CONTENT WARNING: Group Releases Graphic, Alleged Pig Slaughter Videos to Pressure Retailers
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DES MOINES, Iowa (The Blaze/AP) — An animal welfare group that has used undercover videos to generate public outrage over the treatment of livestock said it now plans to use secret recordings to pressure large grocery chains to stop buying from pig farms that use practices it considers abusive. But while the the videos are disturbing, the business they target claim that “a lot” of them are staged.
Still, the effort seemed to be working as several chains viewed the video and then either halted purchases from the targeted Iowa hog farm or expressed concern even before Chicago-based Mercy for Animals formally unveiled the recording at news conferences planned Wednesday in four cities.
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Earlier this week, Mercy for Animals met with or sent letters to officials at Costco, Hy-Vee, Kroger and Safeway and provided links to its 2 1/2-minute video, then asked them to stop buying pork from Iowa Select Farms. The group said it secretly recorded its video between April and June at an Iowa Select Farms operation in the small town of Kamrar, about 50 miles north of Des Moines.
Nathan Runkle, Mercy for Animal’s executive director, said his group and others have used secretly recorded videos to raise public awareness, but this was among the first major efforts to use such recordings to pressure retailers. The group previously used another video to convince Costco to change its policies dealing with veal obtained from an Ohio producer, he said.
“We are looking at grocery chains buying from this facility and asking them to implement stronger animal welfare policies,” Runkle said. “They have a responsibility to make sure animals that appear on their store shelves are not mistreated.”
The group planned news conferences Wednesday in Seattle, Des Moines, Cincinnati and San Francisco, which are near headquarters for the four grocery chains.
Iowa Select Farms is among the nation’s largest hog producers, with dozens of operations scattered throughout the state.
Howard Hill, a veterinarian and the company’s director of external affairs, said Iowa Select was looking into the video but believes the recording gave an inaccurate picture of their operation.
“We’re currently in the process of investigating the whole thing,” Hill said. “We do know that a lot of this video is inaccurate, that it was staged. But until we get a full investigation done, we’re not going to make any specific comments about the video.”
Hill added, though, that he found such undercover videos to be unfair.
“We feel that pork producers are hard-working, honest people, and they don’t deserve this kind of undocumented journalism, if you want to call it journalism,“ Hill said ”It‘s not innocent before you’re proven guilty. You’re guilty immediately because it goes on YouTube and everybody wants to believe what they see.”
The new campaign comes as farmers are pushing harder to make secret videotaping of livestock illegal. Legislators in at least four states – Florida, Minnesota, New York and Iowa – considered measures this year backed by farming groups that would have outlawed the practice, but all the proposals stalled after opposition by animal welfare groups.
In the Mercy for Animal’s video, sows are shown in small cages, known as gestation crates, that limit their ability to move, and workers are shown castrating piglets and removing their tails without anesthetics. There also are images of ill hogs.
There are repeated shots of workers tossing piglets across a room. In one shot, a female employee says it doesn’t hurt the piglets because they are “bouncy,“ and she compares it to a ”rollercoaster ride” for the animals.
Runkle said Mercy for Animals was most concerned with ending the use of gestation crates.
“If there is pressure by grocery chains to phase these gestation crates out, we can eliminate animal abuse in a shorter period of time,” he said. “Subjecting them to nearly a lifetime of confinement is really one of the most egregious longstanding abuses.”
John Mabry, director of the Iowa Swine Industry Center at Iowa State University, hadn’t seen the video, but he said gestation crates have been commonly used for years and that it’s an industry standard to castrate piglets and cut off the last 3 inches of their tales without anesthetic.
Producers keep pregnant sows in gestation crates in an effort to reduce aggressive behavior by separating them from other hogs and to ease feeding of individual sows.
Male pigs are castrated because otherwise their meat develops a bad taste and has little value. The tails are clipped to keep dominant males from biting the tails of other piglets, which can cause various health problems.
Both are generally done within the first 24 hours of a pig‘s life because it’s believed the animals feel less pain then, Mabry said.
Mabry questioned the credibility of undercover videos but said Mercy for Animals’ plan to put pressure on individual companies might be effective.
