Gene Baur: Farm Animal ER: Factory Farming Hurts Everyone

Please see the gallery of BEFORE and AFTER images of animals who were given a second chance at life after being rescued and rehabilitated by Farm Sanctuary.

Animals exploited for meat, milk and eggs live short, miserable lives. They are systematically exposed to intense confinement, filth, crowded conditions and brutal abuses. Parts of their tails, toes, genitals, ears and beaks are cut off, without painkillers, to better mold them to the perversely unnatural and highly stressful environments of factory farms. It is common for farm animals in these environments to succumb to injury and disease, and every year hundreds of millions die before reaching the slaughterhouse. Factory farming subjects billions of animals to intolerable conditions and untimely deaths, while a majority of U.S. citizens unwittingly support this cruelty by consuming meat, milk and eggs.

Dog Isn’t Only Man’s Best Friend
This is such an endearing story about a blind dog with a debilitating seizure but gets a second chance after its’ original owner passed away.

"The [animal entertainment] industry doesn’t want people to think dolphins are capable of suicide, but these are self-aware creatures with a brain larger than a human brain. If life becomes so unbearable, they just don’t take the next breath. It’s suicide."

A seal helping a helpless turtle get back into the water.

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