The production of meat, dairy, and eggs has become a behemoth industry, with animals treated as nothing more than machines to be exploited for human consumption. Factory farms, also known as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), confine animals to cramped and unsanitary conditions, denying them basic necessities like fresh air, sunlight, and social interaction.
She was free, but she was also an anomaly. A domesticated pig in the wild has no natural defenses against the elements or predators, a cruel irony of the selective breeding that made her meaty but defenseless. The production of meat, dairy, and eggs has