“If they can impact one grocery store, they can impact a lot of consumers,” Mabry said. “What they’re doing is just another way, a new way to do it.”
After watching the video, officials at Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway said they had stopped purchases from its supplier, JBS Swift, which distributes pork from the Iowa company, until an investigation into the conditions shown on the video can be completed.
“Safeway does not tolerate animal abuse of any kind and finds the images and animal handling practices contained in the Mercy for Animals video to be extremely disturbing and in violation of our animal welfare policies,” spokeswoman Teena Massingill said in a statement.
Kroger spokesman Keith Dailey said his company also had asked JBS Swift to investigate the conditions shown in the video. Until that investigation is completed, Kroger has told JBS Swift to stop supplying the chain with pork from the Iowa operation.
Craig Jelinek, president of Seattle-based Costco, said company officials met with a representative of Mercy for Animals on Monday to discuss the company’s animal welfare policies and would investigate the matter with its supplier.
A spokeswoman for Hy-Vee, a Midwest chain based in West Des Moines, Iowa, said the company received a letter from Mercy for Animals outlining the group’s claims of animal abuse and would talk with its supplier.
Mabry said such videos would put heat on retailers but animal welfare groups won’t see lasting change until they engage farmers with their concerns.
“They need to work with the production sector to do that,” he said. “Grocery stores can’t do that.”
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Comments (213)
Jim
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:53pmPlease do investigate. No animal desreves this kind of turutre. Luckily, I do not eat pork. If I did, I would not anymore. Maybe hese people who torture these animals will come baqck as guess what… pigs… Just of thought.
Report Post »Peace2011
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:53pmWhat the heck is wrong with you people? I am with Zak on this. I am all for eating meat too but I have seen other humane ways to kill chicken for example. But this ain’t fair. Just because the animal is eatable, it dosn’t mean they should suffer in their lives and suffer a horrible death. well, they eat dogs in Vietnam. would you like to see a dog or maybe even YOUR dog in a dog slaughter in Vietnam?? i don’t think so. I understand God created animals for us to eat and such but if they feel pain, i want to be humane.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:03pmMy goodness – what is humane about killing???
Geez Louis – naivete on display on this topic!
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 6:20pm300+ million people need to eat everyday. Can’t do it with just corn and grains. Time and care costs $$. Money that gets passed down to the consumer in the market. It ain’t pretty, but has to be done.
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:47pmFactory farming is the sign of a backwards, evil society.
If you must eat meat, do it the Nugent (Ted) way.
Report Post »dutchy
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:42pmInhumane treatment of animals is not necessary! They are God’s creatures, and we should take care of them while they depend on us, and not let them suffer unnecessarily at these slaughter-houses’ hands. Give them a decent life while they are alive (free range) and treat them decently till the end. These men should be fired, and grocery stores should demand that the animals are treated humanly.
Report Post »Jaimo
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 9:20pmAmen, I agree with you completely. I would pay more if I was assured that the animals were treated better before being slaughtered. I quite honestly have no intention of watching the video. The ASPCA and Humane Society videos on TV make me cry and lose sleep, so no thanks.
Unfortunately the only people they can probably get to work in these places are of a lower life form and that’s why some of the abuse of the animals by employees goes on.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:40pmSoon they’re going to tell us that cutting tomatoes is cruelty to vegetables.
Report Post »Geez…
amerbur
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:39pmIf this is happening, it should be exposed. There is never a good reason to abuse any living creature. The truth is the truth, the blaze swore to tell the truth no matter what. I the meat markets treat animals this way it should be exposed. I do not want to contribute to this kind of cruelty by eating their meat. If this is what it takes to have a meat packing company, I will find a small farmer from which to buy my meat or I will go without.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:12pmGood luck, the progressives are working very hard to put all small farmers out of business. Maybe we could put them on the endangered species list!
Report Post »nelan72
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:36pmWhy are you showing videos of Barney Frank’s spring break with his family? Why?
