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Fact: Nearly 8 out 10 dairy animals in India are kept tied on short ropes
Fact: India’s egg industry kills 180 million male chicks every year
Fact: India ranks 3rd in methane emissions from farm animals
Fact: India ranks 3rd in methane emissions from farm animals
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Fact: Chickens and eggs pump out 606 million tonnes of CO₂e every year
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Fact: Around 70% of Indian milk samples are adulterated
Fact: Methane is 80 times more potent than CO₂
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IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Sixth Assessment Report, AR6, 2021)
Fact: Methane is 80 times more potent than CO₂
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Fact: Producing one litre of milk guzzles 1,000 litres of water
Fact: 400 million hens are stuck in battery cages
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Fact: Nearly one in eight Indians is lactose intolerant
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Fact: Nearly one in eight Indians is lactose intolerant
Fact: Plant-based foods make up only 29% of emissions, versus 57% from meat and dairy
Fact: 27 Indian states and UTs have explicitly banned keeping pigs in crates
Fact: 27 Indian states and UTs have explicitly banned keeping pigs in crates
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The number 27 is higher than the 24 cited by PETA India in their blog post
Fact: Peas give protein at just 0.4–0.8 kg CO₂e per 100g
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Fact: A cup of pea milk uses 86% less water than dairy
Fact: 40 Indian companies are shifting to cage-free eggs
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Fact: Plant milks and proteins come with 0 mg cholesterol
Fact: A cow could live 20 years, but on dairy farms she lasts five or six because of the toll multiple pregnancies take.
Fact: To keep milk flowing, cows are injected with oxytocin, a hormone that gives cows painful uterine contractions.
Fact: A cow could live 20 years, but on dairy farms she lasts five or six because of the toll multiple pregnancies take.
Fact: Dairy animals are repeatedly artificially impregnated
Fact: Dairy animals are repeatedly artificially impregnated
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Shows high rates of “repeat breeding” (multiple inseminations or failed pregnancies then repeated attempts) in dairy cross-bred cattle.
Fact: To reduce injuries in confinement, the horns of cows are cut or burned off without anaesthesia, leaving them with open wounds and infections
Fact: To reduce injuries in confinement, the horns of cows are cut or burned off without anaesthesia, leaving them with open wounds and infections
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Welfare Challenges of Dairy Cows in India Identified Through On‑Farm Observations (Mullan et al., 2020)
Fact: A newborn calf is taken away from the mother within hours to save colostrum intake and milk for sale
Fact: A newborn calf is taken away from the mother within hours to save colostrum intake and milk for sale
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“In dairy systems, calves are commonly removed within 24 h postpartum” to increase saleable milk
Fact: Khaal bachcha is a ‘calf’ made by stuffing hay into the skin of a dead calf and kept near the mother to keep milk flowing
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Fact: 95% percent of eggs in India come from battery cages, where a hen has less room than your laptop
Fact: 95% percent of eggs in India come from battery cages, where a hen has less room than your laptop
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“Currently, at least 70 percent of its eggs come from commercial farmers who confine their hens to barren battery cages so small that each bird has less space than an A-4 size sheet of paper.”
Fact: A hen could live for 10 years in nature, but in layer hatcheries, she barely makes it to 18 months
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Kumar, S. R. et al. (2020). Prevalence of repeat breeding and culling reasons in commercial layer farms in Tamil Nadu, India. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 90(6): 829-835.
Fact: A hen could live for 10 years in nature, but in layer hatcheries, she barely makes it to 18 months
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This study reports that the average age at disposal of layer birds in the farms surveyed was ~72 weeks (~18 months).
Fact: Hens in layer systems have been genetically modified to lay 300 a year, compared to the dozen eggs hens normally lay
Fact: Hens in layer systems have been genetically modified to lay 300 a year, compared to the dozen eggs hens normally lay
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A laying hen, for example, produces more than 300 eggs a year, whereas a jungle fowl lays 4-6 eggs in a year.
Fact: The bones of layer hens turn so brittle from constant egg-laying, that many hens break their bones by just walking!
