I work with these cute little piglets on a daily basis-I treat them as they are my own livestock. If my pigs get sick I'm concerned same as if my child was sick, if they are injured I treat them like a doctor would a human, when they are hungry I feed them. Don't let a few animal abusing idiots ruin your view of the pork industry. 99% of the people complaining about the living conditions probably haven't even set foot inside a sow farm....you'd be surprised how clean it really is.
Hey AnimalLeftist - We do not think of barns as "barren environments", animal care is the most important part of any farmers job. We keep pigs in barns to protect them from harsh weather, predators and illness. Keeping pigs in barns allows farmers to provide them with the best possible care, being that they are able to monitor and control things such as climate and accessibility to feed.
@BCPinkwabbit Keep reading in your Bible. Like Scotty8520 said Genesis 9:2 says "And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered." (KJV) Also If you would open up your Bible to that section labeled "New Testament" You would learn that we are under the new law. That means it doesn't matter the kind of animals we eat.
BCPinkWabbit if you are going to quote the bible for your defense for not eating meat you better read more of the verses. Gen 9:2a "Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you"
Stop the murdering of all animals, for food, for pleasure, for sport. Save the world, your health and your spirit....and allow animals to live with dignity and freedom, as God intended.
Genesis 1:29-30. God's word on what we are suppose to be eating for food, not animals are ever mentioned for us to eat.
Those containers they keep the mothers in are cruel, extremely cruel. Would you like to be kept in one of those 24/7? She can't move and move piglets die in this situation than if they let the mother roam free, outside. Its crap. Don't buy into the lies and the sweet talk of a woman who murders animals for profit. Eating meat, is eating dead, miserable, tortured animals. These pigs are all cleaned up for show, it isn't the status quo. Get educated people. Go vegan. Stop the murdering.
If these people were SOOO concerned about the pigs...they wouldnt raise and murder them...period. They only concern they have is their bottom line, money. What upsets them, if anything, if one dies before it gets to the slaughterhouse is lost profits. Don;'t buy into the bullshit that they care about the welfare of pigs. They castrate and dock tails without painkillers. If a pig doesn't thrive, they kill it or leave it to die on their own, to suffer.
@magnusalexa Thats the best you can do? Insult instead of getting an education and perpetuating the murder of innocents? Pathetic, childish and immature is your status quo.
She is just taking care of them to kill them and sell off the meat and if one dies she loses business not " one of her little girls" it's a slaughter house
The people in these industries have completely lost their minds. Sure, play some uplifting music in the background and talk about how much you care for the pigs, but ignore the fact that they live in crates that prevent them from moving around and doing what pigs do. Hopefully you don't abuse them or mutilate and castrate the piglets without painkillers when the camera is off. If you love your job so much, just live out the rest of your life in one of those crates next to your beloved "girls"
I think she is not conscious what a bad life her girls and babys have. Thats the worse thing, that the farmers are so degenerated that they even don't know what it needs that they'r animals have a good live.
GOOD FARMERS LIKE HER TAKE CARE OF THE SOWS AND KEEP THEM HEALTHY. I WORK ON A HOG FARM. YOU COME AND GIVE EVERY PIG IN THE WHOLE BARN A SHOT TO MAKE IT PAIN FREE AND THEN GO THUR AND TAKE OF ALL THAT IT WOULD TAKE DAYS AND THEN THE PIGS WOULD BE TO OLD AND THE SHOTS AND THINGS THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO BE DONE IN A TIME WILL NOT BE DONE
Who is she trying to lie to? This looks more like a concentration camp than the paradise for pigs she dreams of. These pigs need a more natural environment and to be kept in a traditional barn.
Who is she trying to lie to? This looks more like a concentration camp than the paradise for pigs she dreams about. These pigs need a more natural environment and to be kept in a traditional barn.
Today's farms are larger to keep up with the demand of the growing population. Many "large operations" are still family owned farms contributing to not only the world food supply, but the food their own families consume. Animal care and wellbeing is of top priority to the vast majority of those involved in the industry, it has to be, in order to provide a safe wholesome product for their own families and others alike.
The only reason most large farmers want to keep their animals "healthy and safe" is because that makes them more money. If you use gestational and farrowing crates rather then raise your animals free range you contribute to the problem, not the solution. Small farms are the way to go!
For starters, those gestation crates don't give the poor mother pig any room to move or even turn around comfortably. As far as the care these pigs are getting, sure they make it look great but in reality they are not treated this well. This is a total propaganda video to make slaughter houses look nice. Wonder why they didn't show the piglets getting castrated, teeth clipped and tails sliced off with no anestisia or vet there, or the sick pig that has prolapsed anus with no vet care...
this is a good farm I have NO ISSUE with these wholesome family run farms.. there is a HUGE difference between this place and other out there. I would gladly go back to meat if I KNEW 100% that this was how they were raised. I do not like the farrowing crates but I can see the animals here are clean and well cared for. the Factory run is HORRID! Period. I applaud this family for doing the right thing.
Disgraceful Animal abuse dressed up with sweet music and a deluded human excusing her profits from exploitation.
Educating the world on your filthy lucre and smiling as thousands of beings past and present suffer for your purse. Corrupt and void of love you suggest lending a hand to the innocent prisoners of your facility while really loss of profit and efficiency is the real cause for concern.
All animal products are from tortured animals whether from a 'family farm' or a large farm, animals are enslaved, mutilated, separated from their babies, treated as nothing more than machines and when no longer producing enough they are sent to a terrifying death. All of this for no better reason than their bodies and secretions "taste good." None of it is necessary. Animal agriculture is killing us, killing animals and killing the planet. Go vegan
The "girls" love their metal cages. The cages keep them from laying on their babies like no open field could ever manage. We also keep the light on to simulate sunshine. The "girls" love it!
yeah make it look good for the photo crew. and make sure you don't show the part where you smash they runts heads against the floor when you find out that they may not make it or the part where you beat pigs with rods for not moving fast enough for you and never never show how insane these gentle creatures get from living in such small cages that they cant even move around in or be able to nuzzle or lick their own babies. Just make sure you don't tell the people watching what is really going on
@lisadacat100 These sows and their piglets do not look all that happy to me. I'm sure they would much rather be running around in an open field. The idea that they would somehow lay on top of their own babies and crush them seems pretty far-fetched to me, the natural instinct of all mammals is to protect their babies from harm. I do agree that a vegan diet is the best option.
Raising pigs humanely? Pigs feel safe and comfortable? Farmers care for them? I really hope you are joking. If you define living in a cage all your life, having no space to move, or rights to decide anything in your life, comfortable and humane, then why don't you grow your own kids like that
Those who work with pigs on a daily basis are often greatly hurt and concerned when the pigs and piglets are injured, sick, or distressed. They work with the animals everyday so our farmers take great pride and satisfaction when their pigs are healthy and content. Farmers also receive formal training in quality assurance programs about proper handling, medication, and animal health.
@OhioPorkTour very true iv worked on hog farms sence i was 16. everyday we would walk up and down gestation make sure any that were sick or crippled were marked for meds and givin linco or pen. I have to give credit to my boss though leon sheets he promoted the welfare of our hogs.
haha I'll bet after they turned the cameras off she lit up a cigarette and kicked one of the pigs "stop squealing or I'll give you something to squeal about!"
@OhioPorkTour ...Wow... you use the word 'humane' quite a bit and you seem to be choosing your words wisely..Just because what your doing is 'humane' to us, doesnt make it right !! ...come on, let the pigs live a little, give them space to move around and enjoy the life they have left...your "humane" ways are just a cover to the real physical and mental torment being done to these creatures of God.. This just wrong, the way you approach raising these pigs are INHUMANE in my opinion.
The fact that these animals are kept in a cell and not free range like GOD created the to be, and also that they are on growth hormones, can't forrage, or ever make their own decisions. Would you enjoy to not be able to move?
If you have men who will exclude any of god's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
--St. Francis of Assisi
For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy & love.