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:33pmI am most certainly not an animal rights activist, but I love pigs. Bot for eating, and because they are so intelligent and funny. Things like what are being shown here are just one of the many reasons why I raise my own pork. It makes my stomach hurt to watch that sort of thing. Especially when just an hour ago I was scratching one of my pigs faces for him and laughing at his funny little face. And yes when fall comes he will be slaughtered. But just because we are eating them doesn’t mean that we have any business with treating them badly.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:58pmI am glad there are people who respect the lives of animals as you do. Just because we plan on using them for food as God intended, we don’t have to be inhumane. I stopped eating veal years ago when I saw how it was kept, no baby, animal or not, should ever be treated like that. When I explained what I had seen, my family has joined in that boycott. There is indeed a line that should not be crossed.
Report Post »ConservativeHippie
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:32pmThere is nothing wrong with eating meat but you need to make sure how your animal was raised. Our family no longer purchases our meat, (beef, pork or chicken) from the store but from local farmers who humanely raise and slaughter their animals. No antibiotics, hormones, etc Raised outside in fresh air and room to graze or wallow around in mud if they like. The difference in taste is amazing. This video is sickening and people who treat animals with such cruelty will have to answer to God one day for mistreating his creation. We have dominion over the animals but that is not a license to be so heartless.
Report Post »dutchy
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:45pmAmen
Report Post »aragona
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:42pmI also agree. And I don’t get the “but it’s okay to have an abortion?” argument that I’m seeing in some posts. Uh, let me address it. NO, it isn’t okay (not IMO) to have an abortion but kids are kids and pigs are pigs and I’m not sure why we are comparing the two or what one has to do with the other … unless the pigs are having abortions. :p
I eat meat. I know where it comes from. I know that slaughter is unpleasant and a necessary evil. Is abuse necessary? Is torture necessary? I don’t think so. That’s my point.
Report Post »TexasStu
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:31pmBig fan of pork and will continue to eat it even after watching this. The injuries you have seen have been done by pigs to the pigs and that is normal. If you have ever raised chickens you would know that you cannot put to males together in the same pen and expect them both to survive, it just wont happen because the males will fight to the death same for pigs and other animals. Boy talking about this makes me hungry….wings and ribs anyone?
Report Post »Bushie
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:31pmAs much as I hate obama supporters, it was still hard watching them getting abused in this video.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:00pmFunny! Obama supporters! If you remove the letter “S”, it says laughterhouse!
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:30pmBut it is hust fine to abort (murder) babies!
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 9:59pmJust because you don‘t want animals mistreated doesn’t mean you’re pro abortion! Holy cow! I am against mistreating animals AND abortion.
Report Post »Mahakala
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:27pmI love meat, especially baby back ribs, but they way they are raising those pigs just isn’t right.
Report Post »showmerancher
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:25pmThe next thing you know they‘ll be telling me I can’t go outside and rip the head of a chicken and let it run around to bleed out before I deep fry it in the pig fat from the pig whose throat we slit. What’s this world coming to? Watch out… I predict someday they’ll be expecting us to start treating Democrats better than those pigs… mark my words!
Report Post »Endurance997
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:23pmIf they want to do undercover work…. Maybe they should be looking at the FDA…… Show more of the GOV inefficient…. Maybe they might find out some of Gov big wigs are from that industry….
Report Post »McLintock
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:17pmMmmm. Pork chops tonight.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:17pmWe raised hogs and cow when I was a kid and never ever did we treat them. They were always pinned outside with lots of room. I know some of this video is doctored but some isn‘t and it’s disturbing to say the least. I dream of the day when I can retire have my own farm and grow my own food. I don’t care for the quality of life animals recieve at alot of these slaughterhouses. I do understand the necessity of these places as we have 7,000,000,000 people on the planet that need tasty tatsy beef,chicken and pork products.
Report Post »DallyWama
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:17pmSend these to Club Gitmo.
Report Post »Lemacs
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:17pmMan after watching that i really want some bacon.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:16pmPass the bacon.
Report Post »BetsyRoss1513
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:16pmYummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pooooorrrrrrrrk…..
Report Post »erhalt1
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:11pmI love pork also, but I believe this can be done better…..I am not vegatarian by anymeans……but there is an ethical way to kill an animal.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:20pmYou gonna pay extra for it???
