The Horror of pig factory farming
Only in United States there are more than 65 million pigs on factory farms, and 112 million are killed for food each year.
Mother pigs spend most of their lives in individual metal battery cages that are to too small to allow the animals even to turn around. After giving birth to piglets, sows are moved to "farrowing" crates, which are wide enough for them to lie down and nurse their babies... Pigs have a strong biological urge to prepare a nest before giving birth.This need is so intense that the expecant mothers rub their snout on the floor until they goo bloody and raw. Some of them are chewing metal bars of their cages until their mouths bleed...
Piglets are separated from their mothers when they are as young as 10 days old. Once her piglets are gone, the sow is impregnated again. The cycle continues for three or four years before she is drained psyhically and mentally and send to be slaughtered.
Every year in the U.S., 50 million male piglets are castrated (without being given any painkillers) because people who eat pork complain of "boar taint" in meat that comes from intact animals. Piglets are not castrated in the U.K. or Ireland, and the Netherlands is working toward banning the practice as of 2015... In extremely crowded conditions, piglets are prone to stress-related behavior such as cannibalism and tail-biting, so farmers often chop off piglets' tails and use pliers to break off the ends of their teeth, without giving them any painkillers.
They also have their ears cut so as to make them easily identifiable.
The average pig in the nature can live for about nine to fifteen years but factory farmed pigs are slaughtered at just six month of age.
The horror of transportation
Millions of pigs die in transport each year. (According to industry reports, more than 1 million pigs die during the way to slaughter each year only in the United States.) The pigs may be moved over long distances for three days or more. During transport, traveling trough extreme climatic conditions from burning hot to freezing cold, the pigs usually are not provided with food or water.
To get the terrified pigs on to the vehicles for transport the animals may be hit on their highly sensitive noses or prodded with electric rods. There is no law regulating the maximum voltage usable.
Only in United States there are more than 65 million pigs on factory farms, and 112 million are killed for food each year.
Mother pigs spend most of their lives in individual metal battery cages that are to too small to allow the animals even to turn around. After giving birth to piglets, sows are moved to "farrowing" crates, which are wide enough for them to lie down and nurse their babies... Pigs have a strong biological urge to prepare a nest before giving birth.This need is so intense that the expecant mothers rub their snout on the floor until they goo bloody and raw. Some of them are chewing metal bars of their cages until their mouths bleed...
Every year in the U.S., 50 million male piglets are castrated (without being given any painkillers) because people who eat pork complain of "boar taint" in meat that comes from intact animals. Piglets are not castrated in the U.K. or Ireland, and the Netherlands is working toward banning the practice as of 2015... In extremely crowded conditions, piglets are prone to stress-related behavior such as cannibalism and tail-biting, so farmers often chop off piglets' tails and use pliers to break off the ends of their teeth, without giving them any painkillers.They also have their ears cut so as to make them easily identifiable.
The average pig in the nature can live for about nine to fifteen years but factory farmed pigs are slaughtered at just six month of age.
The horror of transportation
Millions of pigs die in transport each year. (According to industry reports, more than 1 million pigs die during the way to slaughter each year only in the United States.) The pigs may be moved over long distances for three days or more. During transport, traveling trough extreme climatic conditions from burning hot to freezing cold, the pigs usually are not provided with food or water.To get the terrified pigs on to the vehicles for transport the animals may be hit on their highly sensitive noses or prodded with electric rods. There is no law regulating the maximum voltage usable.
The cruelty of slaughter
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