Raising livestock involves stresses of production goals, environment, and the image of agriculture. Environmental enemies include an uninformed public, politicians, relations, anti-organizations, and even some producers. Education must be provided to the public in order to remove these negative thoughts of the confined livestock industry. Often a politician will use the livestock industry as an electoral advantage. They may use unflattering or even false information to their advantage to win the trust of the public or use their authority to influence regulatory agencies. The livestock industry must remain involved in politics so that they do not become overwhelmingly targeted. Regulatory agents/agencies that do not understand the environment or agriculture are very bad for the industry. Regulations should be scientific and have some involvement from the livestock industry itself. Anti-organizations can hinder the start-up of new facilities by getting the uninformed public on their side to protest. There is even precedence of a permit renewal being denied due to an anti-organization. They are also capable of crimes such as vandalism when they want to get a point across. Some producers themselves may run operations that contribute to this concern with poorly designed facilities that contribute to the degradation of the environment. Some producers also elect to not participate in improving the education of the public and choose poor sites for their operations. Suggested environmental protocol includes inspections, manure management plans, records, groundwater protection, regulatory involvement, permit review, system redundancy, knowing neighbours and enemies, and continuing educational efforts.