“[I]f the public knew more about the way in which agricultural and animal production infringes on animal welfare, the outcry would be louder.” The competition to produce inexpensive meat, eggs, and dairy products has led animal agribusiness to treat animals as objects and commodities. The worldwide trend is to replace small family farms with “factory farms”—large warehouses where animals are confined in crowded cages or pens or in restrictive stalls. 2
