> living with no shelter Maybe not up to human standards, but plenty of animals seek and find shelter as part of their normal life. > having to fear every sou

> living with no shelter Maybe not up to human standards, but plenty of animals seek and find shelter as part of their normal life. > having to fear every sound Do you think animals fear their own species' mating calls? Or the rain and the breeze? How do you know what animals feel? If you are going to project the human emotion of "fear" onto them, you considered that they might feel humanlike emotions of elation, joy, and satisfaction as well? > And it typically ends by being ripped to pieces by a predator and eaten alive while the brain still has some residual oxygen and awareness. Human death, including death by common age-related ailments, is often painful and drawn out. > sheltered, vaccinated against common illnesses, provided food "Sheltered" in a coup filled with feces and "vaccinated" so that they do not succumb to the myre of illness in which they live. "Fed" via pellets of the cheapest food that the farm could buy while still sustaining them enough to develop tissue that is desirable for us to eat. > being knocked out with electricity I doubt that slaughter at factory farm is often as efficient, quick, and humane as you imagine. > hardly encompasses more suffering. Have you ever been, or been close to anyone, who was locked in jail or a psychiatric ward for a long period of time? The mental anguish of captivity is often described as worse than physical suffering.