When we think of baby animals like chicks, lambs, piglets or calves, innocence and cuteness often come to mind. Most of us will never deliberately hurt a baby animal, not to mention torturing him or her.

However, when it comes to our food choices, many of us pay other people to torture baby animals (and adult animals) in the most horrific ways.

The following examples are just some of the things that are done to baby animals in order to produce meat, dairy or eggs: