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Meat companies keep promising to do better. They almost never do.

This is a familiar pattern to animal protection groups: They investigate a farm or meat producer, the company apologizes and promises to change, yet follow-up investigations reveal continued abuse and terrible living conditions. | Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty Images Key takeaways In 2019, Animal Outlook — an animal protection nonprofit — exposed cruelty at a salmon hatchery in Maine. The company apologized and committed to reforms. But in 2025, Animal Outlook re-investigated and documented similar behavior and welfare problems. This is a familiar pattern: Nonprofits investigate...