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THE MAG OF MFA. FALL - WINTER 2010 Issue 5

Breeding
Inside the Pork Industry

the Inner World

Exclusive Interview with
Amy Hatkoff

In Defense of the Miraculous Bean

Compassionate Cook
Meatless Morsels
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dear friends
Dear Friends,
This issue of CL gives you a rare glimpse behind
the secretive world of pork and egg production
– blowing the lid off some of the industries’
cruelest practices. MFA’s undercover investigators
reveal, once again, that animal mistreatment is
commonplace in meat, dairy and egg production.
With the overwhelming evidence of such rampant
abuse, nothing confuses me more than when I hear
factory farm spokespeople, who confine animals in
cages where they can’t even turn around, say that
“no one cares more about our animals than we
do.” In fact, the manager of an egg facility, where
MFA documented live hens in trash cans, birds
suffering from untreated infections and animals
covered in feces, publicly claimed, “I treat my
chickens better than my children.”
Another line seemingly pulled from the animal
abuser handbook is, “Of course we treat our
animals well; otherwise, they wouldn’t produce.”
So what do they consider “proper care"? Based
on standard and accepted factory farm practices,
throwing live animals into grinding machines,
cutting off parts of their bodies without painkillers
and condemning animals to lives in stalls and
crates where they can barely move, are all
considered “proper care.”
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When MFA pointed out the obvious fact that
pigs suffer pain the same as dogs, and deserve the
same consideration and protection, Pork magazine
defended factory farming stating, “(A) pig is not
treated like a house pet because their needs are
vastly different.”
While I fully agree that the pork industry treats Contributors
pigs differently than pets – producers could be
jailed if they abused Fido like they do pigs – pigs’ Alicia Boemi
needs are not “vastly different.” All animals long Lydia Chaudhry
for freedom. All species wish to avoid suffering – Derek Coons
including mutilations, confinement and a lack of Suzanne Fulton
control over their lives. Implying that pigs vary so Daniel Hauff
greatly from dogs that they hold no such needs Amy Mackenzie
shows just how disconnected the industry is from Brooke Mays
the true desires of the animals they exploit and kill. Heather Patrick
Nathan Runkle
The reality is that what the majority of meat, dairy Anya Todd
and egg producers consider “proper animal care”
is terribly out of touch with common sense, basic
decency and the values of most Americans. These
industries see cows, pigs and chickens as units,
“genetic products,” mere profits and losses, and
preprocessed goods, not the unique individuals
they are with complex feelings and interests. Tyson,
Perdue and Smithfield claim to follow standards
of care developed from “sound science,” rather
than emotion. No Ph.D. or degree in animal
behavior is required to know that animals with
legs should be able to walk, run and play. It doesn’t Mercy For Animals (MFA) is
take an expert to see that modern factory farms a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal
advocacy organization that
cause incredible suffering. believes non-human animals are
irreplaceable individuals who
A more honest position for meat producers to have morally significant interests
take would be to bluntly state that they are simply and hence rights, including the
right to live free of unnecessary
responding to a demand for cheap animal products
suffering. MFA is dedicated to
- leaving the animals to pay the ultimate price in establishing and defending the
a life of misery. Then, hopefully more consumers rights of all animals.
would wake up to the power, and consequences,
of their food choices. Each of us holds the power Given that over 97% of animal
cruelty occurs in the production
in driving the market, calling the shots in the
of meat, dairy, and eggs, MFA’s
almighty game of supply and demand. As more main function is promoting a
compassionate consumers put their ethics on the vegetarian diet. MFA works
dinner table, rejecting blatant animal abuse by to be a voice for animals
through public education and
leaving meat off their plates, we can finally move
advertisement campaigns,
toward a future where all animals are truly granted research and investigations,
the “proper care” they so rightly deserve. working with news media, and
grassroots activism.
For a kinder tomorrow, MFA relies on the generous
support of compassionate
individuals to carry on our
life-saving work. To become
a member, simply send a
contribution of $15 to:
Mercy For Animals
Nathan Runkle 3712 N. Broadway, Ste. 560
Executive Director Chicago, IL 60613
1-866-632-6446
Info@MercyForAnimals.org
 The Future of Food
It sounds like something from a Sci-Fi movie: In vitro,
or “cultured” meat, is created by growing isolated cells
in a laboratory dish – rather than slaughtering feeling,
sentient beings. “Laboratory meat” potentially offers
a humane alternative to the growing global demand for
animal protein.  inefficient use of resources – such as land, water and
According to a recent CNN report, in addition to reducing
suffering, proponents of in vitro meat claim that it would
offer several advantages for human health and the
environment. Nutritional content (fat and protein) can be
customized and controlled, and the laboratory production
newswatch
means it’s protected from the bacteria and diseases
rampant in factory farming.The green advantages are
enormous as well; unlike conventionally produced
meat from live animals, in vitro products do not leave
a gigantic environmental footprint, as they avoid the
fossil fuels – for production.
Organizations such as New Harvest, a non-profit dedicated
to researching the production of in vitro meat, are
currently developing new methods of production to
eventually bring an affordable product to market.

