Image Study #2

(taken from; http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/FactoryFarm/factory_farming.htm )

(taken from: http://www.woodstockfas.org/animals03.shtml )

(taken from: http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article10453.html)

I decided to do some image research on hog farms. I never really thought about where processed pig came from, but now that I do know I feel really bad for these animals. The way that they are squished into tight cages with no room for anything is incredibly inhumane. It angers me that by working for Pork Rinds Inc. Bob is endorsing this kind of thing. I know that Bob is pretty meek, and he really doesn't have any idea what hog farms really look like, but still. He shouldn't work for a business that he knows nothing about. I'm not sure whether I hold him accountable or not. Maybe later he'll do something to redeem himself in the eyes of animal lovers.

(taken from http://www.amazon.com/Ranch-Estacado-Western-Frontier-Library/dp/0806114282 )

The XIT Ranch is the ranch that started the barbed wire fencing business in the panhandle. It was a really large ranch, and it had a bit of a negative connotation. LaVon's grandfather worked on this ranch when he was down on his luck. It's a bit of a household name in Texas. It really represents the cowboy past of the entire town. Almost every one has connections too it, and although it was rough and dirty and hard, it was a time when cowboy life was simpler and idyllic (at least to those looking back on it now).