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Under intensive farming, sows are kept for life in stalls so narrow they are unable to turn around. They never see the sun or roll in the mud. They must stand on concrete or wooden floors and are sometimes chained to the floor or wall (tethered). This is how they live each day, every day for their entire life.
Male pigs are ear-tagged, teeth clipped and their tails are cut off. They are crowded into darkened sheds until slaughtered at six months of age.
Pigs are clean, friendly and as intelligent as dogs, but no dog could be legally kept under these conditions.
Avoid pork; most pork is the product of intense farming.