--Pythagoras
I abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.
The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of `real food for real people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.
--Neal D. Barnard, M.D.
When we kill animals to eat them, they end up killing us, their flesh, which contains cholesterol saturated fat, was never intended for human beings.
--William C. Roberts, M.D., The American Journal Cardiology
"Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey, least you become the slaves of Satan! For that is the path of sufferings, and leads unto death. But do the will of God, that his angels may serve you on the way of life. Obey, therefore, the words of God: Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face fo the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be meat" This what the Bible has to say about eating animals.
@chakrachaser I agree with this but the only thing about this quote that is from the Bible is the part from Genesis 1.
I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face fo the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be meat"
@Christlovesanimals What you may not realize is the Bible is a conglomerant of verses, letters, word of mouth hearsay from the time of Constantine the Great who is responsible for the Bible we know today. This full scripture is from the Essene Jews and in THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. They were very strict in observance of the natural order of God and Nature. This is the complete verse but the writers of the Bible discriminated against putting the whole verse, due to the upset it would bring.
@chakrachaser What you may not realize is that I have a Ph.D in Religion from an Ivy League School, that the "Essene Gospen of Peace" is an OBVIOUS 20th century FORGERY and you don't know what you're talking about...
Comprehende amiga/o?
There's enough in the REAL Bible to deal with how we humans are supposed to treat animals (as God would have us treat them--LIKE HE WOULD!) without dreaming up some bullshit "gospel."
@Christlovesanimals So you with your PHD are telling me and PBS, historians, from around the world that the DEAD SEA SCROLLS are a lie? forgery? PLEASE COME DOWN FROM YOU IVORY TOWER OR TELL ME WHERE THE STAIRCASE IS? LOLOLOLOL
@Christlovesanimals Ahhh I love it, the scholar is name calling, did they teach you that:) I love it!!
I will allow you this knowledge from a follower of Jesus. Jesus himself by nature had to be a compassionate vegetarian. He was connected to the highest nature of consciousness and the scripture of " every tree, in which is the fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be meat" To say other wise is like taking a spoke from a wheel, "ligio" and trying to tell people it did not come from a wheel.
@Christlovesanimals I am a human being, born of the energies that God created as are you and every other living breathing unit of life on this earth. I have no station above nor below you. You ego is feeding your desire to down play, demean another human being. "I have conquered the greatest enemy of all mankind, I have conquered my own ego" I would suggest you take a good look in the mirror, fellow human being may your life be full of lights, cognition, and compassion for all of Gods creations
@allbiz2k10 I dont have to search anything on here, Im from/in Mo and i grew up workin with hogs. Feeding,castrating,vaccinating,power washing etc! We didnt beat animals or anything odd like that! Nothing you can tell me or have me read or watch.
Do they ever pet the animals before hurting them severely? They could have a room where the animals are petted nicely maybe...Then after the severe hurting maybe they could pet them again, but maybe just pet around where the blood might be...or they could put a tube in there to take away the blood during the severe hurting. Then they could even pet them longer, or maybe pet them even where some of the red blood may be.
The mom is in a farrowing crate so she doesn't crush the piglets. which she will if shes not in one. Then she lets them nurse and then puts them under a heat lamp, like all farms do. its really hard to keep piglets alive for the first day, so you have to keep them warm. Learn the facts people. and its not about profit, its about keeping them alive and whats safe for them.
nice propaganda video. The old pig farmers of yesteryear think this way of raising pigs is inhumane not humane. Today it is certainly all about big profit, straw is not allowed because the pigs use up more calories burrowing in it therefore more feed is used.
if u loved takin care of the girls and the babies u would not have them in farowing pens -u would let the sows birth naturally - its all about money an not about welfare!!! pigs have the same intelligence as dogs!!! would you treat your family dog like this ??? i think not!
with how intelligent pigs are, how can you say its not cruel to keep them in a pen where they cant even turn around? all you care about is the piglets? profiteer, this is no act of kindness.
why would you take baby pigs away from their mothers??? that seems cruel. also, i noticed that the cages that the adult pigs are in are quite small. would you want to live your entire life in a comparably sized cage??? that seems very mean and inhumane.
Yes, Yes. Just keep on sugar-coating it right thar won't you 8D Just like the lies back in the day when they first created baby formula and suddenly breast feeding was 'unhealthy'. Hurr. Cause you know, animals don't have instinct or anything.
I've raised organic meat, knowing the difference, I will never eat organic. Not worth the cost, Cost to my Health or the enviroment. People think Organic is good for the enviroment. Organic pigs dung in 1 location in a pasture making HOT spots. You think EPA is going to clean up the HOT spots ? At least Modern raised pigs have a controlled application to crop needs.
Awesome video! Thank you for showing what it is really like for baby pigs! I don't understand why some people would rather believe the lies and the worst about how animals are treated than to look at the proof that people are putting out there. Great job and please please continue advocating for agriculture!
No matter how caring you portray yourself to be towards these beautiful creatures, they are still property to you. Having a baby die means lost property and lost revenue.
It sickens me to see someone pretend to be compassionate towards these pigs knowing full well that they will be cut up into pieces when they are sold.
I read the comment board and I wonder if the title of this video is "hippies please come and type stupid crap under this video" Seriously there are some ignorant comments here.
I would really think that killing these animals is the same as to killing a person. Give them freedom. This is a free country...give them freedom...treat them the way we want to be treated. Theres more to the world than pigs. I think we shouldn't kill animals. Theres alot more things to eat than pigs. Carrots, yogurt, milk. And milk doesn't include killing animals. Also, we can eat chips, nacho chips, etc. DON'T KILL PIGS PLEASE! THERE INNISANT! WHAT DID THEY EVER DO TO YOU?!
I couldn't work in a job like that, the thought just sickens me. You still slaughter them, and they don't even know why. They are senselessly caged away, and they don't even know why. Even in a humane slaughter house it just still seems like abuse.
Well I can buy pork produced this way from the store or I can get it from a real farmer who pastures his animals and lets them feel the breeze on their face and sunshine on their back. I am willing to pay more to avoid factory farms and so are millions of other people who bother to educate themselves and aren't so naive that they'll listen to somebody telling them confinement is humane.
With all do respect, sounds sugar coated to me. I love farmers. Grew up on the farm we raised and ate our own meat. However, they were never kept in steal cages without straw or bedding. Their natural instinct is to be outside and root.
1:00... "Then we lose... our PROFIT" I think you mean. I don't know why you even put this video up, it only shows the awful truth of the unethical treatment of your animals
Maybe this farm is more humane than others but are pigs really suppose to live in a room with bars holding them back? Pigs are creautres that are suppose to live outside. It is not fair to keep living creatures in such closed compact areas such as this. I am curious to peer into the salughterhouse. I'm sure the pigs scream in pain just as loudly as they do in other factory farms.
The farms in our videos are depictive of all hog farms in Ohio. Theyve agreed to follow Pork Quality Assurance Plus guidelines to ensure animals are treated humanely. Pigs housed inside are healthier, safer & more survive as a result. Even in open areas pigs seek compact places to feel safe & comfortable-stalls offer that safety. Ohio farms dont have on-site harvesting facilities. Farmers specialize in raising pigs humanely while packing plants focus on doing their job as humanely as possible.
@OhioPorkTour Words are cheap. All I see is minimal comfort, but that is better than extreme discomfort. Stuck indoors all day, in a metal cage, doesn't even look like she can walk around, turn around, or even get up. That is cruelty to me. How would you like it if you were trapped in a cage, unable to move all day every day? Why do something to another sentient being that you wouldn't want done to yourself.
@OhioPorkTour all I'm asking is, how can you call this humane when they animals are NEVER--not once since birth--given the oppurtunity to live out a natural life? And how is it humane to "raise" or control the life of a being, simply for your own benefit? Do you understand this? Do you understand that by doing this, you lose respect for the sacrifice that each individual animal is providing, because you disregard their right and natural duty to live and reproduce before being on your plate?