Eat Green, Get Lean, Live Long

Experts are finding that vegetarian diets beat out meat-heavy
ones for providing life-long health and fitness benefits. The
American Dietetic Association’s 2009 position paper concluded
that vegetarian and vegan diets are not only appropriate for all
stages of life but are also associated with lower weight, lower
blood pressure, and reduced risk of heart disease. What’s more,
the ADA and The British Journal For Cancer also identified plant-
based diets with decreased risks of many cancers, including
prostate, colorectal and blood cancers.
Three Steps Forward...
As if that weren’t enough reason to go veg, the longevity linked In May, Maine’s Governor John Baldacci signed legislation prohibiting veal crates
with the so-called “Mediterranean Diet” is now being credited and gestation crates, effective 2011. Maine is now the sixth state to implement
more specifically to plant foods. A recent report from a professor a ban on these needlessly cruel confinement systems, which prohibit baby calves
at the Harvard School of Public Health concluded that higher and pregnant sows from turning around, lying down comfortably, or engaging in
consumption of certain food groups – namely vegetables, fruits, basic natural behaviors.
nuts, olive oil, and legumes – is largely responsible for the health
benefits of this regional cuisine. The suffering of farmed animals is becoming less acceptable in other states as
well: four pork farm workers at an Iowa factory farm pleaded guilty to multiple
counts of abusing pigs; their admission of guilt came on the heels of earlier
convictions of an another worker at the same facility. Two West Virginia turkey farm
workers were also found guilty of cruelty for stomping birds and slamming them
to the ground, marking the first time in U.S. history that turkey farm employees
have been convicted of cruelty to animals.

And One Step Back

Only two years ago, Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, announced
it would phase out gestation crates over the period of a decade. In a stunning reversal,
Smithfield recently claimed that “operating losses” will prevent the company from
enacting even this minimal move towards reduced cruelty, effectively condemning
millions of pigs to unimaginable misery for the foreseeable future.

It’s Official: Meat Is Not Green

Recent articles in The Washington Post and Time Magazine
have confirmed that there’s a high environmental price
for our cheap, meat-heavy diets. The world’s relentless
demand for ever-increasing supplies of meat has created
more global warming than all forms of transportation
combined. This is largely due to the enormous volume
of fossil fuels burned in the operation of industrial factory
farms and transport of animals and meat, as well as
methane gas emissions from the animals themselves.
Animal farming has also created an unsustainable
demand on natural resources like water and land, due
to the vast amounts of soy and corn grown to feed
livestock rather than people. The simple answer,
according to both of these publications, is to embrace
vegetarian meals and foods more frequently.
Meat isn’t the only culprit; the dairy industry is also
creating its own environmental problems. A New York
Times front-page piece on the link between Wisconsin
dairy farm manure run-off and tainted drinking water
reported that the Environmental Protection Agency
considers agriculturalrun-off to be the single largest
source of water pollution in the nation’s rivers and
streams.

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Merciful
Mission
Activist Spotlight: Kayla Worden
Position with MFA: North Carolina Campaign Coordinator
Hometown: Asheville,NC  
Email: KaylaW@MercyForAnimals.org CL: How is animal activism different in North Carolina,
Favorite Quote: “To a man whose mind is free, there is given that it is a leading meat producer?
something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals KW: Certainly here in NC we are faced with the daunting “David-
than in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least vs.-Goliath” task of going up against deeply entrenched animal
admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it agriculture industries, with all of their dark, hidden underbellies.
is a criminal.” -Romain Rolland, author, Nobel Prize 1915 The vast majority of North Carolinians have had the hideous truth of
rampant, widespread and extreme abuse of farmed animals hidden
from their view for the most part. Others blindly accept it under
Kayla Worden lives in her mountain home with her rescued, vegan the guise of supposed “tradition” and “cultural norm.” It is so very
dogs, Lindsay and Jasper, and several rescued cats. She currently important for the animal rights movement to take root in areas where
operates Serenity Hill Animal Sanctuary and as Mercy For Animals’ the message really needs to be heard here and now, appealing to
Asheville, North Carolina Campaign Coordinator, she organizes local people’s common decency and consciences, as well as to their personal
events and campaigns and coordinates volunteers. Kayla believes health and environmental concerns. We certainly don’t want to be
that it is important to “bloom where you are planted” and she has simply preaching to the choir. We’ve got a lot of work to do in North
done just that, as she has called the tranquil hills of Asheville Carolina, no doubt.
home for more than 20 years.
CL: How have you kept inspired, motivated and focused
CL: What was your initial reason for becoming vegetarian and
over the years?
what motivated you to become involved in animal activism?
KW: I have had the fortune to remain surrounded by the most
KW: I grew up on a small farm in rural Pennsylvania in a typical
incredible and loving animal companions – whether they have been
meat-eating family. At about age 12 I began to realize that the same
cows, chickens, dogs, cats, pigs, goats or otherwise. Also, I have
animals who I loved and formed friendships with in the barnyard
had the pleasure of rehabilitating many creatures of the wild. All of
were the same animals who ended up on our family’s dinner table
these precious beings – in fact, all of the beauty I see in the innocent
and I decided to become a vegetarian. Years later in 1989, I received
faces of animals everywhere – are the faces that continue to inspire
a mailing from an animal protection organization, describing the
me forward. I would also encourage anyone wanting to get involved
horrendous suffering animals endure in order to become food for
to attend MFA or other animal rights events in their area or make
human consumption. Becoming a part of the solution rather than
the trip to a conference to meet others of like-mind. 
continuing on as a part of the problem took shape in my awareness.
At that moment, I felt the “floodgates” open and from then on I
CL: What are your favorite vegan and/or animal rights
embraced the vegan lifestyle.
resources?
KW: I adore VegNews Magazine, as it is a hip resource for the vegan
CL: What prompted you to take on the role of MFA’s
activist! Right now I am enjoying the moving, insightful book, The Pig
North Carolina Campaign Coordinator?
Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals, by
KW: Over the years I have volunteered and worked both locally
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson.
and internationally on animal rights issues with various organizations.
Nathan Runkle and I had come to know one another several years
CL:What advice can you give to people who want to become
ago, even traveling together to carry out various animal rights
involved in animal rights or MFA?
campaigns. I believed that MFA would be a good fit for me here
KW: Take the plunge! Volunteer your time and get involved. It’ll
in western North Carolina, where its message of compassion needs
make a huge positive impact in your life and ALL the difference in
to be heard loud and clear.
the lives of countless animals.

