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Compassionate Living
THE MAG OF MFA. FALL - WINTER 2010 Issue 5
Breeding
Inside the Pork Industry
Compassionate Living
When MFA pointed out the obvious fact that
pigs suffer pain the same as dogs, and deserve the
same consideration and protection, Pork magazine
defended factory farming stating, “(A) pig is not
treated like a house pet because their needs are
vastly different.”
Merciful
Mission
Activist Spotlight: Kayla Worden
Position with MFA: North Carolina Campaign Coordinator
Hometown: Asheville,NC
Email: KaylaW@MercyForAnimals.org CL: How is animal activism different in North Carolina,
Favorite Quote: “To a man whose mind is free, there is given that it is a leading meat producer?
something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals KW: Certainly here in NC we are faced with the daunting “David-
than in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least vs.-Goliath” task of going up against deeply entrenched animal
admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it agriculture industries, with all of their dark, hidden underbellies.
is a criminal.” -Romain Rolland, author, Nobel Prize 1915 The vast majority of North Carolinians have had the hideous truth of
rampant, widespread and extreme abuse of farmed animals hidden
from their view for the most part. Others blindly accept it under
Kayla Worden lives in her mountain home with her rescued, vegan the guise of supposed “tradition” and “cultural norm.” It is so very
dogs, Lindsay and Jasper, and several rescued cats. She currently important for the animal rights movement to take root in areas where
operates Serenity Hill Animal Sanctuary and as Mercy For Animals’ the message really needs to be heard here and now, appealing to
Asheville, North Carolina Campaign Coordinator, she organizes local people’s common decency and consciences, as well as to their personal
events and campaigns and coordinates volunteers. Kayla believes health and environmental concerns. We certainly don’t want to be
that it is important to “bloom where you are planted” and she has simply preaching to the choir. We’ve got a lot of work to do in North
done just that, as she has called the tranquil hills of Asheville Carolina, no doubt.
home for more than 20 years.
CL: How have you kept inspired, motivated and focused
CL: What was your initial reason for becoming vegetarian and
over the years?
what motivated you to become involved in animal activism?
KW: I have had the fortune to remain surrounded by the most
KW: I grew up on a small farm in rural Pennsylvania in a typical
incredible and loving animal companions – whether they have been
meat-eating family. At about age 12 I began to realize that the same
cows, chickens, dogs, cats, pigs, goats or otherwise. Also, I have
animals who I loved and formed friendships with in the barnyard
had the pleasure of rehabilitating many creatures of the wild. All of
were the same animals who ended up on our family’s dinner table
these precious beings – in fact, all of the beauty I see in the innocent
and I decided to become a vegetarian. Years later in 1989, I received
faces of animals everywhere – are the faces that continue to inspire
a mailing from an animal protection organization, describing the
me forward. I would also encourage anyone wanting to get involved
horrendous suffering animals endure in order to become food for
to attend MFA or other animal rights events in their area or make
human consumption. Becoming a part of the solution rather than
the trip to a conference to meet others of like-mind.
continuing on as a part of the problem took shape in my awareness.
At that moment, I felt the “floodgates” open and from then on I
CL: What are your favorite vegan and/or animal rights
embraced the vegan lifestyle.
resources?
KW: I adore VegNews Magazine, as it is a hip resource for the vegan
CL: What prompted you to take on the role of MFA’s
activist! Right now I am enjoying the moving, insightful book, The Pig
North Carolina Campaign Coordinator?
Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals, by
KW: Over the years I have volunteered and worked both locally
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson.
and internationally on animal rights issues with various organizations.
Nathan Runkle and I had come to know one another several years
CL:What advice can you give to people who want to become
ago, even traveling together to carry out various animal rights
involved in animal rights or MFA?
campaigns. I believed that MFA would be a good fit for me here
KW: Take the plunge! Volunteer your time and get involved. It’ll
in western North Carolina, where its message of compassion needs
make a huge positive impact in your life and ALL the difference in
to be heard loud and clear.
the lives of countless animals.
In 2009 MFA advocates held dozens of feed-ins in locations as diverse as Chicago’s famous
Wrigley Field, Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, in front of KFC, and at local animal shelter
marathons. Free samples of appetizing vegan versions of common favorites demonstrate that
there’s no need to sacrifice taste or satisfaction when adopting a vegan diet. Hundreds of copies
of literature, such as MFA's Vegetarian Starter Kit, are handed out to people who are inspired to
make the switch to a vegan lifestyle. Feed-ins are fun and effective outreach activities that
promote compassionate eating through a positive, friendly approach.
