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DON’T watch this video of a piglet crying out for their mum. JUST DON’T.

PETA UK – Crying out for their mum, quivering on a faeces-soaked floor, struggling with all their might to stand up – remember them next time you see bacon. I can’t add many more words. It’s too damaging to my mental health. It’s is pure horror. As someone said, hell is empty as all the …

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Piglet tail docking is unethical from two standpoints

Just like dogs, pigs use their tails to express their emotions, wagging them when happy and hiding them between their legs when they are stressed or scared. Yet this [tail docking] is done to piglets without aesthetic. – Kim Rathbone on Twitter I’ve just bumped into piglet tail docking on Twitter. There’s a picture of …

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The most frightening film you can watch is what happens to animals destined to become “meat”

Become a vegan. Even though I was raised on meat and two veg and therefore it is deeply embedded in my psyche, I am gradually tearing myself away from that state of mind. This picture is mind bending. It gave me goose bumps. It pushed me one more step towards veganism. It was captured by …

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Blame the phrase “pig ignorant” on the pig’s stiff neck!

It is ironic that people use the phrase “pig ignorant” to denigrate stupid people or people who are acting stupidly. Arguably the people who use this phrase are being stupid themselves because pigs are smart. The late Stanley Curtis, a US professor of animal sciences, said: “Pigs could be as smart as chimpanzees and other …

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Clark County bans sale of commercially bred dogs, cats, rabbits, and pigs in pet stores

Nathan Winograd reports: “Clark County, NV, unanimously approved an ordinance prohibiting the sale of commercially-bred dogs, cats, rabbits, and pigs in pet stores. Pet stores can partner with shelters and rescue groups if they want to have animals. These laws work. Because of them, the number of USDA-licensed breeders has declined by 30%, and “Nebraska …

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Dogs can shed the African swine fever virus after consuming infected pork

The African swine fever (ASF) virus is spreading in parts of Europe, Asia and Africa so reports the British government. The disease cannot be transmitted to people i.e. it is not zoonotic. In affected areas it has been confirmed in wild boar as well as on farms, smallholdings and in pet pigs. An American veterinarian …

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Animal activist and activist investor Carl Icahn calls out Kroger on animal welfare issues

I had never heard of the guy but from what I have read about him today, I like him. His name is Carl Icahn and he appears to have evolved into a pretty powerful animal welfare activist. And because he is an activist investor in businesses, he is able through his shareholding to influence the …

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Another study shows us that pigs are smart. Please respect them.

Pigs can play computer games. A study tested the ability of four pigs: Hamlet, Omelette, Ebony and Ivory. They each had their own personalities. They were taught to play a basic computer game. It is similar to the game called ‘Pong’. They were trained on apparatus normally used to train monkeys writes The Times science …

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