This short documentary packs a punch. Pulling back the curtain on the transformations in animal agriculture in the U.S. over the past 60 years, narrator Alec Baldwin describes the standard agricultural practices used on American factory farms: animals endure routine mutilations (baby chicks have their beaks seared off with a hot blade; baby pigs are castrated without anesthesia; horns are sawed off of cows) before being packed cheek to jowl by the thousands or tens of thousands in massive sheds.
Be warned: The film's depiction of legal and standard (but hideously cruel) treatment of animals on factory farms and in slaughterhouses has been so compelling that many people have changed the way they eat after watching this film. People who decide that their choices should reflect their values have also taken to the streets with this film to educate consumers on exactly what they pay for when they buy milk, eggs, and meat.
Be warned: The film's depiction of legal and standard (but hideously cruel) treatment of animals on factory farms and in slaughterhouses has been so compelling that many people have changed the way they eat after watching this film. People who decide that their choices should reflect their values have also taken to the streets with this film to educate consumers on exactly what they pay for when they buy milk, eggs, and meat.