MercyForAnimals.org/Feed-Ins.aspx
The other two billboards give commuters an eye-opening look inside factory farms and dare
to ask, “How much cruelty can you swallow?” These ads bring consumers face-to-face with
the animals abused and slaughtered for meat, dairy and eggs. Guaranteed to provoke
thought and discussion, they feature images of egg-laying hens crowded inside a battery
cage, and another of a sow locked in a tiny gestation crate.
Similar ad campaigns also hit the subway and bus lines in Toronto and New York City this
summer – amassing over 14 million views in the Big Apple and reaching nearly half a million
Canadian commuters each day.
MercyForAnimals.org/Advertisements.aspx
MercyForAnimals.org/NYCOffice
AskAnya
Anya Todd is a vegan registered and
licensed dietitian who graduated from
Case Western reserve University and
completed her internship at the
Cleveland Clinic foundation. She simply
does not understand why people cringe
when she eats plain tofu straight
from the carton.
Recipes from
The Vegan Table Peanut Butter
and Jelly Cookies
Ingredients:
3 cup Earth Balance “Buttery” Spread or Fleishmann's Light
1
No - Queso
Lactose Free Margarine
Quesadillas ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
Ingredients: ½ cup peanut butter, creamy or chunky
hummus 2 tablespoons nondairy milk (soy, rice, or almond milk)
8 10-inch flour or corn tortillas 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ to 1 cup salsa 1 ¼ cups all-purpose or whole-wheat pastry flour
½ cup chopped green onions ¾ teaspoon baking powder
extra nondairy milk, if necessary
Spread a tortilla with 3 tablespoons of hummus and place in a large strawberry jam or jelly
nonstick skillet over medium heat.
Sprinkle with green onions and spread on a thin layer of salsa. Preheat oven to 375º.
Line a cookie sheet with
Top with second tortilla, and cook until the bottom tortilla is warm parchment paper.
and turning golden brown – about 3 to 5 minutes. Turn over and cook
until the second tortilla is warm and turning golden brown. In a large bowl, beat
the Earth Balance,
Remove from pan, and serve hot. Cut it in half or into triangles to
serve as finger food. brown sugar, peanut
butter, vanilla and non-
Repeat with remaining tortillas. dairy milk until creamy.
In a smaller bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Add the
dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly. Test batter
to make sure you can roll it into balls. Add a small amount of nondairy
milk if needed.
Roll batter into 1- inch balls, and place 2 inches apart on the cookie
sheet. Use your thumb to make a well in the center of each cookie,
flattening each ball as you go but keeping it intact. (Hold the dough
ball with one hand while you press into the center.)
Fill the well in each cookie with the jam. Bake for 10-11 minutes.
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52
DAY I saw firsthand how clever and empathic pigs can
be. A sow and her entire litter had escaped their crate and
gathered in the hallway. I examined how they’d escaped and
discovered that the sow had loosened steel pegs in two different
places. I told a co-worker this story and she said that when a
sow figures out how to unlock her crate, she often goes around
unlocking all of the other crates as well.
Many sows have deep sores on their shoulders, noses and heads from
During the spring of 2009, an MFA undercover investigator,
constant rubbing against the bars of their stalls. The stall floors consist
“Mike,” worked as a barn technician at Country View. Equipped
of slatted concrete, designed to allow manure to fall through; however,
with a pinhole-sized camera that he wore on his body, he captured
much of the manure sits stagnant, smearing on the sows’ undersides.
on film a rare glimpse into the gruesome and secretive world of
industrial pork production.
Sows are unable to lie down in their stalls, other than on their sides
with their feet, legs, bellies and tails often protruding through the
bars. Many display neurotic behavior, such as biting the bars or banging
The conditions documented are standard their heads against them. Gestation crates are so cruel that the entire
within the pork industry. European Union and seven U.S. states have banned their use.
MERCILESS MUTILATIONS
Workers castrate and tail dock between 100 and 500 piglets each
day. Castration is to prevent testicular hormones from “tainting” the
flavor of the pigs’ flesh, and tail docking is to prevent pigs from
gnawing on each other’s tails, a behavior that often arises from the
stress of extreme overcrowding.