@43Coda ...factory farming is a pathetic industry, there is no way you can justify it. If these animals were allowed to roam freely and live the lives they truly deserve before we kill and consume them, then that is different. And if you can't reply to this with a truly personal and passionate response that you feel confident about (because alll of the ones you've had on here sound pretty mundane and robotic, perhaps even required of you due to your posistion in the industry), then don't answer.
@OhioPorkTour You can't seriously be comparing gestation and farrowing crates to the nests that sows build for themselves. Sows can turn around in nests. Nests are build of straw and other soft, natural materials, not metal and concrete.
@myprophet1 Pigs are transported in trailers, the majority of which are driven by truckers who have completed the Trucker Quality Assurance program (TQA). This program encourages dedication to transporting and delivering the highest quality, safest product possible. The safety and welfare of the pigs being transported is consistently a top priority and responsibility for both truckers and Ohio hog farmers.
@OhioPorkTour shite !!!! is all about profit - pigs should be outside so they can dig and wallow and chill - farrowing pens are un-natural an the only reason the sows are in there is incase they accidently lay on ONE piglet - that would be a loss of profit - FFS - LET THEM LIVE BEFORE THEY DIE!
@OhioPorkTour It's not the treatment of the babies that bothers me as much as the treatment of the mothers. The space is too confined, whatever you seem to think. I have worked with pigs, and I agree that they like to have an enclosed space to feel safe and secure, but not ALL the time. They love exploring and rooting around in the dirt.
Would it be so difficult to give them an exercise yard?
It would probably keep them healthier for breeding too.
@nikkiiandrade The sow's love it in the farrowing house. They are out of the heat, out of the cold in a climate controlled environment. These crates are unlike gestation crates. These crates give the hog much more room to stand up and move around than gestation crates. The hogs spend a month or so in these crates unlike gestation crates where sows may spend their whole lives. If you want to call this inhumane, go to your local family owned hog farm and get educated before you ramble nonsense.
Good questions, however this is where farmers need to educate people why we do the things we do. Farmers started putting sows in farrowing stalls decades ago to increase piglet surviveability. What percentage of piglets survive in the wild? I do not have the numbers in front of me but would guess ~50%. Surviveability of piglets in farrowing stalls is much higher than 50%. You can find research backing both of these statements.
Survival rates of piglets nursing their mothers 50 years ago were lower than those found today. The main reason is the use of farrowing stalls. Farmers use farrowing stalls to increase survivability of baby piglets. This is not a new technology, it has been around for decades. Genetics has very little to do with how well piglets survive. I know this because I graduated from NC State with a Ph.D. in Animal Breeding & Genetics.
I appreciate your participation. Animal breeders have been selecting for increased milk production in sows for decades. So there are genetic lines of pigs available today that milk much heavier than in past decades. My family's farm in WI has been selecting for sows that give more milk for over two decades. However, our farm only represents ~400 of the 100 million pigs produced in the U.S. each year.
Yes, pigs grow faster than they did decades ago. Science shows this is due to improvements in nutrition and genetics. Please see the following article...Differences in lean growth performance of pigs sampled from 1980 and 2005 commercial swine fed 1980 and 2005 representative feeding programs , 15 December 2009
J.S. Fix, J.P. Cassady, E. van Heugten, D.J. Hanson, M.T. See
The question becomes do you want animals to grow faster? If you want to increase efficiency, grow more pounds of meat by using less grain, the answer is yes. If you want to reduce supposed greenhouse emmisions from animals, then yes you want them to grow faster. If you want to make sure the world's population has a well balanced diet, then yes, you want animals to grow fast and efficient. If living in a third world country, would you want technology to improve your food supply?
I bought a York/Hamp. cross guilt recently and plan on mating my Pot Belly Boar to her come Dec/Jan. for a spring time litter and again, 35 days later, before she gets to large, for a fall liter.
I am hoping to create my own mid-sized pig(say 400-600 lb) lard type.
Pigs are supposed to be outside? What about in the rain and the snow? What percentage of your day do you spend in a climate controlled building? Pigs are harvested at federally inspected harvest facilities, not on farms. It is important that farmers continue to educate people.
this is about how all usa pig farms are, farrowing crates are safer for mother and piglet and they aren't kept in there the entire life its only until the piglets are big enough as mothers have a tendency to lay on their young as well as eat them on occasion. People need to get educated about these things before they start saying people are abusing them.
I wish I would have video pasture farrowing along with modern raised farrowing. Most people think pasture raised is the way to go. The video would have showed the sow huddling her young into a pile of piglets. then laying on them. Not a pretty sight. I farrowed both ways for 30 years. I will never go back to pasture farrowing !
I would love to have a pig farm except my pig's would be pet's and live in warm comfy barns and have a big grassy area were they can wander around. I would love them and take care of them for th rest of their life pig's are more than just meat they are very intelligent loyal and ver loving animals they deserve to be treated better than they are.
there kept in the heat so that there lethargic and don't burn calories. Its about making them fat not keeping them warm, and if the mother was given a little bit more space there would be no chance of her stepping on her babies.
I farrow pigs both ways, Pasture farrowing with grass all around, & Modern farrowing house. Pigs weaned for pasture farrowing avg. 6 pigs per litter. Modern farrowing was 9.6 pigs per litter. (for summer) winter pasture farrowing was 4.7 pigs per litter. The Question I have is would you have a child born outdoors in the cold or somewhere where it is warm. I raised hogs for 30 years both ways (modern & pasture) 99 out of 100 people want modern raised pigs. I quit pasture raised 2 years ago.
Yes pasture raised sow will step on her babies ! She huddles them in a pile them lays on them. PETA & the HSUS does not want you to know that. I wish I kept the old system going just to video the results. Not pretty.
@mjtrmaj Buddy... The pigs seem to have lived on for millions of years without these cages. Why do they all of a sudden need them? I have never seen pigs stepping on their babies out in the wild... Honestly
@godzac Is the real truth you don't like people eating meat ? If so, we have nothing in common. I give farm tours all the time. Many of which has changed some vegans. I just tell the truth. Most have been brainwashed in schools. I have a very large family. Some live in large cities. (Chicago, Houston) I know the lies that are told.
@mjtrmaj Do you understand that a main reason people become vegan is that this whole process is entirely unethical, no matter they're free range, or if they've lived the happiest lives ever - they are still bred for food and killed. Now you have absolutely NO love or connection to these animals - they are simply objects for profit. Do you care about your animals dying.... at ALL? You cannot say 'Yes, we keep them in good health' because the whole reason for creating them IS for death.
It seems that you're their mother. So do you eat your children? It likes someone treats you so nice, but he/she will eat you. How do you think? Stop making this ugly thing to be beautiful.
To the lady in the video: It sounds like your heart is in the right place. BUT have you even researched sustainable pig farming, where the sows and piglets are in a more natural environment? Piglet deaths are actually lower because the stress is lower and the health of the animals is higher, especially if the piglets are allowed to nurse for 6-8 weeks. When are your piglets weaned, 2 weeks? Farrowing cages are cruel, plain and simple. You are perpetuating a myth in this video.
Well if you would stop being ignorant and rude for a moment, you would know that I am making a point. You talk about the Bible like it is the only religion and that it is 100% right. So I am saying alot of religions say alot of things. It doesnt mean that it is right.
Well, actually pigs are scavangers, also they don't have sweat glands so whatever junk or toxins they take in they can't get rid of because they don't sweat. Therefore, it isn't good to eat them, nor is it good to eat shrimp, crab, oysters and other scavangers. I do know some people who can and do eat them all their lives but in general they will make most of us sick since they are scavangers.
Pigs do not need straw. Do you know why sows (what you refer to as mama pigs) are kept in gestation crates?For one, without the gestation crates, sows will sit on or smash their piglets. These crates keep the piglets safe.
