GraceRandolph Posted March 10 Posted March 10 Undercover footage of pigs at a Devon farm showing them exposed to “unimaginable suffering” has prompted calls for legal action against the owners. The film crew said the video of pigs being kept in filthy, cramped conditions – featuring instances of cannibalism and malnourishment, as well as animals with untreated, bleeding wounds and hernias – was filmed at Cross Farm in Holsworthy, owned by WJ Watkins and Son. In one clip, a screaming pig was trampled on and bitten by her pen-mates and apparently died in front of the crew from Glass Wall Films. A spokesperson for WJ Watkins confirmed he was aware that covert filming took place on the farm in October, but declined to comment further, referring the Guardian instead to the National Pig Association (NPA). On the basis of the footage, filmed across four non-consecutive nights, the solicitors firm Advocates for Animals has sent a letter of complaint to Heart of the South West trading standards alleging “several potential breaches of the law” at the farm, which is part of the Red Tractor scheme, used to mark food produced to a “high standard”. In 2017, Animal Equality investigated the same farm, estimated to hold 12,000 pigs, and said they found animals living in leaking, dilapidated buildings covered in slurry and forced to lie in their own waste, as well as two pigs with large hernias left in pens with other pigs, pregnant pigs kept in barren, concrete pens without any enrichment, and pigs that had had their tails docked. Christopher Shoebridge, from Glass Wall Films, said: “We were interested to document how animal welfare has improved over time on British farms, and so we visited a farm where improvements had been promised. It was a huge shock to us that, far from being improved, things were just as bad, maybe even worse than before. Full article:https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/10/calls-for-legal-action-after-unimaginable-suffering-filmed-at-devon-pig-farm 1
Space Cowboy Posted March 10 Posted March 10 Who cares? The pigs are going to die anyway and we are going to eat them anyway because they’re delicious. 2 2 27
GraceRandolph Posted March 10 Author Posted March 10 1 minute ago, Space Cowboy said: Who cares? The pigs are going to die anyway and we are going to eat them anyway because they’re delicious. I see you’ve taken a break from sharing far-right antisemitic tweets from Lauren Witzke to throw innocent animals under the bus. I guess it’s all fun and games until these hog farms start giving people cancer or these wretched conditions lead to the next global pandemic. 4 1 1
Space Cowboy Posted March 10 Posted March 10 1 minute ago, GraceRandolph said: I see you’ve taken a break from sharing far-right antisemitic tweets from Lauren Witzke to throw innocent animals under the bus. I guess it’s all fun and games until these hog farms start giving people cancer or these wretched conditions lead to the next global pandemic. I support Palestine, I’m against the palestine genocide and I consider Israel a terrorist state, but i guess you tried OT: Pigs stay delicious 1
GraceRandolph Posted March 10 Author Posted March 10 1 minute ago, Space Cowboy said: I support Palestine, I’m against the palestine genocide and I consider Israel a terrorist state, but i guess you tried OT: Pigs stay delicious Guess I won’t burden you by sharing stories of animal abuse as well.
wildsidenormani Posted March 10 Posted March 10 this is horrifying to see, especially as a vegan :( 1 1
Karla Cabello Posted March 10 Posted March 10 people who don't consider the suffering of other beings will always be a hindrance to society, humanity and the planet as a whole. 7 2
brraap Posted March 10 Posted March 10 Mass consumption needs curbing. Let these animals live a life instead of being confined to a cage just so people can eat them 1
GraceRandolph Posted March 10 Author Posted March 10 8 minutes ago, Karla Cabello said: people who don't consider the suffering of other beings will always be a hindrance to society, humanity and the planet as a whole. Honestly people who excuse animal abuse are just the worst of the worst. 6
Karla Cabello Posted March 10 Posted March 10 1 minute ago, GraceRandolph said: Honestly people who excuse animal abuse are just the worst of the worst. it really says a lot about them. if they excuse animal abuse, they can excuse any type of abuse. 2 1
PoisonPill Posted March 10 Posted March 10 People who don’t care about the suffering of non-humans are missing something in their souls. 2
Archetype Posted March 11 Posted March 11 (edited) 1 hour ago, GraceRandolph said: Honestly people who excuse animal abuse are just the worst of the worst. Well it really depends considering raising animals for slaughter is considered abuse, even if the animals are raised in “good” conditions, yet a majority of the planet and people you’ll ever know eat meat. I guess it’s just where the line should be drawn in regards to treating animals who are raised to die. Regardless, animals should never be treated anything like what you shared. Edited March 11 by Archetype
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