Cody Saltsman has researched the inhumane conditions under which livestock are frequently transported by factory farms. Factory farmed animals often travel long distances in confined spaces that are too small, causing health issues. While regulations say animals can be in transport for 28 hours, there are no limits on how many animals can be in a vehicle. As a result, many pigs and cows are packed too tightly, and over 1 million pigs die each year from conditions like heat, suffocation, or injuries during transport.

1. Inhumane Transport
Conditions for
Livestock
Cody Saltsman

2. Inhumane
Transport
Conditions for
Livestock
 An animal lover and animal rights activist, Cody Saltsman has
researched the inhumane conditions under which factory farms
frequently transport their livestock. Cody Saltsman has worked to
boycott these companies and to support organizations that fight
for these animals.

3. Inhumane
Transport
Conditions for
Livestock
 At factory farms, known in the industry as confined animal feeding
operations (CAFOs), farm animals often travel to their deaths in
confined spaces so tight that they suffer severe health problems.
Although the United States Department of Agriculture provides
farmers with a variety of guides to transport animals securely,
official federal legislation only stipulates that animals can only be
in a specific vehicle for 28 hours. This law does not regulate how
many animals can go into a particular vehicle, which means that
many factory-farmed pigs and cows travel to their deaths packed
in much too tightly .

4. Inhumane
Transport
Conditions for
Livestock
 A 2006 report showed that at least 1 million pigs each year die
from the inhumane conditions of transport. Some die from
extremes of temperature, while others suffocate or experience
severe internal injuries from being so tightly packed on the trucks.
Similarly, factory farms may load up to 45 head of cattle onto a
single 18-wheel truck, in which they are exposed to the elements
and their own waste.