They want to live just like we do... they want their babies and they want to see the light of day. I use to think it was okay to eat these animals. This week after seeing all of these undercover videos... I have changed my mind... I hope many of you will too.
pigs do not think like humans. They are animals. They are good to eat. You don't want to eat pork, fine, just don't bother the ones of us who do want to eat our bacon and ham....
what a life you must have to track fires in Hog barns! Have you tracked how many pigs died from being exposed to the elements? How many died from worms and internal parasites? There are no crimes involved. unless it is arson from some PETA idiots like yourself!
It's not hard to track barn fires; just get a web-news alert up and running.
Though I'm not PETA, I do know they don't actually harm animals or leave enormous hog barns to burn down. I have pigs, too, and the cold up here doesn't seem to bother them. They're harder to get the hair/skin off at slaughter but they lived better lives. You realize that you're the internal parasite here, don't you?
no, I wiould be considered an external parasite because I eat the pork after it has been processed. Internal parasites killthe animal from within. You would think a hop producer like yourself would know the difference. Put your pigs in a barn so they don't have to suffer from the wea
So many piglets! Lol
deadlyromance69 1 week ago
I work with these cute little piglets on a daily basis-I treat them as they are my own livestock. If my pigs get sick I'm concerned same as if my child was sick, if they are injured I treat them like a doctor would a human, when they are hungry I feed them. Don't let a few animal abusing idiots ruin your view of the pork industry. 99% of the people complaining about the living conditions probably haven't even set foot inside a sow farm....you'd be surprised how clean it really is.
x4nd3r586 1 week ago
Hey AnimalLeftist - We do not think of barns as "barren environments", animal care is the most important part of any farmers job. We keep pigs in barns to protect them from harsh weather, predators and illness. Keeping pigs in barns allows farmers to provide them with the best possible care, being that they are able to monitor and control things such as climate and accessibility to feed.
OhioPorkTour 1 week ago
How do you justify such barren environments?
AnimalLeftist 1 week ago
she enjoys tortureing them?
WhiskerzDogTV 2 weeks ago
THAT WOMAN IS EVIL !!! how can she do this to them!?! they dont deserve being in cages!
WhiskerzDogTV 2 weeks ago
@BCPinkwabbit Keep reading in your Bible. Like Scotty8520 said Genesis 9:2 says "And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered." (KJV) Also If you would open up your Bible to that section labeled "New Testament" You would learn that we are under the new law. That means it doesn't matter the kind of animals we eat.
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Many people talk about exploitation. What form of profit building throughout the entire world is not based on some form of exploitation.
tjkillduff 2 months ago
BCPinkWabbit if you are going to quote the bible for your defense for not eating meat you better read more of the verses. Gen 9:2a "Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you"
scotty8520 3 months ago
Stop the murdering of all animals, for food, for pleasure, for sport. Save the world, your health and your spirit....and allow animals to live with dignity and freedom, as God intended.
Genesis 1:29-30. God's word on what we are suppose to be eating for food, not animals are ever mentioned for us to eat.
BCPinkWabbit 3 months ago
Those containers they keep the mothers in are cruel, extremely cruel. Would you like to be kept in one of those 24/7? She can't move and move piglets die in this situation than if they let the mother roam free, outside. Its crap. Don't buy into the lies and the sweet talk of a woman who murders animals for profit. Eating meat, is eating dead, miserable, tortured animals. These pigs are all cleaned up for show, it isn't the status quo. Get educated people. Go vegan. Stop the murdering.
BCPinkWabbit 3 months ago
If these people were SOOO concerned about the pigs...they wouldnt raise and murder them...period. They only concern they have is their bottom line, money. What upsets them, if anything, if one dies before it gets to the slaughterhouse is lost profits. Don;'t buy into the bullshit that they care about the welfare of pigs. They castrate and dock tails without painkillers. If a pig doesn't thrive, they kill it or leave it to die on their own, to suffer.
BCPinkWabbit 3 months ago
Translation: "I like taking care of you in your cage so I can put a knife in your throat later and turn your life into cash for me."
Propaganda.
AnimalRightsMilitant 3 months ago
you look like a porker yourself
magnusalexa 4 months ago
@magnusalexa Thats the best you can do? Insult instead of getting an education and perpetuating the murder of innocents? Pathetic, childish and immature is your status quo.
BCPinkWabbit 3 months ago
not natural?
who here still runs round the african planes with a spear in there hands?
what, you live in a house of brick/wood/concrete?
what, you go to the supermarket/shop?
get real.
i have no connection to the food trade other than as an omnivour, i eat .
12inchinthegrave 4 months ago
Would you give birth here?
21MelanieWolf12 4 months ago 3
Go in the box with your "girls"
google the documentary "meet your meat" and you'll see all the stuff she does not talk about!
21MelanieWolf12 4 months ago
God bless you <3
cocobuttersful 4 months ago
some farms arent factory farms. so not ALL are factory farms or mega farms
iloveowls90 4 months ago in playlist More videos from OhioPorkTour
She is just taking care of them to kill them and sell off the meat and if one dies she loses business not " one of her little girls" it's a slaughter house
Ryano966 5 months ago
The people in these industries have completely lost their minds. Sure, play some uplifting music in the background and talk about how much you care for the pigs, but ignore the fact that they live in crates that prevent them from moving around and doing what pigs do. Hopefully you don't abuse them or mutilate and castrate the piglets without painkillers when the camera is off. If you love your job so much, just live out the rest of your life in one of those crates next to your beloved "girls"
ndustrielle 5 months ago 3
@ndustrielle Amen
AnimalRightsMilitant 3 months ago
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AnimalRightsMilitant 3 months ago
I think she is not conscious what a bad life her girls and babys have. Thats the worse thing, that the farmers are so degenerated that they even don't know what it needs that they'r animals have a good live.
be74st 5 months ago
GOOD FARMERS LIKE HER TAKE CARE OF THE SOWS AND KEEP THEM HEALTHY. I WORK ON A HOG FARM. YOU COME AND GIVE EVERY PIG IN THE WHOLE BARN A SHOT TO MAKE IT PAIN FREE AND THEN GO THUR AND TAKE OF ALL THAT IT WOULD TAKE DAYS AND THEN THE PIGS WOULD BE TO OLD AND THE SHOTS AND THINGS THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO BE DONE IN A TIME WILL NOT BE DONE
superradar11 6 months ago
@raw142177 you have no clue what so ever.
2fast4u560 6 months ago
Wow, yeah, Pigs in a factory all day. No, you're right, that's completely sane and fair.
Autobot71Ironhide 7 months ago 2
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Who is she trying to lie to? This looks more like a concentration camp than the paradise for pigs she dreams of. These pigs need a more natural environment and to be kept in a traditional barn.
SaroMardi 7 months ago
Who is she trying to lie to? This looks more like a concentration camp than the paradise for pigs she dreams about. These pigs need a more natural environment and to be kept in a traditional barn.
SaroMardi 7 months ago
Today's farms are larger to keep up with the demand of the growing population. Many "large operations" are still family owned farms contributing to not only the world food supply, but the food their own families consume. Animal care and wellbeing is of top priority to the vast majority of those involved in the industry, it has to be, in order to provide a safe wholesome product for their own families and others alike.
OhioPorkTour 7 months ago 6
@OhioPorkTour Exactly!! Great comment!!
BethOwen68 6 months ago
@OhioPorkTour Ummm...they're still killed, no matter how you want to sugar coat this. I'm glad I'm vegan...I can sleep easy at night.
pattygoody 3 weeks ago
The only reason most large farmers want to keep their animals "healthy and safe" is because that makes them more money. If you use gestational and farrowing crates rather then raise your animals free range you contribute to the problem, not the solution. Small farms are the way to go!
Miss65boo 7 months ago
For starters, those gestation crates don't give the poor mother pig any room to move or even turn around comfortably. As far as the care these pigs are getting, sure they make it look great but in reality they are not treated this well. This is a total propaganda video to make slaughter houses look nice. Wonder why they didn't show the piglets getting castrated, teeth clipped and tails sliced off with no anestisia or vet there, or the sick pig that has prolapsed anus with no vet care...
raw142177 7 months ago
This lady makes it look like they don't even kill them.