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A Recipe for Effective Activism
As the saying goes, “The way to the heart is through the stomach.” MFA has cooked up an
effective recipe for change with vegan “Feed-Ins” – events offering free samples of easy,
delicious and cruelty-free alternatives to meat, dairy, and eggs that are available in grocery
stores nationwide.

In 2009 MFA advocates held dozens of feed-ins in locations as diverse as Chicago’s famous
Wrigley Field, Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, in front of KFC, and at local animal shelter
marathons. Free samples of appetizing vegan versions of common favorites demonstrate that
there’s no need to sacrifice taste or satisfaction when adopting a vegan diet. Hundreds of copies
of literature, such as MFA's Vegetarian Starter Kit, are handed out to people who are inspired to
make the switch to a vegan lifestyle. Feed-ins are fun and effective outreach activities that
promote compassionate eating through a positive, friendly approach.

MercyForAnimals.org/Feed-Ins.aspx

Driving Home Vegetarianism

Vegetarianism is reaching new heights in Denver, Colorado, with the launch of 20 new Mercy
For Animals billboards. Spread across the greater Denver area along bustling highway routes,
on college campuses, and nestled on busy street corners, the pro-vegetarian billboards are
giving millions of local residents some serious food for thought. The ambitious campaign
features three designs. The first ad spotlights an adorable puppy and a loveable piglet
sitting side-by-side and asks, “Why love one but eat the other?”

The other two billboards give commuters an eye-opening look inside factory farms and dare
to ask, “How much cruelty can you swallow?” These ads bring consumers face-to-face with
the animals abused and slaughtered for meat, dairy and eggs. Guaranteed to provoke
thought and discussion, they feature images of egg-laying hens crowded inside a battery
cage, and another of a sow locked in a tiny gestation crate.

Similar ad campaigns also hit the subway and bus lines in Toronto and New York City this
summer – amassing over 14 million views in the Big Apple and reaching nearly half a million
Canadian commuters each day.

MercyForAnimals.org/Advertisements.aspx

VegWeb Biting Into the Big Apple

From mega metropolises to conservative rural America, it’s no
secret that vegetarianism has plunged into the mainstream, with
an ever-growing number of consumers opting for healthy and cruelty-
free fare. And now with the launch of VegIndiana.com, MFA is stepping
into the Corn Belt to offer a helping hand to people seeking vegetarian
meals. Complete with hundreds of listings of vegetarian-friendly
restaurants and health food stores, the site features establishment
locations, sample menus, pricing details and business hours.
Being a vegan jet-setter also just got easier thanks to the kick-off
of VegGuide.org. A joint project between MFA and Compassionate
Action for Animals, this must-cruise powerhouse of a resource is
filled with thousands of listings and reviews of veggie restaurants
around the globe. Furthermore, MFA has leaped into the blogosphere
with the launch of MFABlog.org. This cyber center allows you to stay
up-to-date on the latest MFA news, event reviews, campaign roundups,
commentary and other timely, not-to-be-missed animal rights and
vegetarian news.
Here we grow again! Mercy For Animals is expanding its vital grassroots
campaigns on behalf of farmed animals to the largest metropolis in the
nation - New York City!
Our recently opened New York Advocacy Center in Manhattan serves
as an east coast center for grassroots activism, humane education, vegan
campaigns and media outreach. MFA’s NYC Campaign Coordinator,
Matt Rice – a seasoned animal advocate with extensive experience
in grassroots activism – is rolling up his sleeves and working with
local activists and supporters to bring MFA’s groundbreaking
campaigns to the Big Apple.
The new Advocacy Center, which opened its doors in August,
serves as a resource center, a networking hotspot for local activists,
and a place to pick up information and literature on animal protection
issues. Log on to MercyForAnimals.org for NYC volunteer and
internship information.

MercyForAnimals.org/NYCOffice

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AskAnya
Anya Todd is a vegan registered and
licensed dietitian who graduated from
Case Western reserve University and
completed her internship at the
Cleveland Clinic foundation. She simply
does not understand why people cringe
when she eats plain tofu straight
from the carton.

Q: What is the deal

with soy ­– is it safe
to eat or not?
Is it really good for us?
Does it cause cancer?
Will it make men grow breasts?
How much is safe to eat?
The issue of soy and its effect on our health is much debated.
These questions always arise when I give vegan nutrition lectures.
With all of the misinformation about soy being dispersed out
there (mostly by industries opposed to a plant-based diet), it is
no wonder that there is mass confusion about this precious bean.
Soy foods, like tofu and soy milk, are staples in many vegans’
pantries because they are plentiful in protein and other nutrients,
like B vitamins. They are free of artery-clogging saturated fat
and cholesterol. What many soy myths focus upon is the
“phytoestrogens” found in soybeans, called isoflavones, and
how these compounds can cause breast cancer. There are
people who claim that the isoflavones will act as the female sex
hormone, estrogen, would in the body and hence, potentially
increase the risk of cancers (especially breast), as well as reduce
testosterone levels in men.
Science, based on well-planned research studies, has yet to uphold
any of these claims. Often the studies quoted by those opposed to
soy have been conducted on animals in labs who are injected with
amounts of isoflavones that far exceed normal human consumption.
To apply such a study’s findings to humans would be pretty poor
science. Thankfully, there are researchers who understand that
studying real-life humans is a more informative option. The latest
research recently followed women in Asia and showed that
pre-menopausal soy consumption has a protective effect in regard
to breast cancer. At this time, there is no reason to believe soy
causes cancer. As far as men and soy consumption goes, there
are over 30 studies which conclude that one’s manliness will not be
affected. The few studies that may be cited by the naysayers are
again poorly designed. Just from observation, I know a fair share
of vegan, soy-consuming men who are leading satisfying love lives,
reproducing without issue and have yet to sprout man boobs.
I am baffled by the amount of soy
backlash when the recommended
alternative is cow's milk, which is
loaded with hormones and growth
factors, and designed to increase a
calf’s size nearly tenfold in a year.
Bottom line, soy, like any other foods, should be consumed in
moderation and ideally be as unprocessed as possible. 2 -3
servings a day is a safe recommendation. A serving counts as 1 cup
of soy milk or a ½ cup of tofu, tempeh or soybeans. That means the
grande pumpkin spice soy latte I had earlier was my soy source
for the day, and it was worth every sip. Remember, soy is not
your only plant-based protein option. Legumes, seitan, seeds (like
quinoa & hemp) and nuts are excellent protein sources that can be
included in any well-balanced diet. So, enjoy that tofu scrambler
and don’t let the soy fear mongers get you down.

