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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>This has got to stop. It's sickening how cruel humans can be and just for profit.
mmmmm.... ribs....
This video is very distrubing and if not “falisifed” the people in this video should be prosecuted.
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So can we assume you approve of this? Good for you.
Just terrible. Pigs have at least the intelligence and sociability of dogs. How long could Walmart get away with producing and selling dog meat in this way?
Disgusting! They should be in jail.
On the other hand, the typical Wal Mart bashing is BS. They buy the product. They are not responsible to inspect the supplier, the USDA is. So piss off about moaning about Wal Mart. They shouldn’t even be mentioned in the article.
Walmart must respond to these accusations.
There is no reason to make an animal suffer just to make a $.
Yup. Sneak WalMart bashing. Christensen Farms is one of the largest pork producers in the US.
http://www.christensenfarms.com/
Founded in 1974 as a small family operation, Christensen Farms is now one of the largest producers of pork in the U.S., with operations in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado and Illinois. From our farms, to your table, we’re dedicated to producing a food product at the lowest cost without compromising our commitment to the highest environmental, quality, and social standards. Christensen Farms takes pride in being a leading innovator in the industry while forging new links in the farm to food chain...
Not long since most Americans won’t eat dog meat.
I have often said that if I really thought about how animals are raised and slaughtered, I would be a vegetarian. There is never any excuse for animal abuse, whether pets or food.
Yes, farming is a dirty business and you better be thankful that food is cheap and plentiful. The reason they are farrowed in the small cages is so the sows won't roll over on the piglet and kill them. But maybe you would think that is ok. They are in the farrowing crates at farrowing time, not their whole life.
Yes there are deformed pigs that have to be destroyed. They are NOT force fed to the sows but that is a natural inclination of a sows and boars. Maybe you want to step up and adopt one of the deformed pigs.
Sometimes I think it would be better if everyone killed there own food, there would be more respect for life.
Get a life people. Be thankful for the food supply we have. They way things are going you might experience some REAL HUNGER, but then you wouldn’t be complaining.
I think probably if you’re concerned about where your meat comes from you should be 100% vegan or raise your own. It’s the only way you can be really certain.
Gestation crates that restrict a pregnant sow from lying down or lowering their heads are absolutely necessary to save piglets from their own brainless mothers. A sow will joyfully wallow on her brood with no clue that she is killing them. It is also quite common for a sow to eat it’s young as they are born.
I can understand that present generations become animal activists through lack of practical experience. No one condones animal torture but neither can the world be supplied with needed hemi protein and still provide animal utopia for food species before slaughter. Farm life instills much needed realism but not everyone can have it.
Watching a sow calmly devouring her own squealing, writhing piglet that has just dropped from her body might just impress upon you the necessity of farrowing crates.
It is impossible to mistreat a pig.
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