Her focuses as an expert writer include animal rights and veganism. Factory farming is defined as the extreme confinement of livestock for commercial use. This agricultural technique was invented ...

There are small, medium and large CAFOs, with the largest of these embodying the truest definition of a “factory farm.” A large CAFO is at least 1,000 “animal units. ”An animal unit is roughly 1,000 ...

The psychological impact of animal cruelty, particularly on children, is another critical concern. (Reuters) The India Animal Fund and philanthropic organisation Dasra launched a report titled ...

Read more from this special package analyzing the long fight against factory farming here. This series is supported by Animal Charity Evaluators, which received a grant from Builders Initiative.

I may unsubscribe at any time. U.S. factory farms are raising more animals than ever before. Together, the 1.7 billion confined animals produce an appalling 941 billion pounds of manure each year — ...

Raising animals for food violates the animals' right to be free of human use and exploitation. The solution to cruel factory farming practices is veganism.

Mercy for Animals president and CEO Leah Garcés has been an animal rights advocate fighting the factory farming system for more than two decades. But her approach to advocacy changed the day she met ...

Every year, humans kill 80 billion land animals — 10 times more than there are people on Earth — and an even larger, poorly tracked number of fish. Yet factory farming is only expanding its ...

Industrially raised poultry, which crams animals into cages, represents 99% of U.S. chicken meat. Factory farms aim to maximize profits with little to no regard for animal welfare. Around the ...

Their larger goal is to establish a right to rescue animals that face inhumane treatment in agriculture. In any context other than factory farming, treating animals the way we see chickens treated ...

The way that animals are crammed together, often with little individual space and poor air circulation make factory farms the perfect breeding ground for disease. “Large scale, high intensity ...