I love all the genius people that have all these “thoughts” and “beliefs” on subjects which they have no clue about.
When did we become experts on EVERY topic???
I heard some idiot the other day claim, “You know what needs to happen? Somebody’s gotta develop a cheap electric car, so that more people buy them!” Gee, Wally, like nobody’s thought of anything similar yet???
I mean, it’s astounding.
Report Post »lemmings4obama
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:23pmYou are right. God wants us to take care of his Creation, including farm animals. Evil is evil, pure and simple. Treating animals this way is not acceptable, especially if they are giving their life to nourish your body.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:52pmCome on people, you’ve got to know this was staged and just another way to control our food supply, to justify the higher prices at retailers because their pork was not abused! Use some common sense, a bruised, diseased product would not pass inspection, and would be rendered unsalable. Unsalable means loss of money. You starting to get the point? This would be the same as an auto builder having employees take a hammer and pound dents all over the new vehicles before sending them to dealers. Makes a lot of sense don’t it? When the food supply becomes very limited, then people will understand the roll these animal rights groups have played in controlling what your able to eat!
Report Post »code green
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:01pmI am sorry lemmings. Hogs do not “give” their lives for us to eat. We kill them,to suggest that a hog gives any thing is ……………..well not correct.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:17pmCode………… If you’ve eaten pork, it’s just got to be a fact that, that hog died for you to eat!
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:27pmEach hog should be given it’s choice of a last meal. It should be given a warm bath. Then it should be led by a hand held leash to a grass field where it is given a sedative followed by a lethal injection.
Report Post »aragona
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:38pmQ: You gonna pay extra for it???
A: Yes.
Report Post »LibertyGirl
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 5:23pmI agree with you Erhalt1. I do, in fact, pay more for it.
Hauschild – why do you assume that people are asserting themselves as experts because they have an opinion. Also, how do you know their background. I mentioned before that I spent a lot of time on my Aunt’s farm. They took care of their animals. They did not cause any unnecessary harm to them before they were slaughtered. We are human beings with compassion. We don‘t have to mistreat an animal just because it doesn’t have a soul.
Report Post »RLM
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:05pmI love pork! This article makes we want to go to HY-Vee and pick up some ribs for the weekend.
Report Post »NSDQ
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:04pmAnyone else notice the Grillious Meat on the BBQ ad under the pig, hmmmmm awkward ad placement lol
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:04pmWe were shown these movies in school – back in the day. What I saw was pigs being strung up by their hind feet, shocked and then the throats slit. Guess what? Life aint’ fair, folks. Something‘s gotta live and something’s gotta die in order for YOU to remain with the living.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:06pmCrazy people are trying to keep me from MY PORK BBQ….Them is Fighting WORDS!!!!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:17pmWhat’s really disappointing in all this is that probably well over half of our fellow citizens have no idea how the meat the purchase in the supermarket gets there. Do they think all these animals are put to sleep, or something???
Unreal.
Report Post »Zak
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:18pmI’m all for eating animals but I want them to be treated humanely before dying even if that means that I have to pay more. They are lower life forms but they still can feel.
It’s interesting that pigs are smarter than dogs but no one would stand for this kind of treatment against dogs.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:20pmMMMM pork! Such a wide diversity of great flavors from such an ugly animal!
Gotta get some BBQ tonight…
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:20pmHUGE fan of pork loin for the record .
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:23pm@Zak,
Animals can’t reason. This is what separates them from humans. They have no concept of anything. That‘s why they’re animals.
If people were willing to pay more for meat, another process would already have been tried and put into practice. The market‘s already spoken and it doesn’t care. Get tough, people.
Report Post »smalldog
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 7:27pmDoes the market know how these animals are raised? Is their raising something the stores can be proud of?
How many would choose to willingly and knowingly eat the meat from these abused, sick, and mistreated animals?
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:26pmReminded me of this great posting in a newspaper… epic fail: http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/fail-owned-meat-origin-fail.jpg?w=500&h=266
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:28pmLife is tough! If you are a pig, it’s even tougher!!!
