Use of animals in intensive farming

• Intensive farming can refer to animals and crops (focus on animals as there are more ethical issues)
• Can be used for clothing as well as food (e.g. minks for fur)
• Animals in crowded conditions often undergo painful procedures:

  • branding
  • de-horning
  • de-beaking
  • tails cut off
  • tenth sawn off
• painful procedures are often carried out without anaesthetic