r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/James_Fortis • Sep 08 '26

Video This is the largest single-building pig farm in the world. At 26 storeys high, it can slaughter 1.2 million pigs per year. It was built in Ezhou, China, to help the country's exploding demand for pork. Pork is China's most popular meat, with the country consuming nearly half of global pork demand.

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u/Sensitive-Plate-684 Sep 08 '26

People like to think that THEIR meat comes from special animals that live lives of comfort until they are killed mercifully in their sleep, and that the USA would never let THEIR meat cause suffering.

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u/Dudewheresmycard5 Sep 08 '26

"Humane Slaughter" - such naivety/deliberate ignorance

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u/derprondo Sep 08 '26

Well for starters the US has federal laws that prevent whistle blowers (or anyone really) from filming factory farms.