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Recipes from
The Vegan Table Peanut Butter
and Jelly Cookies
Ingredients:
3 cup Earth Balance “Buttery” Spread or Fleishmann's Light
1
No - Queso
Lactose Free Margarine
Quesadillas ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
Ingredients: ½ cup peanut butter, creamy or chunky
hummus 2 tablespoons nondairy milk (soy, rice, or almond milk)
8 10-inch flour or corn tortillas 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ to 1 cup salsa 1 ¼ cups all-purpose or whole-wheat pastry flour
½ cup chopped green onions ¾ teaspoon baking powder
extra nondairy milk, if necessary
Spread a tortilla with 3 tablespoons of hummus and place in a large strawberry jam or jelly
nonstick skillet over medium heat.

Sprinkle with green onions and spread on a thin layer of salsa. Preheat oven to 375º.
Line a cookie sheet with
Top with second tortilla, and cook until the bottom tortilla is warm parchment paper.
and turning golden brown – about 3 to 5 minutes. Turn over and cook
until the second tortilla is warm and turning golden brown. In a large bowl, beat
the Earth Balance,
Remove from pan, and serve hot. Cut it in half or into triangles to
serve as finger food. brown sugar, peanut
butter, vanilla and non-
Repeat with remaining tortillas. dairy milk until creamy.

In a smaller bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Add the
dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly. Test batter
to make sure you can roll it into balls. Add a small amount of nondairy
milk if needed.

Roll batter into 1- inch balls, and place 2 inches apart on the cookie
sheet. Use your thumb to make a well in the center of each cookie,
flattening each ball as you go but keeping it intact. (Hold the dough
ball with one hand while you press into the center.)

Fill the well in each cookie with the jam. Bake for 10-11 minutes.

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52
DAY I saw firsthand how clever and empathic pigs can
be. A sow and her entire litter had escaped their crate and
gathered in the hallway. I examined how they’d escaped and
discovered that the sow had loosened steel pegs in two different
places. I told a co-worker this story and she said that when a
sow figures out how to unlock her crate, she often goes around
unlocking all of the other crates as well.

Pigs crated...beaten...mutilated...neglected...and killed by toxic

gas or massive head trauma – these are just a handful of the Life SENTENCE - NO Parole
nightmarish findings of a recent Mercy For Animals investigation
At this factory farm, approximately 1,500 stalls run side-by-side and
of Country View Family Farms, a factory pig breeding facility
face-to-face, farther than the eye can see. These “gestation” stalls
in Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania.
are approximately two-feet wide and barely longer than the sows
themselves, allowing them no movement except a step forward
Country View confines over 7,000 pigs and is owned by Hatfield
or backward. Caught in a constant cycle of impregnation and re-
Quality Meats. Pigs bred at this cruel facility are slaughtered and
impregnation, breeding sows spend almost their entire lives locked
sold as meat under the Hatfield Quality Meats label by major grocers
in these barren metal enclosures.
such as Walmart, Stop & Shop, Shaw’s, Sam’s Club and Costco.

During the spring of 2009, an MFA undercover investigator,
“Mike,” worked as a barn technician at Country View. Equipped
with a pinhole-sized camera that he wore on his body, he captured
on film a rare glimpse into the gruesome and secretive world of
industrial pork production.
The conditions documented are standard
within the pork industry.
Many sows have deep sores on their shoulders, noses and heads from
constant rubbing against the bars of their stalls. The stall floors consist
of slatted concrete, designed to allow manure to fall through; however,
much of the manure sits stagnant, smearing on the sows’ undersides.
Sows are unable to lie down in their stalls, other than on their sides
with their feet, legs, bellies and tails often protruding through the
bars. Many display neurotic behavior, such as biting the bars or banging
their heads against them. Gestation crates are so cruel that the entire
European Union and seven U.S. states have banned their use.

Pregnant sows are confined in narrow “gestation crates”

for months on end.

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MERCILESS MUTILATIONS
Workers castrate and tail dock between 100 and 500 piglets each
day. Castration is to prevent testicular hormones from “tainting” the
flavor of the pigs’ flesh, and tail docking is to prevent pigs from
gnawing on each other’s tails, a behavior that often arises from the
stress of extreme overcrowding.

Workers grab a piglet out of his crate by a leg, hold him upside down,
slice open his scrotal sacks with a knife, and tear out the testes and
connective tissue with their bare hands. They then clip the piglets’
tails at the base with a dull pair of scissors. No anesthesia is
administered for either procedure. The piglets screech, heave and
violently struggle – their eyes bulging, mouths gaping and legs
jutting out to brace against the pain.