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Relationship between Bone Stability and Egg Production in Genetically Divergent Chicken Layer Lines (Jansen et al., 2020)
Fact: The bones of layer hens turn so brittle from constant egg-laying, that many hens break their bones by just walking!
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Brittle or fractured bones due to continuous de-mineralisation cause major welfare and economic problems in laying hens.
Fact: To prevent hens from pecking each other under stress, the beaks of chicks are sliced with hot blades without any painkillers
Fact: Hens talk to unborn chicks. Whole conversations, erased by farming
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Evans, C. S., & Evans, L. (1999). “Chicken embryos respond to maternal alarm calls.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Fact: Hens talk to unborn chicks. Whole conversations, erased by farming
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Rumpf, M., & Sowell, B. (2014). “Prenatal acoustic communication in birds.” Journal of Ethology.
Fact: Male chicks are ground up on birth and sold as pet food, because neither will they go on to lay eggs, nor are they bred for meat
Fact: Pigs
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Fact: 27 Indian states and UTs have explicitly banned keeping pigs in crates
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Explained earlier
Fact: Baby pigs are normally weaned at 3-16 months, but in farms, piglets are taken away at 3 weeks!
Fact: Female pigs or sows are killed after 4 years, because their body is broken from endless pregnancies
Fact: To prevent stressed piglets from injuring each other, their tails are cut and teeth clipped without pain relief
Fact: Pigs are cleverer than dogs and can solve puzzles. They use over 20 vocal sounds, some like names
Fact: Pigs dream and even have nightmares
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Fact: On transport to slaughter, pigs go without food or water for days. Many collapse before arrival
Fact: Pigs are often fed trash, plastic, even carcasses
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Fact: Waste from pig farms often leaks into rivers and groundwater
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Fact: Rotten scraps and swill fed to pigs spread diseases like African Swine Fever
Fact: Tests show that milk contains a high number of somatic cells, which lead to pus in response to an infection
Fact: Overusing antibiotics in dairy drives antimicrobial resistance, making infections harder to treat in humans
Fact: Milk has been linked to acne in teens and young adults
Fact: Higher milk intake has been tied to 3-19% higher cancer biomarkers
Fact: One large egg carries about 200 mg of cholesterol
Fact: A hospital study in India showed that one in four cases of food allergy were caused by eggs
Fact: Layer hens are dosed with antibiotics to keep them disease-free. The side effect is drug-resistant superbugs
Fact: Battery cages are perfect breeding grounds for salmonella
Fact: Eggs in India are stored at room temperature and don’t carry an expiry date – salmonella lurks on shells or inside eggs
Fact: Consumption of bacon has been linked to increased risk of bowel cancer
Fact: Pigs are pumped with antibiotics to survive filthy farms. The result is superbugs that ignore borders
Fact: Studies estimate that roughly 70% of antibiotics are used in farm animals
Fact: UN/WHO warn that AMR could kill up to 10 million people a year by 2050 if nothing is done
Fact: Studies link meat-heavy diets to heart disease, diabetes, strokes, and obesity
Fact: 3 out of 4 Indians cannot digest milk properly
Fact: Chickens and eggs pump out 606 million tonnes of CO₂e every year
Fact: Meat and dairy use 80% of farmland but give only 18% of calories
Fact: Going plant-based could cut food emissions by 70%
Fact: Eating plants could feed 4 billion more people, if the land used for animal feed and biofuels is reallocated to produce food for human consumption
Fact: In 2018, animal agriculture contributed 48% of India’s total methane emissions, which makes it the largest source. 90% of this comes from dairy animals
Fact: Fodder for animals degrades forests, stripping ground cover, eroding soil and blocking new growth
Fact: One glass of cow’s milk carries 3x the carbon of plant-based milks
Fact: Intensive animal agriculture farms leak antibiotics into the environment, breeding dangerous superbugs
Fact: Plant-based milk is free of animal abuse and suffering
Fact: Fortified plant-based milks bring calcium, plus vitamins D and B12 with zero adulteration
Fact: Plant-based eggs give protein and fibre with zero cruelty
Fact: Growing pulses, oats, and soy needs far less land than raising animals
Fact: https://icrier.org/pdf/Low-Carbon-Footprint-Agriculture.pdf?utm
Fact: Less manure means less ammonia and PM2.5 air pollution around communities
Fact: Plant foods bring dietary fibre, which is better for the gut
Fact: Many plant milks are shelf-stable, requiring less refrigeration, and lower energy use end-to-end
Fact: A newborn calf is taken away from the mother within hours to save colostrum intake and milk for sale. 25/10/25
Fact: Khaal bachcha is a ‘calf’ made by stuffing hay into the skin of a dead calf and kept near the mother to keep milk flowing. 6/11/25
Fact: To keep milk flowing, cows are injected with oxytocin, a hormone that gives cows painful uterine contractions.
