured lives of these hens. from their first moments of life, the 300,000 chicks hatched daily at Hy-line are treated as mere cogs in an industrial machine, enduring rough handling and painful mutilations, frightening journeys through machinery that often injures them, and for those deemed unprofitable to sustain, being ground-up alive.

From Shell To Hell
The term “factory farm” never seemed more fitting. The breathing, blinking, living chicks at this facility could have been any inanimate object produced on any factory assembly line, as they were thrown down chutes, shaken out of hoppers onto swift-moving conveyor belts, sifted by a twisting auger, mutilated with infrared radiation, and for the male chicks, sent flapping and chirping into one end of a grinder to be ejected at the other end as a mash of mortal remains. Hy-line’s own corporate leaders had coldly referred to these chicks as mere “genetic products.”

Mechanized Madness
newly hatched chicks, who would naturally enter the world under the comforting bodies of their mothers, instead often endured severe injury and death in the “separator,” a machine that separated chicks from their eggshells. Baskets holding dozens of chicks traveled on a rapidly moving conveyor to a point at which they were tipped, spilling the chicks onto another conveyor several inches down. The chicks tumbled onto their faces, fell onto their backs and landed on top of each other in piles. This second conveyor spilled the chicks onto yet another conveyor, which transported them away from the separator. Chicks sometimes became trapped in the machinery, however, to be mangled or carried through the separator’s scalding wash cycle. female chicks were destined for battery cage egg-laying facilities. Such facilities confine tens of thousands to millions of hens, four to six per file drawer-sized cage. in order to reduce feed waste and lessen damage that might be caused by aggressive pecking – a behavior induced by the stress of extreme crowding – chicks slated for batterycage facilities routinely suffer “de-beaking.” This painful mutilation entails scorching part of the chicks’ sensitive beaks with a hot blade, laser or radiation and is performed without anesthesia. intense pain

“I had no idea what cruelty I was supporting by eating eggs. Thank you for the wake-up call.”
-Former Egg Consumer
following its release to the associated Press and three news conferences, the undercover footage made headlines around the world. Millions of people logged onto youTube to view the video, and on the second day after its release, it became the second most viral video on the internet. The investigation generated over 1,000 major newspaper, television and radio stories. What follows is an account of the cruelty caught on tape that horrified and transformed consumers worldwide.

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and bleeding often result and some chicks die of shock. infrared debeaking machines at Hy-line held the birds dangling by their heads, seared their beaks and then dropped the chicks down a chute.

Ground Up Alive
Male chicks, because they do not produce eggs, are of no use to the egg industry. nor can males of the egg-laying breed be sold profitably for meat, because they will not grow as large or as quickly as the meat-producing breed. “Sexers” separated male chicks from females by checking their wing tips to determine their sex, then flinging them into one of two dark chutes. The females landed on a conveyor that transported them to the de-beaking stations, while the males landed on a conveyor that transported them to a massive grinder with blades that slashed the live, fully conscious chicks to bits. about half of the chicks born at the hatchery were male, meaning that about 150,000 male chicks were ground alive each day – over 30 million per year. Handling of chicks was inhumane at every stage of operation. Sometimes chicks hatched “prematurely” in the incubation room and workers knowingly left them in trays with unhatched eggs to die of starvation or dehydration. Chicks also frequently fell through the separator or became stuck in it and were hosed out by workers. These were tossed live into trashcans or left to suffer and die on the floor. Deformed or injured chicks were often set aside overnight without food or water to be sent to the grinder in the morning. Sexers flung chicks toward the metal chutes by their wings, risking broken bones and often causing the birds to crash into the sides of the chutes. also, as a chick’s hearing is highly sensitive at hatching, the earsplitting drone of industrial noise added to their stress and fear.

These workers roughly throw chicks into chutes – separating the males from the females.

Business as Usual
The torturous treatment of chicks at Hy-line is typical of hatcheries nationwide, which collectively kill more than 200 million male chicks annually. To the shock of most consumers, there are no federal laws protecting chickens from cruelty on the farm or at slaughter. as to what action we can take to end such grisly deaths and suffering, another former egg consumer, transformed by the chilling Hy-line video, said it best: “The best solution is not to eat chicken or eggs. Supply and demand. We the people have more power in our hands than we think – just using our minds and hearts to make the right choices with how our dollars are spent.”

Chicks are placed headfirst into this rotating machine, which uses radiation to scorch off part of their beaks.

“Thank you for informing us about the baby chicks. My family will no longer use eggs.”
-Former Egg Consumer
Because male chicks do not produce eggs, they are killed in a grinding machine.

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