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 …
DON’T watch this video of a piglet crying out for their mum. JUST DON’T. Read More »
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 …
Piglet tail docking is unethical from two standpoints Read More »
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 …
I have no idea what this video depicts because I refuse to watch it except that it features pigs which I will presume are treated cruelly by insensitive humans. I don’t eat pig flesh. The person who posted the video said: “If you can’t watch it, you shouldn’t be paying for it”. I have modified …
If you can’t watch it, you shouldn’t be eating it Read More »
The person who posted this picture of a ‘maialino’ for sale at what appears to be a butchers in Italy said this: “This says it all!!!!! What is wrong with this broken society.” And look at the value that humankind has placed on this baby pig: less than 11 euros. A bottle of decent wine …
Whole ‘piggy’ for sale at Italian butchers makes us wince Read More »
It looks like this is a new trend which has caught the eye of the news media. According to The Times newspaper, “piggy walks” are proving popular in Wales. They are designed for stressed-out tourists and I suppose stressed-out British workers who want to de-stress. They know that walking in nature is a way of …
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 …
Blame the phrase “pig ignorant” on the pig’s stiff neck! Read More »
NEWS and OPINION-STOCKPORT, UK: Police have launched a hate crime investigation after a pig’s head was found on the roof of a mosque in Stockport. On a personal level I would also simply like to mention one thing in addition to what the news media are mentioning about it being a hate crime, which it …
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 …
Clark County bans sale of commercially bred dogs, cats, rabbits, and pigs in pet stores Read More »
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 …
Dogs can shed the African swine fever virus after consuming infected pork Read More »
A Belgian farmer, Piet Paesmans, says that he pigs particularly like jolly dance songs. He can tell because they start wagging their tails. If the songs are “dynamic” they start to dance around and frolic. But they find rock music too strong and don’t like it. In short, pigs appreciate human music. And Paesmans first …
China is the world’s leading consumer of both wheat and rice. The pigs on pig farms in China ate 431 million tonnes of grain in 2019. This is 45% more than the quantity of grain consumed by the people of China. Nearly half the world’s grain was used as fuel or was eaten by animals …
Pigs ate 45% more grain than the people of China Read More »
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 …
NEWS AND VIEWS: The pig farmer who set Scottish national standards of welfare and who owns a pig farm has been exposed as an alleged, vicarious animal abuser because an employee or employees of his were shown killing piglets and pigs with a hammer in great cruelty. The man concerned is Philip Sleigh. He may …
Animal welfare chief quits after piglets were killed with a hammer Read More »
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 …
Another study shows us that pigs are smart. Please respect them. Read More »
