Animals are packed as closely together as possible. Most never see sunlight, touch ground or get fresh air. Many can't even turn around. These cruel conditions cause fights and disease amongst the animals. To fix this, the corporate machine began systematic mutilation, practices such as debeaking chickens, and they started adding a constant dosage of antibiotics to their feed, just to keep these poor wretches alive. This overuse of antibiotics breed super strains of resistant disease-causing germs, every day we get closer to an epidemic that cannot be stopped. [learn more »]

If Mei Yi's post about the vivisection (distressful animal experimentation) of dogs got you interested, the issue of factory farming of poultry, diary and meat, which similarly causes suffering to animals, may interest you too. Sustainable Table and Free Range Studios have created a few short flash animations to help you learn about the conditions in which at least some part of our food supply is raised.