Photo – via MFA website.
Mercy For Animals article on expose of Nebraska based
U.S. Meat Animal Research Center:
MFA link:
http://www.mfablog.org/government-research-center-tortures-farmed
by Sarah Von Alt – Jan 21, 2015
An investigation by The New York Times has exposed a little-known institution in Nebraska called the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, where farmed animals are subjected to cruelty beyond imagination.
Not surprisingly, the facility’s mission is to help producers of beef, pork, and lamb turn a higher profit.
…….. This research has included efforts to breed cows who produce twins or triplets and sheep who are easier to care for and less domesticated. There have also been numerous attempts to breed pigs to be bigger and leaner and produce larger litters.
Read the full story by clicking on the MFA link given at the start of this post.
Check out other MFA campaign issues on their blog – http://www.mfablog.org/
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