They are against the World Bank's policy of giving loans for intensive farming projects. World Bank and IMF Structural Adjustment Programs encourage developing countries to switch from traditional farming, in which the animals are kept relatively humanely, to factory farming, in which they are kept under conditions of extreme brutality, often in cages so small that they cannot even move. Traditional husbandry adds to the total amount of food available for humans, whereas intensive farming reduces it. This is because animals in factory farms eat grain rather than grass, and consume many times their own weight over their lifetime. Paul Kail Director Animal Consciousness Foundation Prague Letters policy Letters intended for publication in The Prague Post should contain the writer's name, signature and full address.
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