Texas agriculture workers leave animals to die because of a "paperwork problem"

The Texas Department of Agriculture sounds a lot like the federal government. a large group of pigs were left confined in overloaded TDA transport trailers at the Livestock Export Facility near the Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport. They were abandoned without food, water or any relief from the scorching Texas heat. When the trailer was opened days later, nearly 150 pigs were dead. TDA officials say they failed to unload the trailer because they did not have the right paperwork.

Not only are the pigs' destinations horrific, but their transport, like the transport of much livestock, is often deadly, also.