Summary of the Jeff Tietz’s Article The Boss Hog
In his article The Boss Hog published on December 14, 2006 in the Rolling Stone journalist Jeff Tietz analyzes the current state of the Smithfield Foods, the biggest US pork processor. The amount of the annually killed animals is incredible and equals to 27 million hogs. Furthermore, the author points out on another problem: pigs’ excrements and wastes. The substance is toxic because pigs are fed with lots of antibiotics and pills, which preserve their immune system and let them alive before they are killed at the slaughterhouses. Excrements can be pulled into rivers due to the fact that ...