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:33pmIt is common practice to dock tay dad d castrate without anesthetic. I remember my dad castrating horses cattle and pigs this way on our small farm growing up. Most of the injuries that they showed looked like it was caused by other pigs, they can be pretty nasty. I‘m also sure they don’t let those intestinal ruptures happen if at all possible since it spoils their pork production, can’t make money from dead piglets. Most of this is made to look more cruel than it really is, all the pigs squeeling doesn’t mean they are in pain. Anyone who has ever raised pigs knows that they squeel anytime you touck them.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:33pmI don’t see what cutting their tails off and castrating them has to do with preparing them for market.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:33pmI don’t want to eat something that has been treated this way.
I’m appalled and disgusted.
Report Post »Dont-hate-on-me-2
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:36pmall those pictures made me hungry. Just had a wonderful spiral ham last nigt and time to slice some up for a sandwhich, bbl
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:36pmMmmmmmm……bacon.
Report Post »lemmings4obama
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:39pmActually you don’t have to eat meat to stay alive, so that is a false statement. My girlfriend is vegetarian and I know many vegans that are still with the living. Eating meat actually causes a lot of problems when done in excess, and scientific studies show it can certainly accelerate your trip to the grave. There is a book called Stop Inflammation Now written by Rich Flemming, MD. I am in the medical field and it was recommended to me by a PCP that has been having his patients do the program. The Dr I spoke with said most of his patients that had heart disease showed dramatic improvement on a vegan diet within 2-3 weeks. Blood pressure returned to normal and dramatic weight loss of 20-30 pounds within the first month. Besides the health issue, if you are Christian you need to treat all of God’s Creation with respect. I eat meat a few times a week and I go out of my way to make sure I know as well as I can that the animal I consumed had a happy life. I try to only eat free range chicken and eggs, I get my beef from my uncle you raises grass fed beef that aren’t stuck on top of a pile of their own waste in a pin, and wild game. If you hate animals atleast have enough self-respect to know what kind of food you’re putting in your body.
Report Post »Bullcop34
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:42pmI would like to ask the producer of this film just how exactly they made it to where they are today. By that I mean, did their parents eat meat? Grandparents? Great grandparents, etc.? Do they think pigs just lay down and die? For crying out loud, if they did that, they would be considered sick and not eaten! Humans have been killing animals since time began, these people are fools. Go eat grass and pound sand and leave my spare ribs alone!
Report Post »ME
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:42pmpork for Islam, my new charity to bring peace and tolerance though food:) :)
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:43pmActually, that is EXACTLY how we slaughtered pigs growing up.
(I buy mine now – and let someone else clean up the mess and butcher the meat)
You hang them by their hind legs, you slit their throat, and you let the blood drain from the neck, not contaminating the meat with the blood.
I’ve seen plenty kids blow up one of the lungs to blow up like a balloon.
It is not sick, it is a part of life.
If a pig is born in the wild, it is attacked by predators who attack them by biting repeatedly through the neck and tearing the skin with their teeth. Slicing the neck with a sharp knife is much quicker and less painful.
They should show pigs being killed by other wild animals, INCLUDING OTHER PIGS (boars) IN THE WILD – which would put their slaughter in perspective.
If you don’t like meat, don’t eat it.
Have you ever seen how they slaughter beansprouts and tofu? It is gross. They raise those little babies just for the purpose of killing them. They don’t even have the compassion to kill the beansprouts, they just YANK them up by the root, and let them STARVE TO DEATH on the counter in a COLD produce department PROLONGING their suffering as long as possible, while assuring their ultimate demise. HOW COULD THEY BE SO CRUEL???
I, for one, WILL NEVER EAT ANOTHER BEANSPROUT OR TOFU !
Boycott vegans!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:45pm.
Report Post »Bacon, Bacon and more Bacon. Shame we can’t run all the Democrat’s thru the Piggy Gauntlet…..
Untameable-kate
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:53pmThe_Almighty_Creestof
Castrating makes the meat taste better and the hogs less agressive and dangerous. The article says they dock tails so the hogs don’t bite the tails off. I‘m sure they aren’t paying someone to cut off the tails for fun, if it wasn‘t necessary they wouldn’t waste their time doing it.
