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Farm Animal Concerns Trust and the Why of World Farm Animal Day

  • Writer: Bob Benenson
    Bob Benenson
  • Oct 2
  • 2 min read

Non-Profit Animal Welfare Advocate Fights for Humane Treatment of Hogs


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I have worked with and supported Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) for years, and I had the pleasure of reconnecting with Executive Director Harry Rhodes at the Farm Aid Festival in Minneapolis two weeks ago.


An email from the non-profit this morning alerted me that today (October 2) is World Farm Animal Day. The message focused on humane treatment of hogs, a leading cause célèbre of animal rights activists and opponents for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), aka factory farms.


The email also included a call for donations to help FACT carry out its important work, which I wholeheartedly support:


This World Farm Animals Day (October 2), you can help animals move from confinement on factory farms to being raised humanely on pasture. No animal deserves to spend its life in a cage, and your gift today will support humane farmers who give animals the freedom to move, nest, and live healthier, less stressful lives.


In factory farming, mother pigs are often locked in crates so small they cannot even turn around. These cages—used for both pregnancy and birth—force them to spend nearly every day of their lives on hard concrete floors, unable to move freely, build nests, or properly care for their young. The result is years of pain, stress, and suffering.


But it doesn’t have to be this way. Humane farmers, like the ones FACT works with, are proving every day that there are kinder, more effective alternatives that allow sows to move, nest, and raise their young in healthier, less stressful environments.


Your gift to FACT helps:

  • Train and support farmers adopting humane methods like pasture farrowing and deep-bedded housing.

  • Educate consumers about crate-free options.

  • Build a movement that ensures animals are treated with care and respect, and allows pigs space to be pigs!

Help us by making a gift to FACT and together, we can create a world where no mother pig spends her life in a cage.



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