Often during castration, a piglet’s intestines will fall out of the scrotal
incision. These piglets, termed “ruptured,” are dropped into a gas
cart to be put to death later, once enough piglets have accumulated
in the cart to economically justify expending the gas.

Veterinarians and animal scientists harshly condemn such knife-

castration and tail docking. Dr. Nedim C. Buyukmihci, Emeritus
Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California,
Davis states, “The pain of castration is intense regardless of the age
age at which it is done…Regardless of any arguments to the contrary,
to castrate or cut off tails without the use of anesthetic is cruel…”

Dr. Buyukmihci continues, “Tail docking

is completely unnecessary and the piglets
at this facility had to endure the pain of
this procedure and its long-term effects
for no defensible reason.”

Marks of cruelty
Sows are “tattooed” and ear-tagged with individual ID numbers.
Workers tattoo the sows by taking a mallet with ¾-inch spikes on the
end, dipping the end in ink and then driving the spikes into the sows’
flesh, once above each leg. The first blow sends the sows squalling
and fleeing their assailants. Workers then stalk the sows in the pens,
as they crowd into corners, looking for the next opportunity to pound
them with the mallet.

”
Ear tagging is also performed without anesthesia, using a clamp
that forces a metal spike through the pigs’ ears. The pigs’ extended
shrieking and head-shaking attest to the severe pain it causes.

Top: Piglet suffering from scrotal rupture due to botched

castration. Other piglets huddle in the background awaiting
death in the gassing cart. Bottom: Bloody wounds cover the
back of this young piglet.

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mothers in misery
Twice a year sows experience minutes of mobility as they make the
journey from their gestation stalls to “farrowing” stalls, where they
spend one month birthing and nursing their young. Because the
sows so rarely get a chance to walk, when they realize that they are
about to enter another small stall, many resist, bucking and squealing
and trying to push past the workers. Workers force them forward by
yanking their ears and kicking their hindquarters or back them into
the stalls by kicking them in the face.
Playful animals that they are, piglets like to wrestle and chase one
another. In the minimal space of the stalls, such innocent play can
turn deadly, as they often run under their standing mothers and are
crushed to death under her or between her and the sides of the stalls
when she sits down. One piglet had been flattened from his lower
ribs back. In a natural setting, where sows have the freedom to move
more than just up or down, they tread carefully, so as not to harm
their precious young.
Piglets and their mothers also frequently become lodged between
or pinned under the bars of the stalls. Mike discovered one sow who
had gotten her head stuck between the floor and the bottom bar
of her stall, and in the ensuing struggle to free herself, appeared
to have twisted her neck. A co-worker concurred that she likely had
snapped her neck, and noted that this was not the first time this
had happened.
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PIG INTELLIGENCE
In the British documentary, “Look Who Is Talking Babe,” animal
psychologist, Dr. Stanley Curtis, declared the pig to be “the
smartest animal on earth after man.”
Dr. Curtis bases his conclusion on numerous fascinating studies.
One of Curtis’ studies found that pigs could use their snouts to
maneuver joysticks, learning to move cursors in order to hit targets
on the screen. Not only can they learn to use joysticks, in a recent
University of Cambridge study, pigs figured out how mirrors worked,
and were able to locate hidden bowls of food based on the positions
of the bowls’ reflections in the mirrors.
In his book, Farm Sanctuary, Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur
tells the stories of Truffles, Rudy and Terrin – a trio of piglets spared
from slaughter when they tumbled out of crowded transport trucks
on their way to “finishing” farms. Since they were rescued and
brought to sanctuary, he says that the pigs’ unique (and mischievous)
personalities have blossomed. Rudy and Truffles have learned to
untie shoelaces – to the great amusement of sanctuary visitors –
and all three playful pigs have learned to bop each other with
inflatable balls by holding the balls’ handles in their mouths.
Pigs also have a documented ability to find their way home across
long distances, as well as a sophisticated communication system,
consisting of over 20 distinct grunts. They quickly learn their
individual names and to respond when called – and have even been
known to outwit computerized feeding systems in order to treat
themselves to multiple meals!
A mother sow confined in a "farrowing crate"–
measuring less than 2 feet wide.
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 A worker spray painted the word “lame” on the back
of this injured sow.

MALICIOUS MISHANDLING
Handling of pigs is rough and often appears malicious. Workers
“wean” piglets by grabbing them from their mothers by an ear, a
leg, or sometimes with a “grabber” – a long pole with two grasping
metal jaws on the end. One worker flips a piglet off the end of the
grabber into the air. The piglet repeatedly somersaults, screeching
wildly, before the worker catches him in the palm of one hand and
tosses him into a bin teeming with other panicked piglets.

Workers callously throw piglets, passing them to one another

like footballs, over distances of several feet. At times, one worker
holds the piglets as high in the air as he can and lets them drop,
or forcefully slams them into the bins of piglets, as though spiking
after a touchdown. Once he tried spinning a piglet in midair towards
the bin. The piglet hit his back on the edge of the bin and fell
to the floor.

After reviewing the undercover footage of workers mishandling

pigs, Dr. Debra Teachout, a practicing veterinarian with an advanced
degree in veterinary clinical pathology, emphatically asserted, “This
entire operation deserves to be shut down.”

According to Dr. Geoff Ball, a licensed

veterinarian, whose training has included
pig farming, pigs have long-term memories
greater than three years. Dr. Ball says of
the manner of handling at Country View,
"These animals are constantly berated by
stressors. From gestation crates where
they cannot even move…to farrowing pens
where their piglets are grabbed from them
screaming, to pens where the tattooing
takes place, there is no break from affliction.
For animals that remember each occurrence
and can anticipate the next, the level of
psychological stress has to be immeasurable."