Sorry to all for the type-o’s above, my computer is having a fit.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:55pmIf you think thats bad,you should see what Progressives
Report Post »do to human babies.
BlazingPatriot
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:55pmHumane treatment of all farm animals – Yes!
…..but don’t you dare take away my ham sammich !!
Report Post »408 CheyTac
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:58pmagribiz farming.
It’s what happens when animals are raised in giant business-farms. You know, the farms that ran the majority of the small farms out of the biz back in the 60‘s and 70’s.
Get over it.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:00pmIt’s not like you pull bacon, steak and eggs off of trees. Animals have been raised to slaughter for thousands of years.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:00pmBits of this were beyond what I would consider good stewardship, but,
TONIGHT, I’M BUYING PORK and eating it!
From one of the above listed stores also.
This whole boycott thing is organized financial terrorism.
” DO IT MY WAY, OR ELSE ! ”
CEO’s need to insulate themselves from these tactics – there are ways to do so.
I know of ways to insulate, but I get paid for that level of advice, so I can’t just give it away.
Corporations have few choices:
1) Hide operations from public view – evetually fails to be hidden – doesn’t really change anything.
2) Cave into pressures – from EVERY SINGLE GROUP? What is next? (not the best option)
3) Alter public opinion – expensive – time consuming
4) Insulate yourself – best option.
5) Go out of business
6) Stop selling product in question
Regardless of the chosen option, we should all be good stewards, but, animals are under our dominion and for our use. They are not our relatives, and they are not our children.
All MEN are created equal. We abort babies but we scream when a pig is slaughtered.
Our values and priorities have become skewed – that is the real problem.
Report Post »Eraldo NY Tea Party
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:03pmI don’t care, I just wanna eat this pink pigs, good white meat in my belly..
God bless.
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:04pmUSAMEDIC3008 is right.
You think this is atrocious, what about the unborn children being dismembered and sucked out of the wombs of 100′s of women each day!
…and you’re worried about a pig?!!?
Report Post »Mike Westfall No Hiding
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:04pmI like eating food that either clucked, oinked or mooed recently. Peferably more than one kind on the plate at the same time. I call in FARMINAL ;-)
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:04pm@Untameable-kate
Thanks for the info…I had no clue about that.
I had a small stroke 2 years ago and for a while anything I typed looked like I did it with my elbows…hehe.
I don’t eat ham or pork products anyway…just never cared for the taste.
Report Post »aragona
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:12pmI am on the pigs side. If they are being mistreated, it needs to be stopped. There’s slaughter, and then there is abuse, torture and slaughter. I won’t buy pork until this situation is resolved.
These are God’s creatures.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:17pmHow about photos of HUMAN babies being thrown in a dumpster? That’s ok though…right? You whacky freaking lefties!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:22pmNext step is to keep people from making dogs stay in kennels, because “they should roam free. They will try to stop people from cropping some dogs tails and ears. It’s a slippery slope.
Report Post »These people were NOT raised on farms, every animal is a pet. Damn Disney and it’s anthropomorphism.
Morris
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Therightsofbilly
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:57pmHave these people never seen “Wild Kingdom”
Animals are far more savage to each other, than humans are.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:58pmIf you people saw how animals are slaughtered (or at least were based on the film I watched years ago), you’d think the castration and tail-removing is a cake walk.
Can you people really be this naive? You all realize that something “is killed” and “dies” when we’re talking about meat, correct?
You guys want to solve big problems and you cannot even come to grips with reality??? Wow.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:13pmAbortion doctors do worse than that to human babies. Where the outrage from these people about that?
