Animals are sentient beings who deserve the right to live free from exploitation.  Animals are not objects or commodities.  Discrimination based on species must be challenged in the same way as discrimination based on race, disability, religion, age, gender, or sexual orientation.  Speciesism is deeply entrenched in the lives of the status quo.  Unfortunately, the animals suffer and die for this myopia.

Factory farms are warehouses where animals are confined in crowded conditions often in cages or restrictive stalls.  Whether on a factory farm or in open fields, raising animals for food is exploitation and completely unnecessary.

Everyday, more people are shunning animal exploitation by adopting a vegan lifestyle.  There are many reasons for going vegan, such as health and the environment.  Our focus here is on the animal cruelty reasons for veganism.

Worldwide, animal raised for food outnumber humans 3:1 (1). There are 18 billion animals confined and suffering unnecessarily  to feed human greed.

References: (1) Extrapolated from FAO, FAOSTAT Agricultural Data 2002, www.fao.org.