DAY 43 Using a “captive bolt pistol,” a worker fired a rod into

the sow’s head once, but she didn’t die. She stood looking stunned,
as blood trickled down her forehead. She then got her bearings and
turned and tried to run. After a struggle – kicking her and yanking
her ears – the worker got in another shot, which sent her down.
She spasmed for about 15 minutes in a pool of her own blood.
Afterward, our supervisor told me she was dubbing my co-worker
“Two-Shot” because he rarely killed sows with one bolt.

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MFA’s investigator never witnessed a veterinarian treat any
injured animals. These piglets, their faces nearly torn off,
were killed in the gassing cart.

MEDICAL NEGLECT TRAIL OF TERROR

Typical of factory farms, the animals at Country View often suffered Piglets are weaned from their mothers at about five weeks of age
from advanced injuries and illnesses. No matter how severe the and most are sent to a “finishing” shed to be raised for meat. Shaking
affliction, however, Mike never observed veterinary care provided and striking the piglets with rattling jugs, workers scare them out of
to any animal. their stalls, occasionally smacking uncooperative piglets hard enough
to send them flying out.
He documented numerous sows with prolapsed rectums – a painful
condition in which the rectum herniates outside the body – including They stampede the piglets, hundreds at a time, down a narrow hall
one case that festered for at least 13 days, decaying, turning black and onto a ramp leading into a transport truck. The terrified piglets
and emanating a putrid odor. try to force their way through the throng and climb over one another,
in a frantic effort to escape the raucous rattling and “herding boards,”
Mike repeatedly reported such cases to which workers thrust in front of them whenever they attempt to move
anywhere but forward.
management, but as a worker said of one
sow, “We don’t treat that. We’ll let her
wean her babies, if she makes it that long.
Then she’s probably a goner.”
Dr. Temple Grandin, associate professor of livestock behavior at
Colorado State University and animal welfare advisor to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the meat industry, describes Country
View’s failure to treat the sow’s prolapse as “abusive animal neglect.”

There were also several injured sows, including one who appeared
to have a broken back, and another with a lame leg who was unable
This sow, afflicted with a painful prolapse, was left to
to lift herself up to eat. At first she flopped around, but soon just
suffer for at least 13 days.
resigned herself to screaming.

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 cover story

Underweight or sick piglets were thrown into a bin and

gassed with CO2.

"SQUEALING BLOODy MURDER"
Sows who are too sick, injured or old to profitably maintain are put
to death using a captive bolt pistol, which shoots a thick metal
rod through the sow’s skull. Captive bolt killing is purported to be
quicker and less cruel than other killing methods, but Mike frequently
noted this not to be the case.
Mike frequently discovered that piglets were still alive after the
gassing process, lying on their sides, eyes open and gasping for air.
The pained vocalizing of one piglet could still be heard, his intestines
dangling out of his body. On one occasion Mike observed four live
piglets in the cart, who had been slowly suffocating from the gas
for over 40 minutes.

Once a worker returned from bolting a sow, looking exhausted. She According to Dr. Holly Cheever, a
told Mike that the sow could not use her back legs, but still managed
licensed veterinarian who also assists in
to give the worker trouble. She persisted in dragging herself in the
“wrong” direction, “squealing bloody murder,” as the worker tried prosecution of cruelty to animals, “…it is
to lead her outdoors to kill her. She said that she was shouting and painful as well as terrifying to experience
shoving the sow, and finally just said, “Goodbye, pig” and bolted her
in the middle of the feed aisle.
this suffocation without being fully killed.”
Over the course of a day, buckets and cartloads of dead piglets
Another worker remarked that on one occasion a sow had taken four
accumulate in the hallways. Like all factory-farmed animals, these
bolts before she died, and on another a sow had died after one bolt,
piglets are viewed as mere profits and losses, rather than the
but staggered around vomiting for a long time before she died.
emotionally complex individuals that they were. As the dead are
loaded onto a tractor, the industry’s disregard for the value and
"It's incredibly Cruel" potential of their lives is expressed by Mike’s co-workers, who
term the process, “dumping the day.”
Sick, injured and runt piglets are put to death in a CO2 gas cart.
Mike’s supervisor told him that death is supposed to occur within five
minutes, but that it usually takes 10 or more. “It’s incredibly cruel,” To view the hidden camera video
she told him, “but it’s how we’re told to do it.”
visit: MercyForAnimals.org/Pigs
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Urge Dunkin' Donuts

to Stop Serving Cruelty
Dunkin’ Donuts is the world’s largest coffee and baked
goods chain, serving egg and dairy products to over 3
million customers daily. In August 2009 an investigator with
the animal advocacy organization, Compassion Over Killing,
worked inside Michael Foods, a company that supplies
eggs to Dunkin’ Donuts. While working at Michael Foods,
he witnessed the unconscionable cruelty behind the eggs
served by Dunkin’ Donuts.

The cruelty documented includes rotting corpses left in

cages with live birds, employees decapitating a hen while
still alive, birds denied access to food or water and many Take Action now!
hens suffering from bloody, open wounds and severe Contact Dunkin’ Donuts today and let
feather loss. The miserable lives these innocent hens are
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within the egg industry. the call for more humane and healthier
foods by offering vegan menu items!
There are 6,400 Dunkin’ Donuts stores in the United States
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all containing eggs and dairy from animals who suffer every Email:
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Consumers have enormous power to end animal suffering Phone:
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 action alert

Bring Fowl Play to

A Screen Near You!
Fowl Play, MFA’s new award-winning documentary, illuminates the plight of factory-
farmed egg-laying hens through shocking undercover video and interviews with people
who are fighting to protect these often forgotten animals. A story of hope emerges
as footage recorded inside battery cage facilities, hatcheries and slaughterhouses is
balanced with personal accounts of individuals working to rescue and give sanctuary to
some of the most abused animals on earth. 

