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OK but that is not actually how US factory farming operates. They are almost universally factories of extraordinary animal suffering, where broken or sick animals are discarded like trash (smashed, shot, thrown in a dumpster to die, etc).

I think it's likely that even the most terribly mistreated lab animal has a better quality of life and death than the average US foodstock chicken.

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Not true.

I've been involved in atudies where we cut the heart out of sheep and then implanted a pump to replace it. One animal had the pump strapped to its back. The animal bumped up against its pen one day and broke one of the 1/2" tubes free and the pump (artificial heart) sprayed blood all over the pen and the animal bled out. We discovered it in the morning.

I'd rather do just about anything than that. Worst death imaginable.

>almost universally factories of extraordinary animal suffering

I'd love to see some sources that support such a strong claim. Otherwise, it just comes off as bait for argument.

They're not exactly hard to find, or secret. They are, however, subjective; you may think it's funny to throw male chicks alive into a meatgrinder, or to cull a entire facility's worth of unsalable pigs by turning up the heat.

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