New COK Investigation Leads to Criminal Charges of Animal Cruelty

Photo Gallery: The Factory Farm

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Esbenshade Farms–North in Mount Joy, Penn.		Nearly 600,000 hens are confined inside seven sheds.		Each shed has several rows of cages stacked up to four tiers high.
Many birds are covered in feces that fall from the cages above.

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