I'm sure most farmers will try to be ethical when they can, but poor living conditions are a symptom of an economy with a high demand. No doubt, what that video showed us were the absolute worst cases though.
Although I'm ignorant on the matter, I think it's likely that animals that form part of the agricultural process will not have a happy life, but surely they are not regularly abused to the point shown in that video.
Even so, this practice still does happen, however rare it is. I often attribute it to people being given absolute power over other people's (or animal's) lives*. Whether it's carers for the disabled/elderly, abusive pet owners or corrupt farmers these stories often emerge. Some people can just be naturally abusive and when put in the situation of absolute power their behaviour flourishes.
In a perfect world I would like to see some kind of critical peer observation system to ensure these rare cases of extreme abuse are called to account (speaking in a more general sense here, not just farms). But I'm guessing that either exists already in some cases, or people don't want it because it sounds like an unfruitful hassle.
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On a side note, this video looked like it was made by vengeful militant vegans. They seemed more concerned with showing shocking footage of abuse to try and get some kind of knee-jerk reaction out of people into accepting a vegan lifestyle, rather than actually trying to convince people into a long term sustainable solution (which is what they should be attempting).
It's natural to eat meat, otherwise we wouldn't have stereoscopic vision and canine teeth. Trying to get people to jerk themselves into veganism isn't going to work because you'll be trying to convince people to go against their natural source of some nutritional requirements. You'll never make a serious change that way. But telling people that eating meat is fine, just try to buy it from an ethical source when you can would be a far more sustainable solution and one that people will be more ready to adopt (then again, I may be skewed because I was brought up in a family that placed great value on ethically sourced meat. Maybe many people wont accept that either :/)
/Rant
(*Although sometimes I often think it could even be some form of Milgram type obedience by workers where they may behave completely differently (violently) because they are instructed to)
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