Small Animal Rights Victory

Smithfield Farms, the nation's largest pork producer, recently announced that they are no longer using gestation crates in their pork factories. This is a bit like Hitler announcing that he will no longer kick his dog, but its a hard-earned victory nonetheless.

Smithfield claims that the decision is not a result of pressure from animal rights groups.

Yeah, right! I initially decided not to publicize this news because I didn't want to make people feel that is is more okay to eat pork now, because its not. But then, it is a great example of the fact that things can change for the better if some people think about the consequences of their actions.