Pigs
Pigs are intelligent, aware creatures, with an intellect
comparable to that of dogs. 
Factory farmed pigs spend their lives
in intensive confinement, painfully restricted to a crate that is
18 to 24 inches wide.
Under these conditions pigs resort
to biting each other, usually one another's tails.
Farmers respond by cutting off the pigs' tails, while boars'
noses are broken to keep them from fighting. 
Sows are turned into living reproduction machines,
artificially inseminated on 'rape racks' when they are just six
to eight months old.
Pregnancy lasts about four months, yielding litter of approximately
a dozen piglets.
Against all natural instinct, the sow
is forced to tend to her young in a pen on a bare cement floor,
scarcely large enough to hold her body.
The piglets only suckle for a few weeks and she
is quickly impregnated again.
She will breed four to seven more
litters before being sold for slaughter.
Rescued farm pigs often have short life spans because their
genetically-altered bodies cannot handle the strain of their massive
weight on such frail legs.
They were never meant to live 'normal' natural lives and must
endure bodies manipulated by science and greed.
Some are unable to walk more than a hundred feet without having to
stop and rest.
The natural lifespan of a pig is 10-15 years.
Sows generally live for 3-4 years.
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