EPSvids1 7 months ago
um....not natural at all. what'd be natural is if you had them out on the grass and mud. ignorant!!!
brittyn 7 months ago
Yeah, it's nice that they're in a clean environment, and that but they're still slaves. They're still confined.
middy444 8 months ago
These hogs are living better than the people in third world countries.
varyle 8 months ago
this is a good farm I have NO ISSUE with these wholesome family run farms.. there is a HUGE difference between this place and other out there. I would gladly go back to meat if I KNEW 100% that this was how they were raised. I do not like the farrowing crates but I can see the animals here are clean and well cared for. the Factory run is HORRID! Period. I applaud this family for doing the right thing.
mistresslupa 9 months ago
Disgraceful Animal abuse dressed up with sweet music and a deluded human excusing her profits from exploitation.
Educating the world on your filthy lucre and smiling as thousands of beings past and present suffer for your purse. Corrupt and void of love you suggest lending a hand to the innocent prisoners of your facility while really loss of profit and efficiency is the real cause for concern.
Stop this shameful injustice and go Vegan.
DetractMedia 9 months ago 4
All animal products are from tortured animals whether from a 'family farm' or a large farm, animals are enslaved, mutilated, separated from their babies, treated as nothing more than machines and when no longer producing enough they are sent to a terrifying death. All of this for no better reason than their bodies and secretions "taste good." None of it is necessary. Animal agriculture is killing us, killing animals and killing the planet. Go vegan
cricket279 9 months ago
The "girls" love their metal cages. The cages keep them from laying on their babies like no open field could ever manage. We also keep the light on to simulate sunshine. The "girls" love it!
dnm25 9 months ago
yeah make it look good for the photo crew. and make sure you don't show the part where you smash they runts heads against the floor when you find out that they may not make it or the part where you beat pigs with rods for not moving fast enough for you and never never show how insane these gentle creatures get from living in such small cages that they cant even move around in or be able to nuzzle or lick their own babies. Just make sure you don't tell the people watching what is really going on
lisadacat100 9 months ago 3
@lisadacat100 These sows and their piglets do not look all that happy to me. I'm sure they would much rather be running around in an open field. The idea that they would somehow lay on top of their own babies and crush them seems pretty far-fetched to me, the natural instinct of all mammals is to protect their babies from harm. I do agree that a vegan diet is the best option.
NancyHey 8 months ago 4
I raise pot bellies in a free range environment, and they often squish their babies. It is a norm when raising pigs to know it will happen.
comenngoing 8 months ago
"Can you really call this cruelty to animals when you haven't seen it for yourself?"
(thats what they say)
i have seen so many videos that pigs are not taken care like that. i know your lying, everybody knows you sick and distusting people are lying.
flankr6 9 months ago 2
Raising pigs humanely? Pigs feel safe and comfortable? Farmers care for them? I really hope you are joking. If you define living in a cage all your life, having no space to move, or rights to decide anything in your life, comfortable and humane, then why don't you grow your own kids like that
vappole 10 months ago 3
Those who work with pigs on a daily basis are often greatly hurt and concerned when the pigs and piglets are injured, sick, or distressed. They work with the animals everyday so our farmers take great pride and satisfaction when their pigs are healthy and content. Farmers also receive formal training in quality assurance programs about proper handling, medication, and animal health.
OhioPorkTour 10 months ago 2
@OhioPorkTour very true iv worked on hog farms sence i was 16. everyday we would walk up and down gestation make sure any that were sick or crippled were marked for meds and givin linco or pen. I have to give credit to my boss though leon sheets he promoted the welfare of our hogs.
everyonelovesstuart 5 months ago
haha I'll bet after they turned the cameras off she lit up a cigarette and kicked one of the pigs "stop squealing or I'll give you something to squeal about!"
manifestgtr 10 months ago
@OhioPorkTour ...Wow... you use the word 'humane' quite a bit and you seem to be choosing your words wisely..Just because what your doing is 'humane' to us, doesnt make it right !! ...come on, let the pigs live a little, give them space to move around and enjoy the life they have left...your "humane" ways are just a cover to the real physical and mental torment being done to these creatures of God.. This just wrong, the way you approach raising these pigs are INHUMANE in my opinion.
m0eDr3adzz 10 months ago
people plz learn before you comment agenst this this is a great system and is saving many pigglets each year
StainGlassvTV 10 months ago
The fact that these animals are kept in a cell and not free range like GOD created the to be, and also that they are on growth hormones, can't forrage, or ever make their own decisions. Would you enjoy to not be able to move?
Char920onUtube 11 months ago
If you have men who will exclude any of god's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
--St. Francis of Assisi
For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy & love.
--Pythagoras
I abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.
--Leonardo Da Vinci
chakrachaser 11 months ago 10
The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of `real food for real people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.
--Neal D. Barnard, M.D.
When we kill animals to eat them, they end up killing us, their flesh, which contains cholesterol saturated fat, was never intended for human beings.
--William C. Roberts, M.D., The American Journal Cardiology
chakrachaser 11 months ago
"Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey, least you become the slaves of Satan! For that is the path of sufferings, and leads unto death. But do the will of God, that his angels may serve you on the way of life. Obey, therefore, the words of God: Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face fo the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be meat" This what the Bible has to say about eating animals.
chakrachaser 11 months ago
@chakrachaser I agree with this but the only thing about this quote that is from the Bible is the part from Genesis 1.
I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face fo the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be meat"
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
@Christlovesanimals What you may not realize is the Bible is a conglomerant of verses, letters, word of mouth hearsay from the time of Constantine the Great who is responsible for the Bible we know today. This full scripture is from the Essene Jews and in THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. They were very strict in observance of the natural order of God and Nature. This is the complete verse but the writers of the Bible discriminated against putting the whole verse, due to the upset it would bring.
chakrachaser 11 months ago
@chakrachaser What you may not realize is that I have a Ph.D in Religion from an Ivy League School, that the "Essene Gospen of Peace" is an OBVIOUS 20th century FORGERY and you don't know what you're talking about...
Comprehende amiga/o?
There's enough in the REAL Bible to deal with how we humans are supposed to treat animals (as God would have us treat them--LIKE HE WOULD!) without dreaming up some bullshit "gospel."
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
@Christlovesanimals So you with your PHD are telling me and PBS, historians, from around the world that the DEAD SEA SCROLLS are a lie? forgery? PLEASE COME DOWN FROM YOU IVORY TOWER OR TELL ME WHERE THE STAIRCASE IS? LOLOLOLOL
chakrachaser 11 months ago
@chakrachaser Dear ding-dong: the Dead Sea Scrolls have NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with a 20th century forgery.
Comprehende?
A little knowledge is a DANGEROUS THING.
oh...I forgot....the fake LOLOLOLOL....nah...I'll pass.
Unlike your sorryass excuse for "scholarship" there's NOTHING FAKE ABOUT ME....
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
@Christlovesanimals Ahhh I love it, the scholar is name calling, did they teach you that:) I love it!!
I will allow you this knowledge from a follower of Jesus. Jesus himself by nature had to be a compassionate vegetarian. He was connected to the highest nature of consciousness and the scripture of " every tree, in which is the fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be meat" To say other wise is like taking a spoke from a wheel, "ligio" and trying to tell people it did not come from a wheel.
chakrachaser 11 months ago
@chakrachaser >Ahhh I love it, the scholar is name calling, did they teach you that:) I love it!!<
ad hominem: the sign of a weak argument.
next...
you do not follow Jesus. you follow a fake-ass Jesus from a fake-ass..ahem...gospel.
Prove me wrong.
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
@Christlovesanimals I remember stories about ugly little trolls that live under bridges, just waiting for some one to stir their ego,
chakrachaser 11 months ago
@chakrachaser sorry son....that's so lame it doesn't even show up on the lame-o-meter.
don't you have a pig to go stick for fun or something?
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
@Christlovesanimals "rise above your animal nature, conquer your greatest enemy, your own ego"
chakrachaser 11 months ago
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@chakrachaser sorry son....that's so lame it doesn't even show up on the lame-o-meter.
don't you have a pig to go stick for fun or something?
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
@Christlovesanimals I am a human being, born of the energies that God created as are you and every other living breathing unit of life on this earth. I have no station above nor below you. You ego is feeding your desire to down play, demean another human being. "I have conquered the greatest enemy of all mankind, I have conquered my own ego" I would suggest you take a good look in the mirror, fellow human being may your life be full of lights, cognition, and compassion for all of Gods creations
chakrachaser 11 months ago
@chakrachaser you're someone who doesn't even know shit about the Bible and Jesus but claim you do.
where I come from such people are called "fake."
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
This is a very humane farm. Keep up the good work, I think we've all been had by some lies about the pork industry by Peta.
Dodger481 11 months ago
This is "cold evil": the worst kind.
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
@Christlovesanimals How is it evil?
allbiz2k10 11 months ago
@allbiz2k10 here....put this into your YouTube search above and tell me how it isn't:
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Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
@allbiz2k10 I dont have to search anything on here, Im from/in Mo and i grew up workin with hogs. Feeding,castrating,vaccinating,power washing etc! We didnt beat animals or anything odd like that! Nothing you can tell me or have me read or watch.
allbiz2k10 11 months ago
@allbiz2k10 well, just shut up and keep being ignorant.
they are killed you idiot. DUH!
what did you morons do with the pigs? milk them? use them to help you raise soybeans?
take your LAME-ASS RATIONALIZATIONS and STICK THEM.
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
@Christlovesanimals you can suck my dick! "christlovesanimals" no one is listening to your ass! Get a life and ill get a bacon sandwich
allbiz2k10 11 months ago
@allbiz2k10 you're listening prick.
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
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@allbiz2k10 well, just shut up and keep being ignorant.
they are killed you idiot. DUH!
what did you morons do with the pigs? milk them? use them to help you raise soybeans?
take your LAME-ASS RATIONALIZATIONS and STICK THEM.
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
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@BIGFISH7831 Ok I won't come on your channel any more
3133123 1 year ago
you can hear pihs squealing in the background
GoldenSwordReviews 1 year ago
@GoldenSwordReviews thats what pigs do.
allbiz2k10 11 months ago
@allbiz2k10 how do they sound when their necks are being sliced open?
Christlovesanimals 11 months ago
Eating pork should be banned taking into consideration that they are #4 after humans, chimps and dolphins for intelligence.
PKStefanini 1 year ago
In all businesses there are good and bad aspects. If you care about animals you will treat them well.
If you don't care or enjoy cruelty, that is also a fact of life. It was nice to see the former, not the latter.
haymarketmassacre 1 year ago
Awesome.
justflooreit4me1 1 year ago
Do they ever pet the animals before hurting them severely? They could have a room where the animals are petted nicely maybe...Then after the severe hurting maybe they could pet them again, but maybe just pet around where the blood might be...or they could put a tube in there to take away the blood during the severe hurting. Then they could even pet them longer, or maybe pet them even where some of the red blood may be.
workbootcollective 1 year ago
At least OhioPorkTour shows us humanity as described.
alingkienhoe 1 year ago
The mom is in a farrowing crate so she doesn't crush the piglets. which she will if shes not in one. Then she lets them nurse and then puts them under a heat lamp, like all farms do. its really hard to keep piglets alive for the first day, so you have to keep them warm. Learn the facts people. and its not about profit, its about keeping them alive and whats safe for them.
seeya19982002 1 year ago
nice propaganda video. The old pig farmers of yesteryear think this way of raising pigs is inhumane not humane. Today it is certainly all about big profit, straw is not allowed because the pigs use up more calories burrowing in it therefore more feed is used.
veggievamp1 1 year ago
if u loved takin care of the girls and the babies u would not have them in farowing pens -u would let the sows birth naturally - its all about money an not about welfare!!! pigs have the same intelligence as dogs!!! would you treat your family dog like this ??? i think not!
Glokkie 1 year ago
with how intelligent pigs are, how can you say its not cruel to keep them in a pen where they cant even turn around? all you care about is the piglets? profiteer, this is no act of kindness.
InjectSteviaN2Liver 1 year ago
why would you take baby pigs away from their mothers??? that seems cruel. also, i noticed that the cages that the adult pigs are in are quite small. would you want to live your entire life in a comparably sized cage??? that seems very mean and inhumane.
alltube64 1 year ago
"Lets pamper them now and later we will cut their heads off"
fuhrman66 1 year ago
well you better not be cruel to these animals cuz trust me woman you will be caught i will make sure of that u hear me!!!!
tyeson85 1 year ago
Yes, Yes. Just keep on sugar-coating it right thar won't you 8D Just like the lies back in the day when they first created baby formula and suddenly breast feeding was 'unhealthy'. Hurr. Cause you know, animals don't have instinct or anything.
AngryGermanYamamba 1 year ago
I've raised organic meat, knowing the difference, I will never eat organic. Not worth the cost, Cost to my Health or the enviroment. People think Organic is good for the enviroment. Organic pigs dung in 1 location in a pasture making HOT spots. You think EPA is going to clean up the HOT spots ? At least Modern raised pigs have a controlled application to crop needs.
mjtrmaj 1 year ago
we run a few hog farms and all our stock is treated like this. We never abuse our stock because when you have a happy pig you have a good pig
ArabianImages 1 year ago
Awesome video! Thank you for showing what it is really like for baby pigs! I don't understand why some people would rather believe the lies and the worst about how animals are treated than to look at the proof that people are putting out there. Great job and please please continue advocating for agriculture!
amberleehorton 1 year ago
get a haircut
Murrrdah 1 year ago
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Murrrdah 1 year ago
No matter how caring you portray yourself to be towards these beautiful creatures, they are still property to you. Having a baby die means lost property and lost revenue.
It sickens me to see someone pretend to be compassionate towards these pigs knowing full well that they will be cut up into pieces when they are sold.
InvisiMan2006 1 year ago
It would be hard for me to take care off them and then see them go to market...
cassyryan 1 year ago
I read the comment board and I wonder if the title of this video is "hippies please come and type stupid crap under this video" Seriously there are some ignorant comments here.
slimydick23 1 year ago
I would really think that killing these animals is the same as to killing a person. Give them freedom. This is a free country...give them freedom...treat them the way we want to be treated. Theres more to the world than pigs. I think we shouldn't kill animals. Theres alot more things to eat than pigs. Carrots, yogurt, milk. And milk doesn't include killing animals. Also, we can eat chips, nacho chips, etc. DON'T KILL PIGS PLEASE! THERE INNISANT! WHAT DID THEY EVER DO TO YOU?!
Xtrememan89768 1 year ago
pigs do not roll over and kill their babies if they are free range.
its not cruel to the babies but to the mother it is hell
armyfreak12345543211 1 year ago
I couldn't work in a job like that, the thought just sickens me. You still slaughter them, and they don't even know why. They are senselessly caged away, and they don't even know why. Even in a humane slaughter house it just still seems like abuse.
Being vegan is the right choice.
iZoomable 1 year ago
Well I can buy pork produced this way from the store or I can get it from a real farmer who pastures his animals and lets them feel the breeze on their face and sunshine on their back. I am willing to pay more to avoid factory farms and so are millions of other people who bother to educate themselves and aren't so naive that they'll listen to somebody telling them confinement is humane.
