Don meat-producers take good care of their animals since their profits depend on it?
Profits depend on obtaining the maximum output in terms of pounds of animals with the least expenditure in terms of such factors as food and energy. Producers have found that crowding animals into very small spaces increases profits, until the point where the crowding is so great that the number of animals that die prematurely becomes too costly. This is similar to the transportation of slaves: it was considered “economical” to crowd slaves on the slave ships, even though some died during the trip.
