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Shocking video shows extent of pig abuse at farm supplying pork to Walmart
dailymail ^ | PUBLISHED: 15:55 EST, 20 July 2012 | UPDATED: 16:39 EST, 20 July 2012 Read more: http://www.dailym | By RACHEL QUIGLEY

Posted on 07/20/2012 8:22:30 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U

A shocking and disturbing video taken by an undercover investigator at a pig farm depicts the horrific extent of animal cruelty being practiced at a pork-supply company used by Walmart.

Mercy For Animals released the graphic video which documents the daily animal abuse allegedly taking place at Christensen Farms in Minnesota. The video depicts hundreds of pigs packed into cages so tiny, they can barely move or even turn around. Some of the usually-social animals bite down on the bars just for something to do.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foodsupply; goodporkistasty; pork; porkisnothalal; porkisnotkosher
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To: PeterPrinciple

You are hurting farmers with your attempted defense of needless cruelty. Farrowing pens are being phased out by other farms that recognize they are not necessary, and there are less cruel ways of killing nonviable piglets and performing minor surgery.


101 posted on 07/21/2012 2:53:06 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: TribalPrincess2U

WalMart. Um... pork... ummmmm... BBQ


102 posted on 07/21/2012 3:45:15 AM PDT by glock rocks (optimist / pessimist? I'm an awesomist - There's a dragon in that glass!)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

You oughta see just how cruel wild pigs are to each other.... and other assorted critters.....


103 posted on 07/21/2012 4:22:20 AM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain. FUBO.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I still like ribs but that was a very good post. Thank you.


104 posted on 07/21/2012 5:51:38 AM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: fortheDeclaration

By stealing another’s pigs?


105 posted on 07/21/2012 6:33:58 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: TribalPrincess2U
Pig abuse? You want pig abuse, I'll show you pig abuse!

Here, Porky, look at this:


106 posted on 07/21/2012 7:00:45 AM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: dfwgator; coldbluesteel
>we had 4-H Clubs, were kids could get exposed to the basics of farming and agriculture. Do they even have those anymore?

Yes, they certainly do, but your premise is correct.
What most do not realize is that in case of a collapse or interruption, we would not revert to 19th Century methods, we would end up at 15th century methods after an 80% die off rate.
We simply do not have the skills, experience, or understanding to start at the 19th Century at all.

Excellent book on the reversion to such methods after a collapse

One Second After

107 posted on 07/21/2012 7:03:05 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

I don’t want to sound inhumane or say that I agree or disagree with you on this subject but you are worried about the cages when the actual animal is about to have its throat cut


108 posted on 07/21/2012 7:07:33 AM PDT by Blitzcreek
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To: newnhdad

And Bacon


109 posted on 07/21/2012 7:07:46 AM PDT by Blitzcreek
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To: TribalPrincess2U
I doubt the pig is having as much fun as your horses and dogs are.

I doubt that Christian humans in Egypt, Sudan, and Syria are having as much fun as pet horses and dogs in the US are. Pigs are far down on my concern priority list.

110 posted on 07/21/2012 7:16:18 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: fortheDeclaration

“How you make that logical leap is amazing! Compassion for a helpless animal is not the same as seeking justice for a crime.”

You need to study Europe a bit.


111 posted on 07/21/2012 7:20:02 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Now I just can’t agree there. I’ve seen waaaaaaaaay too many indications that animals have memory, in some cases even understanding.

But *food* animals...well, I reckon maybe their Maker saw a kindness in making em dumb, and those who raise them for a living know their quirks and tendencies better than anyone else.


112 posted on 07/21/2012 8:07:18 AM PDT by Fire_on_High (WTB new tagline, PST!)
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To: Bobalu

I didn’t realize how many sickos we have here.

I thought it was a story worth passing along. I was raised on pork. I have a hard time eating anything that’s treated inhumanly.


113 posted on 07/21/2012 8:22:42 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's Welfare, Food Stamps, Division and Disability 'Legacy')
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To: TribalPrincess2U

“I have a hard time eating anything that’s treated inhumanly.”

If you want your food to have been treated like a human, you’ll have to give up eating.

Consider the helpless carrot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM


114 posted on 07/21/2012 8:28:09 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Liberalism: "Ex faslo quodlibet" - from falseness, anything follows)
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To: Aleya2Fairlie

I was raised on a farm. I know pigs very well.


115 posted on 07/21/2012 8:36:10 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's Welfare, Food Stamps, Division and Disability 'Legacy')
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To: Wicket

Thank you for saying it better then I could.


116 posted on 07/21/2012 8:45:30 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's Welfare, Food Stamps, Division and Disability 'Legacy')
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To: Trteamer

He has been ‘photographed’ eating a hotdog, I believe.
They said it was a hotdog. Hmmm


117 posted on 07/21/2012 8:50:20 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's Welfare, Food Stamps, Division and Disability 'Legacy')
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To: TribalPrincess2U
I only eat the meat from animals that have been horribly tortured.

Pain Meat: It's What's For Dinner!

118 posted on 07/21/2012 8:54:57 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I hate the Universe, and it hates me.)
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To: Wicket
As a Christian, I believe we are obliged to treat animals humanely as good stewards of God’s creation. Killing them for food is fine, but making their lives hell 24/7 prior to then is not right.

Laz 3:13 And Verily, I command thee, to go out amongst the animals and the fauna, and torture them. Torture the sheep, harass the cows. Pain the horses, beat the rabbits. Waterboard the donkeys, flay the chickens. Spank the monkeys, disembowel the pigs. Selah.

119 posted on 07/21/2012 8:58:02 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I hate the Universe, and it hates me.)
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To: Ecliptic

I don’t give a crap about Walmart. It’s part of the story. I can’t change a headline.

The profit is a known fact...conveyor belt food is a known fact.
Humane treatment of all animals killed is what I would like to see.

I’m not part of PETA or animals rights. As a past hunter, I’m far from it.
I just human.


120 posted on 07/21/2012 9:00:35 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's Welfare, Food Stamps, Division and Disability 'Legacy')
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