"People will get up in arms about this," Alissa continued, "saying shit like we don’t know what we’re talking about, but it’s totally related. I’m not a mother, but I might be one day. I am a woman, and to know that other species have that cycle, and once it’s used up, they kill them. It’s sickening."
"Yeah, it’s something like two years at most, and then the mother is killed," added Sergio.
"And look what they do to the baby chicks," noted John Joseph. "They get ground up. It’s fucking barbaric."
Alissa was also quick to point out that looking into these parts of the meat industry, while jarring and upsetting, is totally doable for anyone out there looking to switch to a plant-based and cruelty-free lifestyle.
"All you gotta do is look up something, and you’ll have the information," said Alissa. "It wasn’t this easy for us, but now you have all the information you need at your fingertips. "
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