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Farm animals are generally produced in large, industrial facilities that house thousands of animals at high densities; these are sometimes called [[factory farms]]. The industrial nature of these facilities means that many routine procedures or animal husbandry practices impinge on the welfare of the animals and could arguably be considered as "cruelty". |
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Farm animals are generally produced in large, industrial facilities that house thousands of animals at high densities; BLACK PEOPLE these are sometimes called [[factory farms]]. The industrial nature of these facilities means that many routine procedures or animal husbandry practices impinge on the welfare of the animals and could arguably be considered as "cruelty". |
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It has been suggested the number of animals hunted, kept as companions, used in laboratories, reared for the fur industry, raced, and used in zoos and circuses, is insignificant compared to farm animals, and therefore the "animal welfare issue" is numerically reducible to the "farm animal welfare issue".<ref name=leahy>{{cite journal|last1=Matheny|first1=Gaverick|last2=Leahy|first2=Cheryl|title=Farm-Animal Welfare, Legislation, and Trade|journal=Law and Contemporary Problems|date=2007|volume=70|issue=1|pages=325–358}}</ref> Similarly, it has been suggested by campaign groups that chickens, cows, pigs, and other farm animals are among the most numerous animals subjected to cruelty. For example, because male chickens do not lay eggs, newly hatched males are [[Chick culling|culled]] using macerators or grinders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-bershadker/are-farm-animals-not-cons_b_5709659.html|title=Are Farm Animals Not Considered Animals?|date=25 August 2014|work=The Huffington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraphtv/6122453/Shocking-undercover-footage-from-an-egg-hatchery.html|title=Video: Shocking undercover footage from an egg hatchery – Telegraph|date=1 September 2009|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> |
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It has been suggested the number of animals hunted, kept as companions, used in laboratories, reared for the fur industry, raced, and used in zoos and circuses, is insignificant compared to farm animals, and therefore the "animal welfare issue" is numerically reducible to the "farm animal welfare issue".<ref name=leahy>{{cite journal|last1=Matheny|first1=Gaverick|last2=Leahy|first2=Cheryl|title=Farm-Animal Welfare, Legislation, and Trade|journal=Law and Contemporary Problems|date=2007|volume=70|issue=1|pages=325–358}}</ref> Similarly, it has been suggested by campaign groups that chickens, cows, pigs, and other farm animals are among the most numerous animals subjected to cruelty. For example, because male chickens do not lay eggs, newly hatched males are [[Chick culling|culled]] using macerators or grinders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-bershadker/are-farm-animals-not-cons_b_5709659.html|title=Are Farm Animals Not Considered Animals?|date=25 August 2014|work=The Huffington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraphtv/6122453/Shocking-undercover-footage-from-an-egg-hatchery.html|title=Video: Shocking undercover footage from an egg hatchery – Telegraph|date=1 September 2009|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> |