We raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat them

Good points…I wish your family the best with the challenges of cattle ranching. Some pigs and chickens are crammed into facilities similar to cargo. Spacious coops and pigpens are becoming more uncommon.

LTC Eugene Chu - I find it hard to fathom how hog farmers manage to make a profit. Feed costs are very high, restrictions on antibiotic uses contribute to more deatsh, and the disinformation and outright lies about farrowing cages causes more significant losses in the piglets. Vox is another of those self-righteous slanted outlets that use what they want to in order to sell their ideas on things. The source and the headline of this "journalistic" article should tell you all you need to know to confirm it's a garbage story.