Liberals think that your chicken, beef, and pork in made in a factory. The idiots have no idea how a farm is managed. Wait till they find out where veal comes from and how calves are penned up.
In my conservative view factory farming is cruel and inhumane, particularly these inadequate pig crates. Pigs are also smarter than dogs. I am not against the consumption of meat. We as humans can do better than to deny an animal every natural instinct, the outdoor sun, and any hope of the smallest comfort even if that means being able to change your position.
The “pregnant pig crates” which were banned by CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT in Florida (admittedly not a major swine production locality), have been the object of various legislative initiatives by the supposed “protectors” of some amorphous “animal rights” agenda.
I have worked in and around swine at various times in my life, and believe me, the crates DO have a purpose. Newborn piglets are about 1-2 pounds in size, and beside a 300-pound mother, they do not stand much of a chance if she shifts just a little too far over. The crates simply give the piglets a fighting chance to get past the first week of life.
Rude reality: Every pig born is meant to die a violent death, I have never seen one die of old age. Disease, intramural pig fights, and predators are just a few of the hazards awaiting a pig, and should all these dangers be somehow bypassed, the butcher shop and the disassembly into pork chops, hams, roasts, pickled pigs’ feet and pigskin is the fate that becomes of them.
The preservation of sufficient number of newborn pigs spells the economic viability of swine farming, which is a most excellent way to sell home-grown grains (in Iowa, that means corn).
And besides, the consumption of pork just makes the Muslims all the more outraged with the “decadence” of the Westerners. I try to eat a little pork every day, bacon, or sausage or whatever.