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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm2" data-source="post: 122180" data-attributes="member: 2095"><p>I used to work for one of the big confinement corporate hog producers. We inspected one barn once where for whatever reason the farm crew and management had neglected. All they had done in a while was pull the drop lines to feed. There were about three DEAD sows still in their crate with feed piling up in front of them, manure all over the slats, aborted piglets still sitting there rotting, 3 or 4 downer sows and there was no record they had ever been treated (though the company provided a fridge full of antibiotics) and it was pretty much a given that NONE of those gestating sows had received ANY of their vaccinations, and flies and maggotts were all over the place. I had a lot of cattle, hog, chicken, horse, etc experience and have seen, touched, and smelled pretty much EVERYTHING and even I was on my knees losing my breakfast from the sights and smells in there that day. Needless to say, people lost their jobs before lunch that day; but if somebody with a video camera had gotten to that abominable mess before we did the corp and the whole industry would have payed a steep price. People do need to consider the public relations price of cruelty, neglect, and incompetence. The problem is that nasty people really don't care about the consequences for themselves much less the industry as a whole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm2, post: 122180, member: 2095"] I used to work for one of the big confinement corporate hog producers. We inspected one barn once where for whatever reason the farm crew and management had neglected. All they had done in a while was pull the drop lines to feed. There were about three DEAD sows still in their crate with feed piling up in front of them, manure all over the slats, aborted piglets still sitting there rotting, 3 or 4 downer sows and there was no record they had ever been treated (though the company provided a fridge full of antibiotics) and it was pretty much a given that NONE of those gestating sows had received ANY of their vaccinations, and flies and maggotts were all over the place. I had a lot of cattle, hog, chicken, horse, etc experience and have seen, touched, and smelled pretty much EVERYTHING and even I was on my knees losing my breakfast from the sights and smells in there that day. Needless to say, people lost their jobs before lunch that day; but if somebody with a video camera had gotten to that abominable mess before we did the corp and the whole industry would have payed a steep price. People do need to consider the public relations price of cruelty, neglect, and incompetence. The problem is that nasty people really don't care about the consequences for themselves much less the industry as a whole. [/QUOTE]
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