The document discusses several issues with conventional animal agriculture practices including overcrowding, lack of natural light, separation of mothers and babies, painful procedures without anesthesia, environmental damage from waste and pesticides, manipulation of growth cycles, health problems from fast growth, use of antibiotics and specialized feeds, and potential trade issues. It also mentions more humane alternatives like animals being raised without hormones or antibiotics and being certified organic or American Humane Certified.

1. By: Bobby Biggerstaff & Stevie Wills

2.  Overcrowding in houses
 Dark dim housing with no natural sunlight
 Fed unnatural diet
 Taken from mothers right after birth
 Ears, tails or beaks clipped/trimmed without anesthesia

4.  Waste of resources
 Brings down property costs
 Use of a variety of pesticides without proper runoff
 Deforestation of the Amazon

6.  Loss of revenue
 U.S. meat banned in other countries
 Company cares more about making money than what it does to the environment
around them

8.  Manipulation of natural growth cycles
 Bred to grow at a faster rate
 More respiratory and leg problems

10.  Different feed formulas for different age for the animals
 Each formula filled with ingredients to push weight on the birds
 Antibiotics and other additives
 Hot feed in a short time frame to be fed to animals

12.  Animals grown without hormones
 100% antibiotic free
 Organic
 American Humane Certified

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