Fact: Male calves are sent to slaughter or abandoned because they don’t produce milk.
Fact: A cow could live 20 years, but on dairy farms she lasts five or six because of the toll multiple pregnancies take. 26/10/25
Fact: Cows are made pregnant on repeat by artificially inseminating them, usually by sticking a dirty hand into their vagina.
Fact: To reduce injuries in confinement, the horns of cows are cut or burned off without anaesthesia, leaving them with open wounds and infections.
Fact: Once a cow can have no more calves or when her milk drops, she is sold or abandoned.
Fact: Male chicks are ground up on birth and sold as pet food, because neither will they go on to lay eggs, nor are they bred for meat. 7/11/25
Fact: A hen could live for 10 years in nature, but in layer hatcheries, she barely makes it to 18 months.
Fact: Hens in layer systems have been genetically modified to lay 300 a year, compared to the dozen eggs hens normally lay. 28/10/25
Fact: The bones of layer hens turn so brittle from constant egg-laying, that many hens break their bones by just walking!
Fact: 95% percent of eggs in India come from battery cages, where a hen has less room than your laptop. 29/10/25
Fact: No wing stretching, no dust baths, no walking. That’s the life of an egg-laying hen.
Fact: Stressed hens peck each other bloody.
Fact: To prevent hens from pecking each other under stress, the beaks of chicks are sliced with hot blades without any painkillers. 27/10/25
Fact: Hens talk to unborn chicks. Whole conversations, erased by farming.
Fact: After giving birth, mother pigs lie on their side in farrowing crates, in which babies have access only to the mother’s teats.
Fact: Baby pigs are normally weaned at 3-16 months, but in farms, piglets are taken away at 3 weeks!
Fact: A pig can live 15 years. In farms, they are slaughtered at 6 months. 4/11/25
Fact: Female pigs or sows are killed after 4 years, because their body is broken from endless pregnancies.
Fact: Pigs are bred to grow unnaturally fast and reach slaughter weight at 6 months.
Fact: To prevent stressed piglets from injuring each other, their tails are cut and teeth clipped without pain relief. 5/11/25
Fact: Pigs are cleverer than dogs and can solve puzzles. They use over 20 vocal sounds, some like names.
Fact: Pigs dream and even have nightmares.
Fact: On transport to slaughter, pigs go without food or water for days. Many collapse before arrival. Pigs are often fed trash, plastic, even carcasses.
Fact: 3 out of 4 Indians cannot digest milk properly.
Fact: Tests show that milk contains a high number of somatic cells, which lead to pus in response to an infection.
Fact: Overusing antibiotics in dairy drives antimicrobial resistance, making infections harder to treat in humans. 8/11/25
Fact: Milk has been linked to acne in teens and young adults. 4/11/25
Fact: 41% of milk samples in India fail at least one safety test.
Fact: Higher milk intake has been tied to 3-19% higher cancer biomarkers. 5/11/25
Fact: One large egg carries about 200 mg of cholesterol. 6/11/25
Fact: A hospital study in India showed that one in four cases of food allergy were caused by eggs. 29/10/25
Fact: Layer hens are dosed with antibiotics to keep them disease-free. The side effect is drug-resistant superbugs.
Fact: Battery cages are perfect breeding grounds for salmonella.
Fact: Eggs in India are stored at room temperature and don’t carry an expiry date – salmonella lurks on shells or inside eggs.
Fact: Consumption of bacon has been linked to increased risk of bowel cancer.
