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Further context - a reminder that some things are easier targets for criticism than others - our addiction to cheap and convenient meat is causing significant emissions on a global scale and to local communities. www.theguardian.com/world/articl...#Environment#farming#factoryfarming#pollution

‘I am always tired’: life in the long shadow of factory farming in Europe | Photo essay
‘I am always tired’: life in the long shadow of factory farming in Europe | Photo essay

Photojournalist Selene Magnolia Gatti has been documenting the effects on human health and wellbeing of living alongside intensive agriculture

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It's natural to think our laws are designed to discourage people from doing bad things - but if this is the case, then why are those who exploit dogs punished much more harshly than those who exploit pigs? #Speciesism#AnimalExploitation#FactoryFarming#AnimalRights#AnimalWelfare

As for the cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty. A pig producer who keeps an animal of comparable intelligence in this manner, however, is more likely to be rewarded with a tax concession or, in some countries, a direct government subsidy.
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