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In January 2016, a photograph purportedly showing the cruel living conditions of pigs in the United States began recirculating online: This image was taken in China in 2007. According to Reuters, the photograph also does not show the living conditions for these animals -- what is shown are temporary cages used to transport the pigs to market: While the image was not taken in the United States and does not depict the permanent living conditions of pigs on factory farms, the actual living conditions on factory farms are not much better. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals writes that pigs are commonly kept in over-crowded windowless sheds: While the majority of the pig population is kept in sheds like these, a 2014 report from the Humane Society noted that pregnant pigs are kept in smaller gestation crates: While a handful of states in the US have banned gestation crates and others have vowed to phase out the practice, the majority of the United States still allows their use. While the above-displayed photograph was not taken in the United States and does not depict the permanent living conditions of pigs on a factory farm, it is true that the living conditions of pigs on farms in the United States has been dubbed inhospitable and cruel by several organizations.
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