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Imagine being confined to a steel pen without enough room to even turn around, being forced to stand and lay on a slatted floor, and living a couple feet above your own waste.

For nearly 6 million pigs in the United States, this is a horrendous reality¹.

Every year, millions of breeding sows are locked in gestation crates at 7 months of age, impregnated, and forced to live out their lives standing in their crates waiting to give birth². Not only are they unable to turn around or move, they suffer from respiratory illnesses caused by living a few feet above their feces. With no stimulation or ability to play, these incredibly clever animals develop severe neurotic issues³.

Once a sow gives birth, the pig is moved to an equally restrictive crate to nurse, but is unable to turn around to see her piglets for the two weeks or so before they are taken away¹.

This cycle continues over and over, year after year, until the sow is “used up” and sent to be slaughtered⁴.

During that time they are isolated, suffering from boredom and fear, and are unable to even meet the piglets they are forced to have. It is a horrific form of torture, and it can’t continue¹!

Only 12 states have banned gestation crates in the U.S. That is not enough! This inhumane practice should be banned across the country⁵.

Join us in calling upon the United States Department of Agriculture to end the use of gestation crates!