factory farm
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That should make its appearance on a mammal-based factory farm a cause for doubled-down surveillance and concern, said Crystal Heath, a Bay Area veterinarian and co-founder of Our Honor, an animal welfare organization.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2024
His father, Ali, who raised him alone after immigrating to America to work in a Midwest chicken factory farm, died when he was in college.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024
A jury recently acquitted activists who ferried two piglets away from a factory farm.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022
"And your decision today, if you make a good one, will make the world a little bit of a kinder place, even for a baby pig of a factory farm."
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2022
Getting cows to eat a corn diet takes a heroic effort on the part of the factory farm.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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