Factory farms confine thousands of animals in crowded and unsanitary conditions, physically mutilate them without painkillers, and transport them long distances without food or water. The mass slaughter of animals in Canada's industrial agriculture system results in cruelty to animals and risks to human and environmental health from pollution and disease. Alternatives to factory farming are needed to end the inhumane treatment of farmed animals.

1. The Factory Farm

2. Factory Farms are Large Industrialized Farms

3. Owned by Corporations Built to Maximize Profit

4. Forcing Thousands of Animals into Confined Spaces

5. Often Physically Mutilating and Genetically Modifying Them.

6. Factory Farms are a Canadian Problem

7. The Vast Majority of Meat Canadians Eat is Factory Farmed

8. The Number of Factory Farms in Canada has Increased. There are More Animals and Fewer Farms than Ever.

9. There are No Canadian Laws that Prevent Cruelty Against Farm Animals

10. But What About Storybook Farms ?* * Fictional Rendering Courtesy of Natrel Dairy

11. If Old MacDonald Had a Farm Today… It Wouldn’t Look Like This

12. With over 650 Million Animals Slaughtered Every Year in Canada Just for Food, The “Happy Farm” is Just a Story Told by Advertisers in Order to Sell Meat to Consumers.

13. The Myth The Reality

14. huge The Average Canadian farm is

15. Average Number of Laying Hens Per Flock – 18,368

16. Average Number of Pigs Per Farm – 1,070

17. Larger Farms Can Have Flocks with More than 15,000 Turkeys

18. Since 1940, the Number of Canadian Cattle per Farm Increased by 600 %

19. At Such Large Numbers Humane Treatment is Impossible

20. Physically Mutilating* Animals is Cruel * Commonly Done Without Pain Killers

21. Cattle are Castrated and Branded

22. Chickens are Debeaked

23. Pigs are Castrated, have Their Teeth Clipped , and T ails Cut Off

24. Animals are Mutilated so They can Live in Unnatural, Unhealthy Confined Spaces

25. Confining* Animals for their Entire Lives is Cruel * In a B arren, Cramped, Unnatural Space

26. Chickens are F orced into Cages With as Little Room as 70 2 Inches Each

27. 1 Egg = 1 Chicken Confined for 29.2 Hours Math- 365days/(300eggs/year)*(24hours/day)

28. Veal Calves are Isolated and Chained

29. Pigs, Like Other Farm Animals, are Kept in Unnatural, Socially Unhealthy Environments

30. For Some Animals, the Only Time They Get to See Outside is on Their Way to Slaughter

31. Transporting* Animals Alive is Cruel * Over Long Distances Without Food or Water

32. Animals are Transported in Crowded, Unsafe Spaces

33. -Agriculture Canada Chickens can Legally be Transported for 48 hours Without Food or Water

34. Cows can Legally be Transported for 56 hours Without Food or Water

35. 8 Million Pigs are Exported Alive Every Year in Trucks Like This

36. Like all Trucks, Some Crash

37. If the Animals Make it Through Transportation, They Meet Their End in the Slaughterhouse

38. The Mass Mechanized Slaughter of Animals is Cruel

39. Built for Speed, Slaughterhouses in Canada Kill 25,000 Broiler Chickens per Hour -Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

40. Animals are Often Conscious During the Slaughter Process

41. Some Animals are Still Alive as They Continue Down the Line to be Processed

42. Some Animals Don’t Make it to Slaughter

43. Animals are Kept Unhealthy, Drugged, Diseased, and Dying

44. Farm Animals are Given an Arsenal of Drugs to Increase Growth and Keep Them Healthy Enough to Make it to Slaughter

45. Drugs Cleared for use in Pig Feed -Canadian Food Inspection Agency

46. Chickens Burned by a Toxic Air Filled with Ammonia from Excrement

47. Diseases in Cattle Raised for Food -Canadian Food Inspection Agency

48. Raised and Handled With Such Cruelty, Disease and Injury are Inevitable within Factory Farming

49. 85,649 Canadian Pigs Were Condemned (Unfit for Consumption), in 2006

50. There are 33 Million Canadians

51. There are more than 650 million Canadian Animals Slaughtered Every Year, Just For Food

52. 3.45 million Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2007

53. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2007 22 million

54. 21 million Annual Poultry Slaughter Report; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2007

55. 621 million Annual Poultry Slaughter Report; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2007

56. Not All the Animals Make it to Your Plate

57. Some Die Due to Physical Mutilation

58. Some Die in Inhumane Housing

59. Some Die During Transportation

60. Some Die from Disease and Injury

61. Some Die Because They are of No Use to the Industry -This is a Dumpster Full of Dead Male Chicks at an Egg Hatchery

62. The Animals That Die Before Your Plate

63. Factory Farms also Destroy the Environment The Pig Farm The Pig Poop

64. Everybody * Poops * Including pigs, cows, chickens and all other animals raised for food in Canada

66. 80% of Water Pollution in Quebec Comes From Intensive Hog Operations The Liquefied Pig Poop

67. = 2000kg manure/year 1

68. Stop This Shit Before it Hits The Fan Stop Factory Farms .

69. Factory Farms also Hurt Human Health

70. There are 1461 Known Human Infectious Diseases

71. 60% of the infectious diseases affecting humans come from animals -Centre for Disease Control and Prevention

72. The number rises to 75% for new diseases that came from animals in the last thirty years

73. The Animals and the Diseases - Diseases spawned from factory farming can spread to and hurt animals outside of the farm

74. We Can Stop Factory Farming. We Need to Stop Factory Farming.

75. Ways to Get Active

76. Get Healthy, End Cruelty, Save the Planet