Help Animals on Cruel Factory Farms

Billions of chickens, cows, and pigs in factory farms are never allowed to spend a single moment of their lives doing anything that is natural and important to them. From birth until slaughter, these animals are either crammed by the thousands into warehouses or confined to cages and pens so small that they can barely move. Most of these animals will never feel the sun or breathe fresh air. Each day brings more physical pain and psychological trauma. Their deaths are the final injustice, as they are killed in a cruel and painful manner. You can help end this cruelty to animals today by making a tax-deductible gift to PETA. Factory farms are the biggest cause of animal suffering in the world. However, PETA has won several historic victories for animals that have sent shock waves through this cruel industry in recent months. Our actions are changing how some of the world's biggest meat buyers and producers do business—and improving the lives of literally billions of animals who are used for food. But there are still countless animals who need our help. I hope that you will support PETA's ongoing campaign to reform factory farming. Making a donation today is the most effective action that you can take to stop the suffering of the greatest number of animals. Your support is helping PETA transform the entire animal agriculture industry. For example, PETA has worked behind the scenes with Burger King for the past six years. As a result of our efforts, the company recently announced a series of animal welfare reforms that are changing the face of commercial animal farming. Burger King will now start purchasing more of its animal products from farms that do not confine hens to cruel battery cages or keep sows trapped in hideous gestation crates. The company is also rewarding its suppliers for adopting a much less cruel method of chicken slaughter. These changes will mean less painful lives and deaths for billions of animals. In response to Burger King's and other companies' new purchasing demands, Smithfield Foods—the largest pork supplier in the world—announced that it will phase out the use of all gestation crates in its farms. Just a few days later, Canada's largest pork producer, Maple Leaf Foods, announced that it will follow suit. Almost simultaneously, Cargill Foods—another of the world's biggest pork producers—pledged to stop using gestation crates in half its farms immediately. Thanks to your generosity, PETA is changing how the world's cruelest industry treats the animals it uses. But there are still holdouts. Some companies, like KFC and its chicken suppliers, continue to choose cruelty. To keep the pressure on the animal agriculture industry, we must do more than we ever have before, and we are counting on your continued support. Together, we can spare billions of chickens, pigs and cows the agonizing lives and violent deaths that they now suffer in factory farms and slaughterhouses. Now is our moment to make important changes that will stop animal suffering. Thank you for your immediate response. Sincerely, Bruce Friedrich Vice President for Campaigns P.S. Factory farms aren't going away any time soon. PETA can do the most good by changing how billions of factory-farmed animals are bred, kept and killed. Please support PETA's efforts to reform factory farming by making an online donation right now.