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When animals are neglected or treated inhumanely -- and that's a massive problem that is not being voluntarily addressed by producers -- it's time for the law to step in and protect them.

I pray that you're opinion is in the minority if you believe that pigs not having toys equates with neglect or inhumane treatment. Or are you going to suggest a similar law for human children?

I pray that you're opinion is in the minority if you believe that pigs not having toys equates with neglect or inhumane treatment. Or are you going to suggest a similar law for human children? If you research this story, you'll see that the farmers do not need to give their pigs toys, but only materials, like straw, etc., to allow them to play and thereby provide mental stimulation. I feel the same way about kids, i.e., children who are not provided with some form of mental stimulation, be it toys or a playmate, are in fact being abused. I know, from work as a volunteer advocate for abused and neglected children, that there are, sadly, children being raised in terrible environments in which the only mental stimulation, if you can call it that, is a blaring television. Having also volunteered at a wildlife rehab center, where we occasionally took in domesticated animals, I can report as fact that animals, particularly higher mammals like pigs, dogs, cats, etc., can suffer not only physical abuse, but mental abuse as well.