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Farrowing CratesWhen pregnant sows are ready to give birth, they are moved from a gestation crate to a farrowing crate. One worker describes the process: "They beat the shit out of [the mother pigs] to get them inside the crates because they don't want to go. This is their only chance to walk around, get a little exercise, and they don't want to go [back into a crate]." The tiny farrowing crate leaves no room for the mother to walk or turn around and only provides a small additional space for her piglets. Her babies are taken from her when they are only a few weeks old, and the sow is put back into the gestation crate and impregnated again. This process continues for three or four years until her body is exhausted, and she is sent to slaughter. |
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