Cha7675 1 year ago
wonder how much money they paid her to lie like that? who can ove raising baby piggies so they can be killed?
dancehappy202 1 year ago
With all do respect, sounds sugar coated to me. I love farmers. Grew up on the farm we raised and ate our own meat. However, they were never kept in steal cages without straw or bedding. Their natural instinct is to be outside and root.
j7j7j7j7p 1 year ago
Thanks for showing the Truth ! Farmers for Farmers !
mjtrmaj 1 year ago
1:00... "Then we lose... our PROFIT" I think you mean. I don't know why you even put this video up, it only shows the awful truth of the unethical treatment of your animals
godzac 1 year ago 2
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dale3858 1 year ago
Maybe this farm is more humane than others but are pigs really suppose to live in a room with bars holding them back? Pigs are creautres that are suppose to live outside. It is not fair to keep living creatures in such closed compact areas such as this. I am curious to peer into the salughterhouse. I'm sure the pigs scream in pain just as loudly as they do in other factory farms.
nikkiiandrade 1 year ago 4
The farms in our videos are depictive of all hog farms in Ohio. Theyve agreed to follow Pork Quality Assurance Plus guidelines to ensure animals are treated humanely. Pigs housed inside are healthier, safer & more survive as a result. Even in open areas pigs seek compact places to feel safe & comfortable-stalls offer that safety. Ohio farms dont have on-site harvesting facilities. Farmers specialize in raising pigs humanely while packing plants focus on doing their job as humanely as possible.
OhioPorkTour 1 year ago
@OhioPorkTour Words are cheap. All I see is minimal comfort, but that is better than extreme discomfort. Stuck indoors all day, in a metal cage, doesn't even look like she can walk around, turn around, or even get up. That is cruelty to me. How would you like it if you were trapped in a cage, unable to move all day every day? Why do something to another sentient being that you wouldn't want done to yourself.
Shahn718 1 year ago
@OhioPorkTour all I'm asking is, how can you call this humane when they animals are NEVER--not once since birth--given the oppurtunity to live out a natural life? And how is it humane to "raise" or control the life of a being, simply for your own benefit? Do you understand this? Do you understand that by doing this, you lose respect for the sacrifice that each individual animal is providing, because you disregard their right and natural duty to live and reproduce before being on your plate?
43Coda 1 year ago
@43Coda ...factory farming is a pathetic industry, there is no way you can justify it. If these animals were allowed to roam freely and live the lives they truly deserve before we kill and consume them, then that is different. And if you can't reply to this with a truly personal and passionate response that you feel confident about (because alll of the ones you've had on here sound pretty mundane and robotic, perhaps even required of you due to your posistion in the industry), then don't answer.
43Coda 1 year ago
@43Coda
I can agree with you there.
My two guilts have plenty of sunshine, fresh water, grass to nibble, and go in and out of their hut anytime they feel like it.
I know they are happy, for they almost smile at me and wag their tales.
ziggy2sound4u 1 year ago
@OhioPorkTour You can't seriously be comparing gestation and farrowing crates to the nests that sows build for themselves. Sows can turn around in nests. Nests are build of straw and other soft, natural materials, not metal and concrete.
cajal6 1 year ago
@OhioPorkTour Do you live ship? How many hours crammed in a truck? Where does your responsibility end?
myprophet1 1 year ago
@myprophet1 Pigs are transported in trailers, the majority of which are driven by truckers who have completed the Trucker Quality Assurance program (TQA). This program encourages dedication to transporting and delivering the highest quality, safest product possible. The safety and welfare of the pigs being transported is consistently a top priority and responsibility for both truckers and Ohio hog farmers.
OhioPorkTour 1 year ago
@OhioPorkTour crap - the truckers dont care -
Glokkie 1 year ago
@myprophet1 How else do you ship hogs besides live?
allbiz2k10 11 months ago
@OhioPorkTour shite !!!! is all about profit - pigs should be outside so they can dig and wallow and chill - farrowing pens are un-natural an the only reason the sows are in there is incase they accidently lay on ONE piglet - that would be a loss of profit - FFS - LET THEM LIVE BEFORE THEY DIE!
Glokkie 1 year ago
@OhioPorkTour It's not the treatment of the babies that bothers me as much as the treatment of the mothers. The space is too confined, whatever you seem to think. I have worked with pigs, and I agree that they like to have an enclosed space to feel safe and secure, but not ALL the time. They love exploring and rooting around in the dirt.
Would it be so difficult to give them an exercise yard?
It would probably keep them healthier for breeding too.
Fourchetteable 11 months ago 2
@nikkiiandrade The sow's love it in the farrowing house. They are out of the heat, out of the cold in a climate controlled environment. These crates are unlike gestation crates. These crates give the hog much more room to stand up and move around than gestation crates. The hogs spend a month or so in these crates unlike gestation crates where sows may spend their whole lives. If you want to call this inhumane, go to your local family owned hog farm and get educated before you ramble nonsense.
eatonss 1 year ago
@nikkiiandrade,
Good questions, however this is where farmers need to educate people why we do the things we do. Farmers started putting sows in farrowing stalls decades ago to increase piglet surviveability. What percentage of piglets survive in the wild? I do not have the numbers in front of me but would guess ~50%. Surviveability of piglets in farrowing stalls is much higher than 50%. You can find research backing both of these statements.
markknauer 1 year ago
@markknauer
My understanding is that the antique breeds of pigs survival rates were quite high.
They were also much smaller than modern breeds, and high milkers.....
BUT they took much longer to reach what is now current market rate.
ziggy2sound4u 1 year ago
@ziggy2sound4u ,
Survival rates of piglets nursing their mothers 50 years ago were lower than those found today. The main reason is the use of farrowing stalls. Farmers use farrowing stalls to increase survivability of baby piglets. This is not a new technology, it has been around for decades. Genetics has very little to do with how well piglets survive. I know this because I graduated from NC State with a Ph.D. in Animal Breeding & Genetics.
markknauer 1 year ago
@ziggy2sound4u,
I appreciate your participation. Animal breeders have been selecting for increased milk production in sows for decades. So there are genetic lines of pigs available today that milk much heavier than in past decades. My family's farm in WI has been selecting for sows that give more milk for over two decades. However, our farm only represents ~400 of the 100 million pigs produced in the U.S. each year.
markknauer 1 year ago
@markknauer
I understand that Guinea Hogs(Thomas Jefferson's time) had high milk, and were less likely to crush their litter.
I have Pot Belly Pigs, and no farrowing cage was needed..........
I would say that Jefferson's hogs and mine are more closely related than today's Yorks or Hamps.............
Of course, my pigs will only top out @ 250-300 lbs.
ziggy2sound4u 1 year ago
@ziggy2sound4u,
Yes, pigs grow faster than they did decades ago. Science shows this is due to improvements in nutrition and genetics. Please see the following article...Differences in lean growth performance of pigs sampled from 1980 and 2005 commercial swine fed 1980 and 2005 representative feeding programs , 15 December 2009
J.S. Fix, J.P. Cassady, E. van Heugten, D.J. Hanson, M.T. See
Livestock Science
March 2010 (Vol. 128, Issue 1, Pages 108-114)
markknauer 1 year ago
@ziggy2sound4u,
The question becomes do you want animals to grow faster? If you want to increase efficiency, grow more pounds of meat by using less grain, the answer is yes. If you want to reduce supposed greenhouse emmisions from animals, then yes you want them to grow faster. If you want to make sure the world's population has a well balanced diet, then yes, you want animals to grow fast and efficient. If living in a third world country, would you want technology to improve your food supply?
markknauer 1 year ago
@markknauer
It depends upon what one considers "improvement".
Since I do NOT believe in "global warming" nor "greenhouse gases", a 1,200 lb. sow would not be an improvement to me.....
My Pot Belly pigs are slow growth, lard type hogs.
They eat mainly grass(and anything bumping into them), kitchen scraps, old bread, and milk from my goats.
They are cheap to raise.
Many antique breeds are the same.....
ziggy2sound4u 1 year ago
@markknauer
I am, however, going to experiment.
I bought a York/Hamp. cross guilt recently and plan on mating my Pot Belly Boar to her come Dec/Jan. for a spring time litter and again, 35 days later, before she gets to large, for a fall liter.
I am hoping to create my own mid-sized pig(say 400-600 lb) lard type.
