livestock factories

Explores and details how farm animals are treated on modern factory farms.

A collection of fifteen controversial essays that debate the benefits of and problems associated with factory farming.

Contains twenty-three articles in which the authors explore questions related to animal rights, discussing the status of animals in relation to people, whether animals should have legal rights, and the ethics of using animals for food, and for experimentation.

Offering a panoramic view of opinions selected from a diverse range of international sources, this book examines current issues on animal welfare throughout the world.

Discusses the environmental and human health problems caused by factory farms within the livestock industry and reveals the impact of animal farms--concentrated animal feeding operations for pigs, dairy cattle, and chickens--on three families and communities.

Examines the ethical questions surrounding the production of beef, poultry, pork, milk, and eggs, describing the often horrifying conditions the animals are kept in before being slaughtered, and encourages people to begin promoting compassion for farm animals and refusing to buy animal products from farms that treat their animals badly.