Animal slaughter, abuse and cruelty. Behind the Screens
First it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation to nature and the animals.Victor Hugo (poet, novelist, and playwright)
Rate of Slaughter of Chickens, Pigs, and Cows in the United States, 2008
The horrible life of factory farmed pigs
Before reaching the slaughter age of six months these pigs died and where left among the other pigs.
Due to poor living conditions, low hygiene, crowded cages and stress pigs living in factory farms have a big change to die before they arrive at the slaughterhouse.
Read more about pigs and factory farming at our Factory Farming Factsheet and Pigs Facts page
Cow Slaughter
Under law, slaughtered cattle and hogs first must be "stunned" -- rendered insensible to pain -- with a blow to the head or an electric shock. But on most plants this stunning doesn't always work properly, with cruel consequences for the animals. Enforcement records, interviews, videos and worker affidavits describe repeated not well stunned animals at dozens of slaughterhouses, ranging from the smallest, custom butcheries to modern, automated establishments.
Read more about cows at our Cows Facts page.
Chicken and Turkey Slaughter
Many birds are not or not correctly pre-stunned prior to throat-slitting and are being plucked alive due to not respecting the minimum two-minute delay between throat-cutting and plucking. Live turkeys' heads plunged into a vat of congealed blood as they bleed to death
Read more about the chicken farm industry at our Poultry Facts page.
Victims of the fur trade
The fur trade makes many casualties. Animals are slaughtered under horrible conditions.
On the clip you can see undercover investigators documenting animals on fur farms being slammed head-first into the ground, bludgeoned to death, and even skinned alive.
Eighty-five percent of the fur industrys skins come from animals living captive on fur factory farms. These farms can hold thousands of animals, and the practices used to farm them are remarkably uniform around the globe. As with other intensive-confinement animal farms, the methods used on fur factory farms are designed to maximize profits, always at the expense of the animals.
Read more about the fur industry at our Fur Facts page.
Vivisection, testing on animals.
Animal testing, animal experimentation, animal research, in vivo testing, vivisection or whatever you want to call it, is a term used to justify the torture and cruelty inflicted to non-human animals.
Questions are raised if it really benefits our health care while many solid cruelty-free alternatives are available.
Read more about vivisection at our Vivisection Facts page.
Dolphin massacre turns sea blood red
From October till March Japanese fishermen herd whole families and pods of dolphins and small whales into shallow bays where they kill them. What gives the color of the water in the bay a hell red one.
It is a bloodbath, cruel and barbaric. Each year, the idyllic and peaceful setting of the village of Taiji in southern Japan is shattered by almost unspeakable cruelty as incredible pain and ultimate death is inflicted on defenseless dolphins.Paul Watson, president and founder Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Number of non-human animals killed in the world by the meat, dairy and egg industries, since you opened this webpage. Based on 2003 statistics.
Meet Your Meat, narrated by Alec Baldwin, covers each stage of life of animals raised for food.
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