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Undercover Video Shows Shocking Conditions at Kentucky Hog Farm

HeadlineFeb 21, 2014

The Humane Society of the United States has just released undercover video showing shocking conditions at a huge hog operation in Kentucky called Iron Maiden Farms. One video shows pigs confined in cramped cages known as gestation crates being fed ground-up intestines from piglets who had recently succumbed to a highly contagious disease. More than 900 piglets recently died from the disease in a two-day period.

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