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The Blood of Pregnant Mares Fuels Factory Farming – Literally
Female horses are drained of blood to provide a hormone used in pork production worldwide.
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Kena Shah
Kena Shah is a freelance journalist based in Canada. Her reporting interests lie in investigating animal welfare issues within both animal agriculture and the wildlife trade, in addition to other areas such as food and women's issues.
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