[K9-Lovers]

bk,

I wish all farms were as you described.

However, I am talking about large production facilities, commonly called "factory farms". Some of the "factory" farms are owned by families, but they are not the type of farms where the families care for the animals. These large facilities are described in one of your links: "Small family farms make up most of the U.S. farm count and hold the majority of farm assets, but they produce a modest share of U.S. farm output. In contrast, large-scale family farms and nonfamily farms—only 12 percent of all farms—account for 84 percent of farm production."

So, most of our food (84% according to your link) comes from these huge "factory farms" where the animals are not treated humanely, are injected with hormones and antibiotics, and suffer in pain their whole lives.

The kind of farmers you describe love animals. They would not be able to treat their livestock inhumanely. Unfortunately, not all owners of these food production facilities or "factory farms" care for their animals as God intended.