Intensive animal farming: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	factory farming

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Large group of cattle crowded together in a fenced feedlot in West Texas, with more cattle and open land visible in the background.

Several pigs confined in individual metal cages at a concentrated animal feeding operation, with one pig facing forward.

A row of cattle with brown and black coats eat feed from a long trough in a South African feedlot, separated by wooden fencing.

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