Animal Factories
- ISBN-10
- 0517538822
- ISBN-13
- 9780517538821
- Category
- Animal industry
- Pages
- 174
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group (NY)
- Authors
- Peter Singer, Jim Mason
Description
A provocative examination of the mass-production method of raising animals, studies the effects of overcrowding, poor nutrition, drugs, artificial insemination, and lack of exercise on animals bred for consumption.
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