Following the explanation of environmental crises factory farming poses on mankind, Masson provides a detailed account of the life and treatment of the different species of livestock. These are mostly based on his firsthand eyewitness account from actually visiting the farms. After learning the fact that dairy cows and egg-laying hens lead the most horrific lives of all the livestock, I instantly decided that I must become vegan if I want any chance at redemption from the cruelty humans inflict on these animals.
For the entirety of the book, I was unable to put it down, as I was constantly being shocked by these devastating facts of mass meat, dairy, and egg production. You will leave the book a better, more compassionate person. The dairy and meat companies have blinded consumers with false promises of happy, grazing cows through incorrect images and words like, “organic”, which mean nothing in terms of the life of the animal.