Drone Video Exposes ‘Feces Lake’ Inside Mega US Factory Farm

You’ve seen disturbing images and videos of factory farm animals being forced to live in the absolute worst of conditions, but a new overhead video captured by a spy drone reveals a whole new sector of disturbing factory farm activity. Caught on tape and unveiled in the video and images below, drone operator Mark Devries says that the apparent ‘lake’ residing on the factory farm compound is in fact a large holding body of feces, urine, and who knows what else. Check out some of these photos captured from the drone:

Once again, these are not images of water, but instead large ‘lakes’ of feces and other animal waste. According to Devries, these massive dumps are filled by ‘sewage systems’ that drain the animal waste into the area. And this is just one part of this factory farm system by Murphy-Brown, a subdivision of Smithfield Farms — the largest pork producer in the United States. Thousands of similar factory farms exist in just North Carolina alone, giving you an idea of how prevalent these corporate farms have become. And the ‘feces lake’ is really just the beginning. As the drone video’s extended YouTube premiere explains, there are serious health consequences for those nearby (not to mention those eating factory farm livestock that are injected with antibiotics and growth hormones).

But perhaps the most disturbing twist to the river of feces and waste is the method of disposal. Farm workers do not ‘drain’ the lake, or transport the waste to another region where it can be properly disposed of. Instead, the feces lake is literally ‘sprayed’ around the entire farmland — and reportedly into the lawns of nearby neighbors.

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