Treat them very well until you slaughter them. OK, I get it... that makes sense to me.
I have read much more than Mr. Robbins, including books by those who are unbiased and who eat animal flesh. You have obviously not read much of his work, since in one of his latest books, he actually sits down to dinner with a farmer, and finds great compassion for this man, for whom farming and slaughtering animals had been in his family for years. This was this man's way of life and all he knew, and Mr. Robbins felt very much for him.
So, yes in my search for knowledge and information I have read much from both camps, and used all of that info to make informed decisions, not only as a consumer, but also as a human being.
As in any area of life, there are good and bad. There are those that take things to extremes. You can never make a cut and dried statement about either side, since there are good and bad in both.