Ag-Gag Laws

Banned for their cruelty in several states, gestation crates are metal crates only slightly larger than a pregnant pig’s body – so small that the pig cannot turn around or lie down comfortably.

Naturally, cows live up to 22 years old. But cows used in the dairy industry are slaughtered before reaching an average age of 5 years old.

Male baby cows raised for veal are confined in tiny crates to restrict their movement for the four months before they are killed.

There are no federal laws governing the conditions in which farmed animals are raised – piglets are mutilated when their testicles are removed, teeth clipped, and tails cut off without anesthesia.

Cage free hens are often kept in cramped conditions, warehoused without access to fresh air or sunlight.

Traditional battery cages cram up to 11 birds into a single cage with each bird spending her entire life with less individual space than a sheet of printer paper.

Caged hens are so cramped that birds often get trapped or impaled by the cage wire. Without the ability to extend their wings for months or years, the birds’ bones and muscles deteriorate.

The conditions on many fish farms are so poor that 15 - 80% of fishes die on the farm, often from suffocation due to low oxygen levels.