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Millions of pigs in the US are locked in crates at any given time, and they’re in them for virtually their entire lives. | Wendy Love via Getty Images/iStockphoto “This is demonic stuff.” “It’s downright abusive.” “That sounds like torture to me.” “It’s inhumane.” It causes “physical problems and psychological anguish.” These are quotes describing the pork industry’s standard practice of confining pregnant pigs in tiny crates, called gestation crates, which are so small that the pigs can’t even turn around. Millions of pigs in the US are locked in these crates at any given time...