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Dear Lourenço Nisticò,

The suffering and abuse of animals raised and slaughtered for food is nothing short of heartbreaking:

• Cows—like those seen in the shocking PETA undercover investigation of a dairy farm released just yesterday—have their horns burned off their heads without any pain relief whatsoever.
• After being torn away from their mothers at only weeks old, piglets are condemned to spend their entire lives in crowded pens on tiny slabs of filthy concrete.
• Chickens are drugged to grow so large that they often become crippled under their own weight.

It is difficult to imagine the pain endured by these and other animals on factory farms. Yet all these shocking practices are commonplace and affect the billions of individual animal victims of the modern meat industry.

Factory farms are perhaps the greatest source of animal suffering on the planet. But thanks to your support and PETA's unrelenting efforts, the cruel factory-farming industry is finally beginning to change. Our undercover work has brought about reforms that are ending some of the worst factory-farm practices and have resulted in convictions of factory-farm workers on charges of cruelty to animals. Through diligent negotiations and shareholder activism, we've helped to reduce the mistreatment of animals by many of the world's largest fast-food restaurants and supermarket suppliers. PETA's colorful demonstrations and widely distributed materials, such as our vegetarian/vegan starter kit, have inspired people around the world to adopt a healthy vegan diet—the quickest way that anyone can start saving the lives of farmed animals.

PETA's programs expose the truth of factory farms, raise public awareness, and most importantly, save animal lives. But for every animal we've helped, there are countless others who are miserable and at this moment suffering from abuse and neglect on factory farms like the one our dedicated investigator helped to expose just yesterday.

PETA needs your help to strengthen our lifesaving efforts for these and all animals. Won't you make a gift to PETA today to help us fight for animals who so desperately need a champion?

I hope I can count on you to support this campaign. With your help today, we can stand up for all the abused, mistreated, and neglected animals on factory farms.

Very truly yours,

Ingrid E. Newkirk
President

P.S. PETA's programs work to stop animal abuse wherever it occurs—from crowded factory farms to secretive laboratories to cold backyards. Your donation right now will be put to work immediately to save animals' lives.

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