mate i literally went on a mad one <| sep |> I have many friends who graduated from MSU ' s animal sciences program . My wife is a smalllarge animal vet . Her former roommate worked directly with Temple Grandin look her up and has since moved to Washington to focus on legislature regarding this very issue . I have two more friends who have the same job , well sort of . one inspects slaughter houses for violations , the other inspects livestock farms . Finally the last of my friends in this field specializes in fairy sciences , specifically the ethical and humane treatment of dairy cows while also improving their crop . They all say the same thing the animal welfare activists aren ' t being entirely honest , sometimes they are but other times they ' re lying , and when they do lie and people believe it , it really hurts the honest farms the ones who do play by the rules and can ' t afford to change everything every time a new law comes down . Oh yeah , one other friend well she isn ' t involved in animal sciences , but her dad worked at the MSU lab that was fire bombed by the Animal Liberation Front . Just saying , I ' m not exactly talking out of my ass . you don ' t have to take my word for it , hell I wouldn ' t , but I strongly encourage you to talk to people studying animal sciences and livestock nutrition . You ' ll get a whole 3 rd side of the story you ' re not getting from the farmers who are in self defense mode or the animal rights activists who tend to be a little extreme .