Fact: Pigs are pumped with antibiotics to survive filthy farms. The result is superbugs that ignore borders.
Fact: Waste from pig farms often leaks into rivers and groundwater. 7/11/25
Fact: Rotten scraps and swill fed to pigs spread diseases like African Swine Fever. 26/10/25
Fact: Studies estimate that roughly 70% of antibiotics are used in farm animals. UN/WHO warn that AMR could kill up to 10 million people a year by 2050 if nothing is done.28/10/25
Fact: Studies link meat-heavy diets to heart disease, diabetes, strokes, and obesity. 27/10/25
Fact: In 2018, animal agriculture contributed 48% of India’s total methane emissions, which makes it the largest source. 90% of this comes from dairy animals.
Fact: Fodder for animals degrades forests, stripping ground cover, eroding soil and blocking new growth.
Fact: One glass of cow’s milk carries 3x the carbon of plant-based milks.
Fact: Meat and dairy use 80% of farmland but give only 18% of calories.
Fact: Going plant-based could cut food emissions by 70%.
Fact: Eating plants could feed 4 billion more people, if the land used for animal feed and biofuels is reallocated to produce food for human consumption.
Fact: Intensive animal agriculture farms leak antibiotics into the environment, breeding dangerous superbugs.
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Fact: Regular consumption of pig meat raises the risk of heart disease by 42%.
Fact: Pig fat (lard) is not a healthy cooking fat; olive, sunflower, and coconut oils are healthier and cholesterol-free.
Fact: Processed pig meat increases risk of colorectal cancer.
Fact: Many cuts of pig meat contain high saturated fat, not lean “heart-healthy” protein.
Fact: Planet / Environment
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Fact: 1 kilo of pig meat takes 6,000 litres of water.
Fact: Feed, manure, and methane from pig farming drive emissions, water pollution, and forest loss.
Fact: Nutrition (Pig vs Plant)
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Fact: Soy, pea, wheat, and jackfruit can cover nutrition needs without animal protein.
Fact: Plant oils (olive, sunflower, coconut) are cholesterol-free.
Fact: Soy and quinoa contain complete proteins.
Fact: Rice + dal or hummus + pita together form a complete amino acid profile.
Fact: Headline Numbers
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Fact: 2 billion animals in India’s industrial systems
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Fact: 300 million dairy cows artificially impregnated
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Fact: 400 million egg-laying hens in A4-sized cages
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Fact: 9 million pigs in intense confinement
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Fact: Over 2 billion animals are trapped in India’s industrial systems
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Fact: 300 million dairy cows kept pregnant and tethered
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Fact: 400 million hens in A4-sized cages
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Fact: 9 million pigs in extreme confinement
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Fact: Egg Claims
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Fact: Eggs are the best and only reliable source of protein.
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Fact: You cannot bake without eggs.
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Fact: Eggs are high in cholesterol and contain no dietary fibre.
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Fact: Eggs pose a risk of Salmonella contamination if undercooked, stored for long, or mishandled.
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Fact: Eggs have a much bigger environmental footprint per serving (land, water, and GHGs).
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Fact: Eggs are a common allergen, especially among children.
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Fact: Eggs do contain B12 naturally.
Fact: Alt Claims
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Fact: Legumes, soy, lentils, nuts, and seeds provide protein comparable to eggs.
Fact: Flaxseed, chia, aquafaba, tofu, and commercial replacers can replace eggs in baking.
Fact: Besan, soy, and lentils have zero cholesterol and are naturally fibre-rich.
Fact: Plant alternatives (e.g., besan) have a lower food-safety risk and contain no zoonotic bacteria.
Fact: Pulses and soy use fewer resources than eggs and have a lower environmental footprint.
Fact: Besan, lentils, chickpea aquafaba can be used to avoid allergens; soy-free options exist.
Fact: Plant-based replacements + fortified foods/B12 supplement provide B12 without eggs.
Fact: ✅ FACTS THAT NEED SCIENTIFIC SOURCES — Pigs vs Alts
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Fact: Pig Claims
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Fact: Pig meat is a good source of protein.
Fact: Pig meat in any form is high in saturated fat and contains cholesterol.