Help bring this powerful film, and its message of compassion,

to your community by organizing a public screening. Here are Spread the Word
Publicizing the event is vital to its success! There
five simple tips to get you started:
are many ways to create buzz:

Posters. Put signs up all over town! Coffee shops, vegan-

Plan Ahead
Plan the event well in advance. A minimum of two months
ahead of time is suggested to ensure a successful event.
Select a Venue
Libraries, colleges, schools, churches, community centers,
movie theaters and art houses are excellent places to hold
screenings. Many venues are available free of charge.
Set Date and Time
Check public calendars for community events, holidays,
elections, school breaks, etc., to ensure that your screening does not
conflict. Evening screenings should start between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m.
friendly restaurants, health food stores, and library community
boards are all great places to promote your screening.
Email announcements. You can send an email invitation
to your friends and family asking them to pass on the event details.
Notices on websites, meet-ups, blogs and social
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the perfect places to advertise on the Web.
Announcements in newsletters and bulletins. Many
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both online and in print. Contact your local outlets at least three
weeks in advance to ensure that your event is listed on the
community calendar.

To order your copy of Fowl Play,

Provide Free Refreshments and to watch select scenes from the
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Free vegan food and drinks are a great motivator for people to
come to a screening and a fantastic opportunity to share cruelty- For more information about holding a
free food with attendees. Serving food after the film is best. Also, screening of Fowl Play and to request
providing attendees with free MFA literature is a must!
See page 22 for ordering information. MFA literature, please contact MFA at
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 exclusive interview

The
Inner World
of Farm Animals
Filmmaker and author, Amy Hatkoff, speaks with MFA’s Suzanne
Fulton about her book, The Inner World of Farm Animals, and her
transforming visit to a farmed animal sanctuary.

Amy Hatkoff is co-author of How to Save the Children,

about fighting the impact of poverty and neglect on
children in the U.S. She is also co-producer of the
documentary, Neglect Not the Children, nominated for
a New York Emmy and winner of the C.I.N.E. Golden
Eagle Award. Her newest book, The Inner World
of Farm Animals, raises awareness of the capacities
of farm animals and makes a plea for their more
humane and compassionate treatment.

CL: What are some of the things you learned “Don’t worry, one day you will be as smart as a chicken!”

about farm animals that you thought would be

Pigs who lose or are separated from their offspring or familiar pigs
most surprising to your readers? have been known to mourn themselves to death. They can be
trained to play video games on the computer, and have a great hit
AH: I found the information about chickens to be among the most
rate! Cows get excited when they solve problems, and like other
surprising. They can count and even use geometric principles! From
farm animals, are altruistic and live by moral codes.
the moment of birth, a chick can remember something exists even
when it is out of sight, something human babies can’t do until they
A sheep’s separation anxiety can be soothed by being shown
are 5 to 8 months old. Chickens can also learn from watching videos.
photographs of familiar sheep. They prefer smiles to frowns and
They can communicate their preferences and have more than 30
calm faces to angry faces. Male sheep prefer female sheep whose
specific types of calls, including a different call to indicate a predator
faces resemble the males’ mothers!
who is in the air versus one who is on the ground.

I think the overall surprise is just how similar all the animals are to
As I was working on the chicken chapter, a good friend of mine
us – they experience joy, sorrow, loyalty and fear. The original title
had her first baby. She and her husband used to say to their baby,
of the book was Closer than We Think.