Workers grab a piglet out of his crate by a leg, hold him upside down,
slice open his scrotal sacks with a knife, and tear out the testes and
connective tissue with their bare hands. They then clip the piglets’
tails at the base with a dull pair of scissors. No anesthesia is
administered for either procedure. The piglets screech, heave and
violently struggle – their eyes bulging, mouths gaping and legs
jutting out to brace against the pain.
Often during castration, a piglet’s intestines will fall out of the scrotal
incision. These piglets, termed “ruptured,” are dropped into a gas
cart to be put to death later, once enough piglets have accumulated
in the cart to economically justify expending the gas.
Marks of cruelty
Sows are “tattooed” and ear-tagged with individual ID numbers.
Workers tattoo the sows by taking a mallet with ¾-inch spikes on the
end, dipping the end in ink and then driving the spikes into the sows’
flesh, once above each leg. The first blow sends the sows squalling
and fleeing their assailants. Workers then stalk the sows in the pens,
as they crowd into corners, looking for the next opportunity to pound
them with the mallet.
”
Ear tagging is also performed without anesthesia, using a clamp
that forces a metal spike through the pigs’ ears. The pigs’ extended
shrieking and head-shaking attest to the severe pain it causes.
mothers in misery
Twice a year sows experience minutes of mobility as they make the PIG INTELLIGENCE
journey from their gestation stalls to “farrowing” stalls, where they In the British documentary, “Look Who Is Talking Babe,” animal
spend one month birthing and nursing their young. Because the psychologist, Dr. Stanley Curtis, declared the pig to be “the
sows so rarely get a chance to walk, when they realize that they are smartest animal on earth after man.”
about to enter another small stall, many resist, bucking and squealing
and trying to push past the workers. Workers force them forward by Dr. Curtis bases his conclusion on numerous fascinating studies.
yanking their ears and kicking their hindquarters or back them into One of Curtis’ studies found that pigs could use their snouts to
the stalls by kicking them in the face. maneuver joysticks, learning to move cursors in order to hit targets
on the screen. Not only can they learn to use joysticks, in a recent
Playful animals that they are, piglets like to wrestle and chase one University of Cambridge study, pigs figured out how mirrors worked,
another. In the minimal space of the stalls, such innocent play can and were able to locate hidden bowls of food based on the positions
turn deadly, as they often run under their standing mothers and are of the bowls’ reflections in the mirrors.
crushed to death under her or between her and the sides of the stalls
when she sits down. One piglet had been flattened from his lower In his book, Farm Sanctuary, Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur
ribs back. In a natural setting, where sows have the freedom to move tells the stories of Truffles, Rudy and Terrin – a trio of piglets spared
more than just up or down, they tread carefully, so as not to harm from slaughter when they tumbled out of crowded transport trucks
their precious young. on their way to “finishing” farms. Since they were rescued and
brought to sanctuary, he says that the pigs’ unique (and mischievous)
Piglets and their mothers also frequently become lodged between personalities have blossomed. Rudy and Truffles have learned to
or pinned under the bars of the stalls. Mike discovered one sow who untie shoelaces – to the great amusement of sanctuary visitors –
had gotten her head stuck between the floor and the bottom bar and all three playful pigs have learned to bop each other with
of her stall, and in the ensuing struggle to free herself, appeared inflatable balls by holding the balls’ handles in their mouths.
to have twisted her neck. A co-worker concurred that she likely had
snapped her neck, and noted that this was not the first time this Pigs also have a documented ability to find their way home across
had happened. long distances, as well as a sophisticated communication system,
consisting of over 20 distinct grunts. They quickly learn their
individual names and to respond when called – and have even been
known to outwit computerized feeding systems in order to treat
themselves to multiple meals!
MALICIOUS MISHANDLING
Handling of pigs is rough and often appears malicious. Workers
“wean” piglets by grabbing them from their mothers by an ear, a
leg, or sometimes with a “grabber” – a long pole with two grasping
metal jaws on the end. One worker flips a piglet off the end of the
grabber into the air. The piglet repeatedly somersaults, screeching
wildly, before the worker catches him in the palm of one hand and
tosses him into a bin teeming with other panicked piglets.
There were also several injured sows, including one who appeared
to have a broken back, and another with a lame leg who was unable
This sow, afflicted with a painful prolapse, was left to
to lift herself up to eat. At first she flopped around, but soon just
suffer for at least 13 days.
resigned herself to screaming.
"SQUEALING BLOODy MURDER" Mike frequently discovered that piglets were still alive after the
gassing process, lying on their sides, eyes open and gasping for air.
