For six years, Buttercup lived inside a metal box. Not a barn. Not a pasture. Not even a pen. A gestation crate so small she couldn’t turn around. Six years without grass under her feet. Six years without fresh air. Six years without ever seeing the sun. She gave birth to 12 litters of piglets, one after another. Her babies were taken from her every time. And when her body was finally “used up,” the plan was simple: load her onto a truck and send her to slaughter. That is the reward factory farm