Electric sheep in factory farms

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Electric sheep in factory farms

Postby Brian Tomasik on 2010-05-22T04:03:00

A friend wrote with the following suggestion for a startup:
Basically, put together an "electric sheep collective" for pigs and chickens. Could be very profitable and very high utility, for the same reasons that Temple Grandin's work is profitable for farmers to use.

Elaborating:
You let them select seeds for the art and generat[ions] are optimized to provide them with an optimal experience. In a factory farm they are a captive audience and can provide a lot of data for the generation of such art. Ideally this can greatly reduce their stress, boosting health and food quality/quantity while giving the animals much better lives.

I have little idea how feasible and effective such an idea would be. I'm also not sure how it would even work for broiler chickens, which don't usually have individual cages. Would any animal-welfare experts like to comment on the proposal?
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