Sows who are too sick, injured or old to profitably maintain are put The pained vocalizing of one piglet could still be heard, his intestines
to death using a captive bolt pistol, which shoots a thick metal dangling out of his body. On one occasion Mike observed four live
rod through the sow’s skull. Captive bolt killing is purported to be piglets in the cart, who had been slowly suffocating from the gas
quicker and less cruel than other killing methods, but Mike frequently for over 40 minutes.
noted this not to be the case.
Once a worker returned from bolting a sow, looking exhausted. She According to Dr. Holly Cheever, a
told Mike that the sow could not use her back legs, but still managed
licensed veterinarian who also assists in
to give the worker trouble. She persisted in dragging herself in the
“wrong” direction, “squealing bloody murder,” as the worker tried prosecution of cruelty to animals, “…it is
to lead her outdoors to kill her. She said that she was shouting and painful as well as terrifying to experience
shoving the sow, and finally just said, “Goodbye, pig” and bolted her
in the middle of the feed aisle.
this suffocation without being fully killed.”
Over the course of a day, buckets and cartloads of dead piglets
Another worker remarked that on one occasion a sow had taken four
accumulate in the hallways. Like all factory-farmed animals, these
bolts before she died, and on another a sow had died after one bolt,
piglets are viewed as mere profits and losses, rather than the
but staggered around vomiting for a long time before she died.
emotionally complex individuals that they were. As the dead are
loaded onto a tractor, the industry’s disregard for the value and
"It's incredibly Cruel" potential of their lives is expressed by Mike’s co-workers, who
term the process, “dumping the day.”
Sick, injured and runt piglets are put to death in a CO2 gas cart.
Mike’s supervisor told him that death is supposed to occur within five
minutes, but that it usually takes 10 or more. “It’s incredibly cruel,” To view the hidden camera video
she told him, “but it’s how we’re told to do it.”
visit: MercyForAnimals.org/Pigs
14 Compassionate Living Mercyforanimals.org
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THE POWER OF OUR PLATES versions of old favorites:
The
Inner World
of Farm Animals
Filmmaker and author, Amy Hatkoff, speaks with MFA’s Suzanne
Fulton about her book, The Inner World of Farm Animals, and her
transforming visit to a farmed animal sanctuary.
CL: What are some of the things you learned “Don’t worry, one day you will be as smart as a chicken!”
I think the overall surprise is just how similar all the animals are to
As I was working on the chicken chapter, a good friend of mine
us – they experience joy, sorrow, loyalty and fear. The original title
had her first baby. She and her husband used to say to their baby,
of the book was Closer than We Think.
CL: Has writing this book changed the way that you eat? personalities of farm animals. Will you continue to explore
this topic in future books?
AH: What I have learned in writing the book has definitely altered the
way I look at meat, dairy and eggs. I have been a vegetarian on and AH: We are looking into doing a children’s version of The Inner World.
off since I was 19. When I first stopped eating meat, it was because I am also working on some film and television possibilities based on the
of what I was learning about its negative impact on our health. Once book. I plan to continue to my use voice and creativity to speak out for
I started the book, and learned just how sentient the animals are, animals and help in any way I can. There is no turning back now when it
I could no longer eat anything from them. I am happy to share that comes to the farm animals.
many of the people who worked on the book or have since read it,
have had this same experience. CL: Is there anything that you would like our readers to know
that I haven’t asked you about?
CL: There were so many delightful stories of interesting and
endearing behavior on the part of different farm animals. AH: One month before my deadline, I visited the Woodstock Farm
You must have had favorites – Would you talk about one? Animal Sanctuary in upstate New York which brought everything I
was learning about farm animals together on a much deeper level.
One of my favorites is the story of Debbie, a cow who lived at Poplar On this trip, I came to understand how sentient, intelligent, aware,
Spring Animal Sanctuary in Maryland. She suffered from arthritis and unique and personable these animals are. I found myself relating to
one day fell down ill. Thirteen of her bovine friends surrounded her them in the same way that I do the dogs and cats in my life. I held a
and mooed until help came. Sadly, the vet determined that it would blind chicken named Coco in my arms. She nuzzled her head into
be best to put Debbie to sleep. The cows lay down on Debbie’s the crook of my elbow just like my cat used to and started to coo.
grave and cried out in despair. They then disappeared into the forest I called out to a 1500-pound steer named Dylan, who came running
and did not come out for food for two days. I was told so many and lowered his head so I could scratch him behind his ears. I was
stories of friendship, maternal love, devotion, humor, personality, greeted by magnificent turkeys, who followed me everywhere and
altruism, courage and even heroism among the animals. I think the sat on the grass next to me. I was so surprised by how engaging
stories are the heart and soul of the book. they were. I befriended a goat named Jack in whose presence I felt
so soothed and cared for. I think meeting the animals is so important.
