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A meat packing facility.

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A slaughterhouse in the heart of California.

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These places exist in the shadows[br]so we're never shown what happens

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inside.

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It begins on a factory farm,[br]like Smithfield's Circle Four.

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Hidden away from scrutiny in the Utah desert,[br]inside the world's largest pig producer,

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Individuals are reduced..

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..to units of production.

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With mothers and their newborns trapped in[br]metal cages, the machine of animal agriculture

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does its work in secret..

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creating suffering on a scale never before imagined

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and building the perfect storm for[br]pathogens in the process.

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California voters have been trying to outlaw these operations..

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..but as an industry with little oversight..

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..the state continues to truck-in animals from places like Circle Four.

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After six months of confinement at Smithfield,[br]individuals who survive are crowded on top

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of each other, up to 200 at a time, into steel[br]transport trucks, for a 700 mile journey through

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the heat of the Southwest..

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..without food, or water, or anyone to care.

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So I followed them, as they were driven all[br]day and into the night..

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while they dreamed of escape.

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But this isn't their ride to freedom.

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Thanks to a whistleblower, I was given a window[br]into a business built on killing.

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They arrive sick, thirsty and scared into[br]unfamiliar surroundings, while they're beaten

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in the holding pens, so the next truck load can come.

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Some of them lay dead on the truck, while[br]others are painfully crippled, and individuals

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who've become too sick to walk on their own[br]are executed with a bolt gun..

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instead of receiving medical attention.

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Workers themselves suffer routine physical[br]injuries, which are often unreported..

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for fear of reprisal.

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And the psychological impact of the work has[br]long lasting effects.

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Carrying diseases from factory farms across the continent..

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..some of the pigs continue to weaken, and die.

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Those who perish suddenly are simply labeled "dead".

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Others who show obvious signs of illness are sometimes killed, and briefly examined..

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but only the symptoms of their diseases are ever determined.

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To the industry, the misery endured by these[br]individuals, and the risks of their diseases,

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are merely an inconvenience to be covered[br]up for the sake of profit.

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So too are the workers treated..

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..constantly exposed to suffering, disease and death..

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..without understanding the risks..

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..as though they were human expendables.

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An industry so focused on profit over personal suffering can only create one terrible outcome.

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Is this who we really are?

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Even if they make it inside..

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..their reward is one of the most cruel endings possible for anyone..

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..a gas chamber.

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As they are pushed forward, they limp into[br]the loader together.

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And for the first time in their life they[br]see their own reflection..

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..in a mirror used to lure their attention.

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Before being forced into the gas chamber gondola..

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..load after load.

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The USDA tells us that gas chambers are humane..[br]but see for yourself.

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Over 8,000 individuals are gassed like this[br]at this facility every week.

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These facilities are designed to profit on[br]killing at any cost.

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The industry wants to be trusted to regulate[br]itself, but how do you regulate an operation

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so focused on bloodshed?

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They're supposed to be killed before they[br]wake up again, but the supervisors fail to

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prevent routine mistakes in the slaughter process.

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Infections are so common, and run so deep,[br]an inspector is dedicated to cut out what

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they can see, so the rest of their body can[br]be sold as though they were healthy.

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This is animal agriculture.

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The industry wants us to focus on what we[br]put in our mouth or buy in a store;

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on an object, not its origin.

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But what happens if we ignore the warnings,[br]while building our house on injustice?

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How can we achieve peace..[br]while a body means more than a life?

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How can we nurture love..[br]when oppression is on our plate?

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And the truth is hidden from us?

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Without laws to protect victims..[br]in a system created by greed.

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We're basically building the highways for[br]these microbes to transfer into our bodies.

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It's having tragic consequences right now[br]with over 20 deaths, just in the last week.

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People think "I'm not a cow..", [br]"I'm not a pig..", "I'm not that animal.."

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so they don't care.

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But people can think "I'm not[br]this race..", or "I'm not this gender..".

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That doesn't make it right.

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Rescue the victims of oppression.

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Challenge violence with the power of compassion.

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Create the laws that value morality.

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End exploitation at its foundations.

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Expose the truth to protect our future;

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to prevent pandemics while we still can.

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Turn towards suffering with the strength of mercy.

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Because our fates are connected..

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If we don't stop this industry.