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:22pmOne thing I don’t understand, in the picture where the piglet is held up so that castration wounds are shown. Is this the people working there holding them up for this animal rights group to videotape or IS this a setup. I would readily agree that people slaughtering animals is pretty rough and uncaring but I do think that some of these vids are setups. I wouldn’t put it past the animal rights groups to do something like this and claim it to be by the actual companies. I watched this several times and I noticed that there is only one face shown that could be recognized and that is the woman that they say is the farrowing head. When they show her face there isn’t anything like the stuff they showed going on in her part. Perhaps that is part of a dfferent video spliced into this one? Other than that they were apparently very careful not to show any faces that could be recognizable. How many of you think that an animal rights group wouldn’t jump at the chance to show as many faces as possible. Did the animal rights people actually do this and blame it on that company? I wonder! I’m not saying it is that way but ????.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:24pm@hauschild
Report Post »Please just shut up for once.
smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:26pmWe I was young my grandfather and uncles all raised pigs,hogs,chickens and cows for food but they were never ever treated like this they were spared some dignity and treated as pets until the day of their deaths. This is too inhuman for words I know some of the video is doctored but even still it’s pretty horrific. I understand there is a need for these mass production food as there are 7,000,000,000+ people on the planet. I’m waiting for the day when I can sale my house and build be a farm where I can grow my own food and treat my animal with the respect and caring God intented. Until their number is up. about 8 more years if everything holds together
Report Post »Lawlcat001
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:28pmMy gf was actually vegan until I explained to her what TOMFERRARI said about beansprouts xD
Report Post »There is mass genocide of wheat every day all over the world.
Eff these hippy commies. Eat Animals! Eat Plants!
LONG LIVE THE HUMAN RACE!
Captain Crunch
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:44pmAbortion mills do worse than this to our unborn children. Lets put reality in balance. These people are trying to appeal to emotion to accomplish their end goal…shutting down an entire industry which will lead to starvation for millions of human beings. First it was toads and frogs, then cows, then chickens, then dogs and cats, now pigs. What about the HUMAN BABIES?
Report Post »LibertyGirl
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 5:07pm@ Zak – Agree completely.
@ Hauschild – you hit the nail on the head. People can reason. A reasonable and compassionate meat lover (such as myself) would never the support the senseless cruelty in this video. Cutting their tails off and castration like this? That is just plain sick.
We do have domain over the animals. People are not stupid. We know how meat gets to the grocery store. I for one, always try to buy free range chicken and beef. I don’t mind paying more.
I come from a family of hunters and small farmers. I can tell you that none of them would purposely hurt an animal more than necessary.
Report Post »Live_Free_orDie
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 7:02pmThis lil’ piggy went to market…and I ate it. Yumm Yumm!!!
Report Post »duckman1911
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 7:10pmQ… whats the difference between a hunter and a vegitarian???
Report Post »A… about 48 hours with no food
I have slaughtered and help slaughter countless pigs in my life. Not counting the ones that were just shot while i was hunting. You cant grill it till you kill it. Dont get me wrong though i love vegitarians. If they’re not eating meat its just more for the rest of us. Vegans never cry for those innocent heads of lettuce that were cut down in their prime…lol… Double standard? Them never…hehehehehe… I slaughter as much of my meat as possible. 5 days ago i had a beautiful rooster but he tried to spur me when i went to get my eggs… YEP HE GOT HIMSELF SHOT AND ATE!!!!
Onowicit
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:16pmthis happens in abortion clinics everyday. where are their cameras? where is the concern for human life? has anyone looked for the muslim connection behind this propaganda piece?
Report Post »Onowicit
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:20pmthis happens in abortion clinics everyday. where are their secret films and heart wrenching propaganda films in defense of helpless dieing humans. has anyone checked for the muslim influence behind this delicious swine flick. Now I will buy twice as much bacon!
Report Post »kennyg933
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:45pmYeah, I’m done with commercial meat and I have been for some time. The meat we eat is either a.) shot by my own gun and butchered in my own home, or 2.) raised at a local farm where we know for a fact that the animal was raised humanely and dispatched quickly and humanely, and butchered at a local place where we know how it was handled and when it was processed. With the non-venison, meat, we practically see our food grow up. Local farmers like Solar Harvest Farms do it right. Buy local, eat local. In Milwaukee, folks are now raising their own chickens for eggs and meat. Amen to that. The demand is too high for huge industrial farms to this any other way but inhumanely. They have no choice. Ask yourself: How many head of cattleand pigs does McDonalds worldwide operations need to satisfy demand for a 24 hour period? That’s just one company.
Report Post »His Lamb is Satanic
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:52pmHAUSCHILD-you are a crazy boneheaded creep. Try suicide.
