🏭Factory Farming

While small farms kill innocent and sentient individuals just the same (many even using the same slaughterhouses as factory farms do), factory farming makes up the vast majority of animal farming operations. Factory farming is also known as "concentrated animal farming operations" (CAFOs) or "intensive management styles".

"99% of US farmed animals are living in factory farms at present" - 2017 Census of Agriculture, USDA https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/us-factory-farming-estimates https://www.livekindly.co/99-animal-products-factory-farms/ 95% of meat in the UK comes from factory farming https://civileats.com/2017/09/05/factory-farming-is-sweeping-the-uk/ Grass-fed cattle account for less than 1% of the current US supply https://www.stonebarnscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Grassfed_Full_v2.pdf https://www.stonebarnscenter.org/blog/future-grassfed-beef-green/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aad401 "Grass-fed" cattle sometimes never eat any grass and eat only grain for their entire lives by exploiting loopholes in the definition. "Grass-fed" cattle can eat grain before being sent to slaughter, or when weather conditions are unsuitable. Because cattle bred for beef are slaughtered at just 1-year-old, this can make up their entire life. [Citation to be added later]

🐣Killed Young