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SO00

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What is a factory farm? What are the alternatives to factory farms?

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What was the title and who was the author of the book that aroused public indignation over the welfare
  of animals in Great Britain?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 18, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A factory farm is a farm where chickens are kept in cages and veal calves in crates.
Alternatives to factory farms include keeping cattle on pastures or on open ranges, using turn-aroundstalls
for sows, using free range systems or group housing for sows, and barns and free range for chickens.

Answer to Question 2

The book was Animal Machines: The New Factory Farming Industry by Ruth Harrison.


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Excellent

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