Industrial companies; a place where meat is produced for human consumption, this definition only describes how the industry began. Most factory farms lack government regulation. This is to the detriment of billions of animals affected by this dirty business. When the piglets are born they are divided into breeding sows and others exclusively for meat. Thousands of sows spend their lives in crammed cages, undergo numerous forced inseminations and become ill because their cages are overflowing with faeces. However this is only the beginning of the story. These same animals are fed food full of growth hormones, glass, syringes and are forced into cannibalistic methods when fed the testicles of their young. Animals in the livestock industry face countless atrocities including painful slaughter, forced growth rates and overcrowding for taste reasons, however each of these issues must be resolved by enforcing the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and switching to sustainable methods and/or methods of organic farming. (Should people become vegetarians?) (organicconsumers.com) (In the Belly of the Beast) Like many other industries, agriculture has evolved into big business: “Animals in factory farms are considered commodities to be exploited for profit ." In every industry, from clothing to tools, owners want to make a profit. The more they can supply with the least amount of waste, the more profit they will make. The same goes for factory farming. However, instead of humans being directly affected by the big bosses, it is the animals. They have no voice and cannot defend what is right or wrong. These animals are manipulated in every way to obtain a better profit animals en masse for... half of paper......eat-farms-animal-activists>. localharvest.org. Np, nd Web. 19 December 2013. .Nierenberg, Danielle. "Intensive agriculture in developing countries of development: in some critical respects, this is no progress at all." World Watch 1 May 2003: n. page eLibrary. Network. 3 December 2013. .Organicconsumers.org. Np, nd Web. 10 December 2013. "People should become vegetarians." www.vegetarian.procon.org. Np, 15 October 2013. Web. 8 December. 2013. .