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 Once I started the book, and learned just how
sentient the animals are, I could no longer
eat anything from them.
CL: Has writing this book changed the way that you eat?
AH: What I have learned in writing the book has definitely altered the
way I look at meat, dairy and eggs. I have been a vegetarian on and
off since I was 19. When I first stopped eating meat, it was because
of what I was learning about its negative impact on our health. Once
I started the book, and learned just how sentient the animals are,
I could no longer eat anything from them. I am happy to share that
many of the people who worked on the book or have since read it,
have had this same experience.
CL: There were so many delightful stories of interesting and
endearing behavior on the part of different farm animals.
You must have had favorites – Would you talk about one?
One of my favorites is the story of Debbie, a cow who lived at Poplar
Spring Animal Sanctuary in Maryland. She suffered from arthritis and
one day fell down ill. Thirteen of her bovine friends surrounded her
and mooed until help came. Sadly, the vet determined that it would
be best to put Debbie to sleep. The cows lay down on Debbie’s
grave and cried out in despair. They then disappeared into the forest
and did not come out for food for two days. I was told so many
stories of friendship, maternal love, devotion, humor, personality,
altruism, courage and even heroism among the animals. I think the
stories are the heart and soul of the book.
CL: The Inner World of Farm Animals is an enlightening
exploration into the unique minds and sensitive
personalities of farm animals. Will you continue to explore
this topic in future books?
AH: We are looking into doing a children’s version of The Inner World.
I am also working on some film and television possibilities based on the
book. I plan to continue to my use voice and creativity to speak out for
animals and help in any way I can. There is no turning back now when it
comes to the farm animals.
CL: Is there anything that you would like our readers to know
that I haven’t asked you about?
AH: One month before my deadline, I visited the Woodstock Farm
Animal Sanctuary in upstate New York which brought everything I
was learning about farm animals together on a much deeper level.
On this trip, I came to understand how sentient, intelligent, aware,
unique and personable these animals are. I found myself relating to
them in the same way that I do the dogs and cats in my life. I held a
blind chicken named Coco in my arms. She nuzzled her head into
the crook of my elbow just like my cat used to and started to coo.
I called out to a 1500-pound steer named Dylan, who came running
and lowered his head so I could scratch him behind his ears. I was
greeted by magnificent turkeys, who followed me everywhere and
sat on the grass next to me. I was so surprised by how engaging
they were. I befriended a goat named Jack in whose presence I felt
so soothed and cared for. I think meeting the animals is so important.
The book has a list of sanctuaries and gives a number to call to help
find one in your area.
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 must know
MEET THE EGG INDUSTRY'S
TINIEST VICTIMS
For nearly a decade, MFA has been at the forefront of national efforts
to protect egg-laying hens. Going undercover from coast-to-coast, MFA
investigators have exposed the cruelty suffered by the nation’s nearly
250 million battery-caged hens, condemned to lives in cages so small
that they cannot spread even one wing. This summer, while working at
Hy-Line North America in Spencer, Iowa, the world’s largest hatchery for
egg-laying breed chicks, an MFA investigator secretly filmed the grim
beginnings in the tortured lives of these hens.
From their first moments of life, the 300,000 chicks hatched daily at
Hy-Line are treated as mere cogs in an industrial machine, enduring
rough handling and painful mutilations, frightening journeys through
machinery that often injures them, and for those deemed unprofitable to
sustain, being ground-up alive.
“I had no idea what cruelty I
was supporting by eating eggs.
Thank you for the wake-up call.”
-Former Egg Consumer
Following its release to the Associated Press and three news
conferences, the undercover footage made headlines around the world.
Millions of people logged onto YouTube to view the video, and on the
second day after its release, it became the second most viral video on
the Internet. The investigation generated over 1,000 major newspaper,
television and radio stories. What follows is an account of the cruelty
caught on tape that horrified and transformed consumers worldwide.
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From Shell To Hell
The term “factory farm” never seemed more fitting. The breathing,
blinking, living chicks at this facility could have been any inanimate
object produced on any factory assembly line, as they were thrown
down chutes, shaken out of hoppers onto swift-moving conveyor
belts, sifted by a twisting auger, mutilated with infrared radiation,
and for the male chicks, sent flapping and chirping into one end of a
grinder to be ejected at the other end as a mash of mortal remains.
Hy-Line’s own corporate leaders had coldly referred to these chicks as
mere “genetic products.”
Mechanized Madness
Newly hatched chicks, who would naturally enter the world under the
comforting bodies of their mothers, instead often endured severe
injury and death in the “separator,” a machine that separated chicks
from their eggshells. Baskets holding dozens of chicks traveled on a
rapidly moving conveyor to a point at which they were tipped, spilling
the chicks onto another conveyor several inches down. The chicks
tumbled onto their faces, fell onto their backs and landed on top of
each other in piles. This second conveyor spilled the chicks onto yet
another conveyor, which transported them away from the separator.
Chicks sometimes became trapped in the machinery, however, to be
mangled or carried through the separator’s scalding wash cycle.
Female chicks were destined for battery cage egg-laying facilities.
Such facilities confine tens of thousands to millions of hens, four to six
per file drawer-sized cage. In order to reduce feed waste and lessen
damage that might be caused by aggressive pecking – a behavior
induced by the stress of extreme crowding – chicks slated for battery-
cage facilities routinely suffer “de-beaking.” This painful mutilation
entails scorching part of the chicks’ sensitive beaks with a hot blade,
laser or radiation and is performed without anesthesia. Intense pain
and bleeding often result and some chicks die of shock. Infrared de-
beaking machines at Hy-line held the birds dangling by their heads,
seared their beaks and then dropped the chicks down a chute.

Ground Up Alive
Male chicks, because they do not produce eggs, are of no use to
the egg industry. Nor can males of the egg-laying breed be sold
profitably for meat, because they will not grow as large or as quickly
as the meat-producing breed. “Sexers” separated male chicks from
females by checking their wing tips to determine their sex, then
flinging them into one of two dark chutes. The females landed on
a conveyor that transported them to the de-beaking stations, while
the males landed on a conveyor that transported them to a massive
grinder with blades that slashed the live, fully conscious chicks to bits. These workers roughly throw chicks into chutes
About half of the chicks born at the hatchery were male, meaning
that about 150,000 male chicks were ground alive each day – over 30
– separating the males from the females.
million per year.

Handling of chicks was inhumane at every stage of operation.

Sometimes chicks hatched “prematurely” in the incubation room
and workers knowingly left them in trays with unhatched eggs to die
of starvation or dehydration. Chicks also frequently fell through the
separator or became stuck in it and were hosed out by workers. These
were tossed live into trashcans or left to suffer and die on the floor.
Deformed or injured chicks were often set aside overnight without
food or water to be sent to the grinder in the morning. Sexers flung
chicks toward the metal chutes by their wings, risking broken bones
and often causing the birds to crash into the sides of the chutes. Also,
as a chick’s hearing is highly sensitive at hatching, the earsplitting
drone of industrial noise added to their stress and fear.

Business as Usual
The torturous treatment of chicks at Hy-Line is typical of hatcheries
nationwide, which collectively kill more than 200 million male chicks Chicks are placed headfirst into this rotating
annually. To the shock of most consumers, there are no federal laws
machine, which uses radiation to scorch off
protecting chickens from cruelty on the farm or at slaughter. As to
what action we can take to end such grisly deaths and suffering, part of their beaks.
another former egg consumer, transformed by the chilling Hy-Line
video, said it best:

“The best solution is not to eat chicken or eggs. Supply and demand.
We the people have more power in our hands than we think – just
using our minds and hearts to make the right choices with how our
dollars are spent.”

“Thank you for informing us

about the baby chicks. My
family will no longer use eggs.”
-Former Egg Consumer
Because male chicks do not produce eggs,
they are killed in a grinding machine.
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