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Large numbers of beef cattle, dairy cows, pigs, chickens, and turkeys are raised under such conditions. The federal Animal Welfare Act excludes farmed animals, and most state anti-cruelty laws exempt standard agricultural practices. Many believe that animals raised for food must be treated well because sick or dead animals would be of no use to agribusiness. In the U.S., virtually all farmed birds are raised in factory farms. Under these crowded, stressful conditions, chickens peck each other.