Wish me well :-)
ziggy2sound4u 1 year ago
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@ziggy2sound4u ,
That is awesome:) Would love to see pictures of the results. Feel free to send me eventual pictures at mtknauer@gmail.com. Good luck!
markknauer 1 year ago
@nikkiiandrade,
Pigs are supposed to be outside? What about in the rain and the snow? What percentage of your day do you spend in a climate controlled building? Pigs are harvested at federally inspected harvest facilities, not on farms. It is important that farmers continue to educate people.
markknauer 1 year ago
@nikkiiandrade
this is about how all usa pig farms are, farrowing crates are safer for mother and piglet and they aren't kept in there the entire life its only until the piglets are big enough as mothers have a tendency to lay on their young as well as eat them on occasion. People need to get educated about these things before they start saying people are abusing them.
ewillett07 1 year ago
@ewillett07 And then these sows are put into even more intense confinement: the gestation crate.
All these cages are ridiculous. These animals have legs: let them walk around, root around, and have some semblance of a life before they're eaten.
gripdoggy 1 year ago
@ewillett07
gripdoggy 1 year ago
@nikkiiandrade Pigs squeal loud no matter family farm or factory farm or slaughter house.
allbiz2k10 11 months ago
I wish I would have video pasture farrowing along with modern raised farrowing. Most people think pasture raised is the way to go. The video would have showed the sow huddling her young into a pile of piglets. then laying on them. Not a pretty sight. I farrowed both ways for 30 years. I will never go back to pasture farrowing !
mjtrmaj 1 year ago
I would love to have a pig farm except my pig's would be pet's and live in warm comfy barns and have a big grassy area were they can wander around. I would love them and take care of them for th rest of their life pig's are more than just meat they are very intelligent loyal and ver loving animals they deserve to be treated better than they are.
81shelbay 1 year ago
stop the bull...
forromina1 1 year ago
there kept in the heat so that there lethargic and don't burn calories. Its about making them fat not keeping them warm, and if the mother was given a little bit more space there would be no chance of her stepping on her babies.
phoebekatz17 1 year ago
I farrow pigs both ways, Pasture farrowing with grass all around, & Modern farrowing house. Pigs weaned for pasture farrowing avg. 6 pigs per litter. Modern farrowing was 9.6 pigs per litter. (for summer) winter pasture farrowing was 4.7 pigs per litter. The Question I have is would you have a child born outdoors in the cold or somewhere where it is warm. I raised hogs for 30 years both ways (modern & pasture) 99 out of 100 people want modern raised pigs. I quit pasture raised 2 years ago.
mjtrmaj 1 year ago
@mjtrmaj How about a compromise? the producers keep farrowing crates but give up gestation stalls.
Temple Grandin, renowned animal scientist, has come out strongly against gestation crates, saying they are inherently cruel.
gripdoggy 1 year ago
Yes pasture raised sow will step on her babies ! She huddles them in a pile them lays on them. PETA & the HSUS does not want you to know that. I wish I kept the old system going just to video the results. Not pretty.
mjtrmaj 1 year ago
@mjtrmaj Buddy... The pigs seem to have lived on for millions of years without these cages. Why do they all of a sudden need them? I have never seen pigs stepping on their babies out in the wild... Honestly
godzac 1 year ago
@godzac My cousin in Arkasas says he never see more that 3 to 4 piglets in the wild ?? what happened to the rest ??
mjtrmaj 1 year ago
@godzac Is the real truth you don't like people eating meat ? If so, we have nothing in common. I give farm tours all the time. Many of which has changed some vegans. I just tell the truth. Most have been brainwashed in schools. I have a very large family. Some live in large cities. (Chicago, Houston) I know the lies that are told.
mjtrmaj 1 year ago
@mjtrmaj Do you understand that a main reason people become vegan is that this whole process is entirely unethical, no matter they're free range, or if they've lived the happiest lives ever - they are still bred for food and killed. Now you have absolutely NO love or connection to these animals - they are simply objects for profit. Do you care about your animals dying.... at ALL? You cannot say 'Yes, we keep them in good health' because the whole reason for creating them IS for death.
godzac 1 year ago
shame!you care about your bank account!the babies go to the slaughterhouse!stop abusing animals!plant salad to make money!!!
carmenforthepets 1 year ago
Of course you have to make sure the babies live because if they dont how else are you going to make money if they dont get big enough to slaughter?
LStrode7 1 year ago 3
It seems that you're their mother. So do you eat your children? It likes someone treats you so nice, but he/she will eat you. How do you think? Stop making this ugly thing to be beautiful.
ananpipi1227 1 year ago
thats exactly how i feel
PHYSCOPATHICxLOVERR 1 year ago
To the lady in the video: It sounds like your heart is in the right place. BUT have you even researched sustainable pig farming, where the sows and piglets are in a more natural environment? Piglet deaths are actually lower because the stress is lower and the health of the animals is higher, especially if the piglets are allowed to nurse for 6-8 weeks. When are your piglets weaned, 2 weeks? Farrowing cages are cruel, plain and simple. You are perpetuating a myth in this video.
Woodsummer1 1 year ago
So is paying a higher price for a lower quality product more sustainable?
schaeferspeedmn 1 year ago
animals ARE NOT YOURS TO EAT, WEAR OR EXPERIMENT ON WHETHER YOU LOVE YOUR JOB OR NOT.
Vegheadsrock 1 year ago
Son im pretty sure in the Bible itself, it Quotes Jesus saying "I give humans rights over animals."
MonsterEnergie93 1 year ago
And also hey, the Koran says that any man that does not follow Islam should be killed. What is your point.
Vegheadsrock 1 year ago
Well if you would stop being ignorant and rude for a moment, you would know that I am making a point. You talk about the Bible like it is the only religion and that it is 100% right. So I am saying alot of religions say alot of things. It doesnt mean that it is right.
Vegheadsrock 1 year ago
Well, actually pigs are scavangers, also they don't have sweat glands so whatever junk or toxins they take in they can't get rid of because they don't sweat. Therefore, it isn't good to eat them, nor is it good to eat shrimp, crab, oysters and other scavangers. I do know some people who can and do eat them all their lives but in general they will make most of us sick since they are scavangers.
conyelp 1 year ago
Mrs, you have good story, and you are good motivated,
But the pigs dont have straw, they never come out,
problebly they will be castrated without painkillers,
their tails will be burned off.
The mama pigs live all their lives in tiny cages, they cant even turn around.
I like farmers, but as long as the consument wants not to pay more for the meat, it stays difficult.
Friendly greetings out of Holland
1791457 2 years ago 2
Pigs do not need straw. Do you know why sows (what you refer to as mama pigs) are kept in gestation crates?For one, without the gestation crates, sows will sit on or smash their piglets. These crates keep the piglets safe.
11Keri 1 year ago
Thanks for your reaction
Greetings out of Holland
1791457 1 year ago
They want to live just like we do... they want their babies and they want to see the light of day. I use to think it was okay to eat these animals. This week after seeing all of these undercover videos... I have changed my mind... I hope many of you will too.
firecongress 2 years ago
pigs do not think like humans. They are animals. They are good to eat. You don't want to eat pork, fine, just don't bother the ones of us who do want to eat our bacon and ham....
bnmzxc1092 2 years ago
what a life you must have to track fires in Hog barns! Have you tracked how many pigs died from being exposed to the elements? How many died from worms and internal parasites? There are no crimes involved. unless it is arson from some PETA idiots like yourself!
bnmzxc1092 2 years ago
It's not hard to track barn fires; just get a web-news alert up and running.
Though I'm not PETA, I do know they don't actually harm animals or leave enormous hog barns to burn down. I have pigs, too, and the cold up here doesn't seem to bother them. They're harder to get the hair/skin off at slaughter but they lived better lives. You realize that you're the internal parasite here, don't you?
gripdoggy 2 years ago
no, I wiould be considered an external parasite because I eat the pork after it has been processed. Internal parasites killthe animal from within. You would think a hop producer like yourself would know the difference. Put your pigs in a barn so they don't have to suffer from the wea