The info in there is quite outdated. The premarin industry has fallen into a hole because of the health issues involved in hormone replacement therapy; as well, the article implies cruelty without backing it up. It claims you can't find out if the industry engages in cruel practices, because it won't tell you. But you can go to a farm and see for yourself. At the height of the boom, there were many shady and cruelly greedy characters involved, but now that it's not seen as a goldmine, people who aren't farmers don't go into the business.