CL: The Inner World of Farm Animals is an enlightening The book has a list of sanctuaries and gives a number to call to help
exploration into the unique minds and sensitive find one in your area.
For nearly a decade, MFA has been at the forefront of national efforts From Shell To Hell
to protect egg-laying hens. Going undercover from coast-to-coast, MFA The term “factory farm” never seemed more fitting. The breathing,
investigators have exposed the cruelty suffered by the nation’s nearly blinking, living chicks at this facility could have been any inanimate
250 million battery-caged hens, condemned to lives in cages so small object produced on any factory assembly line, as they were thrown
that they cannot spread even one wing. This summer, while working at down chutes, shaken out of hoppers onto swift-moving conveyor
Hy-Line North America in Spencer, Iowa, the world’s largest hatchery for belts, sifted by a twisting auger, mutilated with infrared radiation,
egg-laying breed chicks, an MFA investigator secretly filmed the grim and for the male chicks, sent flapping and chirping into one end of a
beginnings in the tortured lives of these hens. grinder to be ejected at the other end as a mash of mortal remains.
Hy-Line’s own corporate leaders had coldly referred to these chicks as
From their first moments of life, the 300,000 chicks hatched daily at mere “genetic products.”
Hy-Line are treated as mere cogs in an industrial machine, enduring
rough handling and painful mutilations, frightening journeys through
machinery that often injures them, and for those deemed unprofitable to Mechanized Madness
sustain, being ground-up alive. Newly hatched chicks, who would naturally enter the world under the
comforting bodies of their mothers, instead often endured severe
injury and death in the “separator,” a machine that separated chicks
“I had no idea what cruelty I from their eggshells. Baskets holding dozens of chicks traveled on a
rapidly moving conveyor to a point at which they were tipped, spilling
was supporting by eating eggs. the chicks onto another conveyor several inches down. The chicks
tumbled onto their faces, fell onto their backs and landed on top of
Thank you for the wake-up call.” each other in piles. This second conveyor spilled the chicks onto yet
another conveyor, which transported them away from the separator.
-Former Egg Consumer Chicks sometimes became trapped in the machinery, however, to be
mangled or carried through the separator’s scalding wash cycle.
Ground Up Alive
Male chicks, because they do not produce eggs, are of no use to
the egg industry. Nor can males of the egg-laying breed be sold
profitably for meat, because they will not grow as large or as quickly
as the meat-producing breed. “Sexers” separated male chicks from
females by checking their wing tips to determine their sex, then
flinging them into one of two dark chutes. The females landed on
a conveyor that transported them to the de-beaking stations, while
the males landed on a conveyor that transported them to a massive
grinder with blades that slashed the live, fully conscious chicks to bits. These workers roughly throw chicks into chutes
About half of the chicks born at the hatchery were male, meaning
that about 150,000 male chicks were ground alive each day – over 30
– separating the males from the females.
million per year.
Business as Usual
The torturous treatment of chicks at Hy-Line is typical of hatcheries
nationwide, which collectively kill more than 200 million male chicks Chicks are placed headfirst into this rotating
annually. To the shock of most consumers, there are no federal laws
machine, which uses radiation to scorch off
protecting chickens from cruelty on the farm or at slaughter. As to
what action we can take to end such grisly deaths and suffering, part of their beaks.
another former egg consumer, transformed by the chilling Hy-Line
video, said it best:
“The best solution is not to eat chicken or eggs. Supply and demand.
We the people have more power in our hands than we think – just
using our minds and hearts to make the right choices with how our
dollars are spent.”
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“Not Cool” T
$20 (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL)
This pro-vegetarian hipster T
features the etchings of the human
rib cage, a dotted line delineating
the stomach, and a swallowed
chick-with-attitude declaring, “Not
Cool.” A larger chick rests on the
back bottom corner of the T and
concludes “Go Vegetarian.” The left
sleeve bears the MFA logo.
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Delicious vegan dinner & desserts Cruelty-free silent auction
Live comedy by Dan Piraro Awards ceremony
Eco wine and spirits Celebrity guests and much more!