Report Post »Jaimo
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 9:14pmYes, we eat meat, but do we have to take such cruelty and delight in how we kill that meat?
Report Post »Endeavour
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 9:24pmYour comments make me want to puke. We raise animals to eat, chickens, goats sometimes a cow we share with a neighbor and yes pigs. We DO NOT abuse them during their life and kill them humanly.
Report Post »God has told us to do this. But trust me indeed when I tell all of you, when you abuse any animal you will answer to Him. God has your life in His hands, you have an animals life in yours. GET it.
Anyone who treats any animal bad does not deserve to walk upon the earth among us. How you treat any animal is a reflection of how you treat people, of course I like my dog more than most people. And I love pork!
uncle Blake
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 9:25pmyears ago I decided to stop eating meat until they figured out how to make me ahamburger without slaughtering a cow! but then like 5 minutes later I got hungry and had a hot dog. These freaks should all open a up cattle ranches and pig farms so the can give these animals all nice little shots to put these animals down without hurting thier feelings n stuff, then they can invent a machine that takes all the “blood and guts” from the butchering proccess! Until then , lets have a nice BBQ on the fourth and forget about these idiots! :]
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 9:44pmI won’t watch the video. I learned my lesson watching them mistreat cows. We, as humans, are supposed to be higher animals. I’m with Zac above, and I am conservative to my bones.
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:22pmDudes stay the hell away from my bacon, I don‘t care if they fry ’em alive on a big ‘ol skillet. They don’t suffer anymore than critters do in the wild. Ever see a pack of coyote tear a fawn apart with it’s mother standing there watching, not a pretty sight. Now sing along with me “Yummy, yummy, yummy in my tummy, tummy, tummy, yeahhhhhhaaaa!!! B-A-C-O-N!
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 12:27am@hauschild
Report Post »It is one thing to slaughter an animal for food, it is another to mistreat the animal before it is slaughtered. Not only is it inhumane, but it releases lactic acid into the meat making it tough and changing the taste.
Check out http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/06/08/indonesian-slaughterhouses-torture-australian-cattle/41833/ . Seems to kill an animal halal is a brutal practice, your acceptance of the treatment of these pigs makes you no better than the people you vilify every day.
ForeignWatcher
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 3:48amHow about eating *really* good meat from animals not treated like this?
I dont think that industrial produced meat can ever be *good* and i wouldnt eat it.
Take a look around you and search for a nice farmer that treats his animals good. Perhaps even one with a rare kind of pigs or something. Buy yourself half a pig and you should be set for some months.
I get my pigs from a farmer no 2 miles away that doesnt have more than 6 at any time. I know what they eat and how they live, and i have never eaten better meat…
Just pay a little more and really eat like your forefathers did, you wont regret it.
Report Post »Ouaouaron
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 7:11amCruel factory farming subsidized by us. Not the market, its gov and business together spending our money to provide us with “cheap” food.
Check out http://www.eatwild.com/ at this site you can find family farms in your state that raise healthy, tasty animals of all kinds. You will be amazed what it is like to meet and talk to your local supplier of meat. Often they are conservative, christian farmers. I don’t think it is expensive. I take my son to the farmer’s market or sometimes drive out to the farm, great fun, great relationships, great food.
Report Post »WMAPAL
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 9:02pmI believe all animals including those raised for food should be treated in a humane manner and being confined for their lives does not meet the that standard. Surely we can do better.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 3:07amSo it’s okay to torture animals because “life ain’t fair”? Those people can make it a bit more fair by treating them more humanely. Pigs being put in pins they can barely fit in is purely for profits. They can fit in 15 or 20 more pigs in that building by cramming them in shoulder to shoulder. I don’t think the end justifies the means. Just because you‘re going to slaughter them someday doesn’t mean it’s okay to cut off body parts without anything to numb the pain.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:37amThats clearly sad and abusive and these people should be jailed for their treatment of these innocent animals. They dont deserve to be abused.
That said, Im cooking some delicious pork ribs on the 4th and wont shy away from chicken, beef, or pork. I am a solid member of PETA. People Eating Tasty Animals. Mmmmmmm.
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