Fact: Bacon and ham are processed meats linked with higher colorectal cancer risk.
Fact: Intensive pig farming often uses antibiotics, fuelling antimicrobial resistance concerns.
Fact: Raising pigs has a bigger environmental footprint per serving (land, feed, water, GHGs).
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Fact: Alt Claims
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Fact: Pea, wheat, and jackfruit cover nutrition needs without the cholesterol.
Fact: Pulled jackfruit can substitute the taste/texture of pulled pork.
Fact: Tofu, seitan, and jackfruit are lower in saturated fat and naturally cholesterol-free.
Fact: Plant proteins don’t carry colorectal cancer risk.
Fact: Plants don’t require antibiotics.
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Fact: Pulses, soy, wheat protein, and jackfruit generally use fewer resources and are lighter on the planet.
Fact: Animal Health / Welfare
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Fact: A cow can live to 20; in dairies many are sold by 5–6 when milk or fertility drops.
Fact: A cow is made pregnant by artificial insemination, over and over again.
Fact: Four in 10 crossbred cows quietly suffer from mastitis, a painful udder infection.
Fact: Butter = milk. Or rather, the painful injections of oxytocin a cow is given to keep milk flowing.
Fact: The cow is repeatedly impregnated and her calves taken away on birth.
Fact: (Storyline details like “tag at birth,” “cramped tabela,” “calf taken away” are narrative but not strict factual claims unless you want them sourced.)
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Fact: 🩺 Human Health
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Fact: Studies link dairy to a 25% higher risk of acne.
Fact: Curd is not actually beneficial for digestion / may cause bloating. (This will require nuanced evidence.)
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Fact: Paneer packs saturated fat and cholesterol.
Fact: Daily dose of butter increases risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke by 10–30%.
Fact: Dairy milk contains cholesterol.
Fact: There’s a risk of antibiotic or hormone residues in dairy milk if misused in production.
Fact: Plant milks are easier on digestion for lactose-intolerant individuals.
Fact: 75% of people are lactose intolerant. (Needs precise region-specific evidence.)
Fact: 🌍 Planet / Climate
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Fact: A glass of milk hides 1,000 litres of water.
Fact: One kilo of curd equals 4.3 kilos of CO₂ emissions.
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Fact: One kilo of paneer takes 10 litres of milk.
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Fact: One litre of milk emits 15–26 g of methane.
Fact: The dairy industry is officially rated red, the most polluting.
Fact: Dairy milk produces significantly more greenhouse gases per litre.
Fact: Oat/soy milk has a carbon footprint 2–3× lower than dairy milk.
Fact: 🥛 Nutrition: Milk vs Milk
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Fact: Dairy provides 120 mg calcium per 100 ml.
Fact: Most fortified plant milks provide the same calcium levels as dairy milk.
Fact: Dairy milk contains 3–3.5 g of protein per 100 ml.
Fact: Fortified soy milk contains 3–3.5 g protein per 100 ml.
Fact: Oat milk takes 48 litres of water per litre (vs 1,000 for dairy).
Fact: Plant milks are usually lower in saturated fat & naturally cholesterol-free.
Fact: Animal Health / Welfare
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Fact: An egg-laying hen gets about an A4 sheet of space.
Fact: No space to stretch her wings or turn in a battery cage.
Fact: Male chicks (“brothers”) are killed on Day 1.
Fact: Beak snipping (debeaking) is done with a blade/hot tool, causing acute pain.
Fact: Caged hens stand on wire flooring, stacked in heat, with poor ventilation.
Fact: High stocking density leads hens to “breathe each other’s breath” (air quality/suffocation risk).
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Fact: (Note: The narrative shots reflect real industry practices, but the above are the factual claims requiring citations.)
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Fact: 🩺 Human Health
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Fact: Eating two large eggs comes with 370 mg of cholesterol.
Fact: 🌍 Planet / Environment
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Fact: A shed with 10,000 hens can emit about 9–10 kg of ammonia per day.
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Fact: Ammonia from hen sheds mixes with air to form fine particulate matter (PM2.5) that harms lungs and crops.
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