Agricultural use is one of the so-called "accepted activities" that are exempt from our animal protection laws as long as "codes of practice" are followed. This is like exempting employers from labor laws as long as they follow their own rules. But it has to be because this industry could not exist if it had to abide by the same standards of care required by those who have "companion" animals. And pigs' suffering hardly ends at the intensive feeding operations where they are born into a live not worth living. Canada has some of the worst animal transport laws in the developed world and pigs can be transported in all extremes of weather, from frigid cold to blistering heat, in metal trailers without food, water or rest for up to 28 hours. Those who survive the trip will have to endure being suffocated in a CO2 chamber at the slaughter house. The way we treat animals farmed for food is truly a stain on our humanity.