Animal Aid investigates leading pig industry farms 5-min compilation

As Jamie Oliver prepares to denounce substandard European pig farms as part of Channel 4s The Great British Food Fight and, instead, urge consumers to buy British, Animal Aid today publishes its shocking findings from an investigation into some of the leading pig farm operators in the country.

The campaigning organisation visited seven farms owned or run by five directors of the industry levy board, the British Pig Executive (BPEX). All were appointed to BPEX by Defra. The seven farms were secretly filmed between April 2008 and January of this year. Among the scenes filmed by Animal Aid were pregnant and nursing sows incarcerated in farrowing crates; dead, sick and dying piglets littering the pens; animals wading through filth or living in utterly barren environments; a lack of bedding; and a lack of environmental enrichment, despite the law stating that this must be provided.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• pig
• factory farming
• animal aid
• meat
• BPEX
• Jamie Oliver
• Great British Food Fight

[SusannahBCN]

go vegan and stop the exploitation

[KARINinLaLaLand]

ive gone vegan cuz of all these youtube videos keep this up!

those pigs are adorable, the baby ones !!! soo cute- i'd rather have smart bacon instead of pig bacon or any other

[WhakataneEastCoast]

This is freakin disturbing. i cant belive my eyes

[subvert3]

I have to ask if you have made this comment based on your religion and that it may be forbidden for you to consume omnivores?

Swine may be unclean because of the conditions they are forced to live in but as animals they have as much intelligence as dogs.

Forget "stay away from pork" How about STAY AWAY FROM MEAT!!?

No animal deserves to suffer in life or method of death for the greed of man, regardless of religion.

[jjcpenny97]

What in hell is wrong with people??

[starbabe58]

swine are unclean stay away from pork

[everjim]

Fair enough show these dispicable money grabbing conditions these poor animals live in.

But would be nice to see the other side of the argument the JIMMY'S FARM type conditions, good vid though

[proutortures1]

great video, susannah! Thanks for sharing.