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STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY
“My Life as a Pig": The Unfathomable Pain of Pigs on Swedish Factory Farms (In Swedish)
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Today’s Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants will
be presented in Swedish,
with subtitles in Arabic,
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I remember one thing
in particular from my
visits to the pig factories.
I will never forget
those sad eyes.
The other pigs were
crowded and tried to
escape the dirty boxes.
He just stood there
and looked at me
straight in the eyes.
I felt so helpless.
It was painful
to leave him there.
For the past two years,
Animal Rights Alliance
has examined
the Swedish pig industry.
One hundred farms
across the country
have been visited.
The investigation reveals
widespread
animal cruelty and
shatters the myth of
Swedish animal welfare.
Animal Rights Alliance
presents
LIFE AS A PIG
Pigs are among
the world’s cleanest and
most intelligent animals,
and possess tender,
affectionate hearts.
In the wild
they live in forests and
enjoy native delicacies
such as grasses and roots.
Mother pigs spend days
building nests with leaves
or straw to welcome
and raise their young.
Studies have shown that
the mothers sing
for their piglets
while nursing them.
These clever, chubby
animals are playful
and protective, and form
loving relationships with
family and friends
just as humans do.
Anyone who has ever
spent time with pigs will
agree they are adorable,
warm beings who
desire a good snuggle
from a human anytime.
Sadly, however,
the vast majority of
these soulful animals
with eyes that sparkle
like those of humans
are factory farmed.
Around the world, pigs
are bred mechanically
in a kind of living death,
without regard
for their feelings,
thoughts and needs.
On today’s
Stop Animal Cruelty
program
we present excerpts
from a heart-wrenching
documentary by the
Swedish animal welfare
group the Animal Rights
Alliance entitled,
“Life as a Pig,”
which reveals
the shocking reality
behind the pig-raising
industry in Sweden.
Words cannot describe
the agonies of
factory-farmed pigs,
which begin at birth and
last until the moment
of their tragic deaths.
Pigs in Swedish farms
are born on hard,
concrete floors.
The sows are made to
give birth to big litters,
which results in
a high fatality rate.
An average of two piglets
per litter die
within the first month.
Before the slaughter
truck arrives,
many more will die.
Despite this,
the pig farmers
are counting profits.
The sows are used
for three years.
They never get to go out.
They spend a big part of
their lives lying down,
which leads to
serious bedsores
on the shoulder blades,
so-called “bogs.”
The wounds often
get infected
and attracts flies.
Piglets normally suckle
until they are 17 weeks,
but the pig factory
separates them from
their mothers
after only five weeks.
They are removed to
a growth section where
the litters are divided
and sorted by weight.
The last period of
their lives is spent
in a slaughter pig box.
In a box of nine square
meters, 10 pigs
are cramped together.
The pigs have been
bred to grow
as fast as possible, which
leads to pain in their
bones and joints.
The concrete floors
in the narrow boxes
are soon covered by
feces and urine.
And although they are
supposed to be cleaned
daily, the activists found
farms where the pigs
had to sit and lie down
in their own excrement.
On many farms, the
Animal Rights Alliance’s
resource group found
dead pigs left to rot among
their living box friends.
Whether the pigs spend
their lives for breeding or
are slaughtered at
six months old, it is a life
of suffering and misery.
Most meat eaters are
ignorant of how
the flesh they consume
is really produced.
This is due to
an intentional cover-up
by the meat industry
of the unimaginably
horrible and disgusting
truth behind
meat production.
Every year three-million
pigs are killed at Swedish
slaughterhouses.
This means that a pig
dies every ten seconds.
Pork industry
representatives want to
claim that the pigs bred
on Swedish farms
are living a natural
and happy life.
On their own
web homepage they
proudly explain what
Swedish pig production
is all about.
The reality looks
completely different.
Sweden’s
pig industry’s lies
countered with facts.
“The Swedish Animal
Welfare Act ensures that
the animals are reared
in a setting where
they can engage in
their natural behaviors.”
The pigs are significantly
stressed, and stereotypes
like biting on bars
are occuring.
Some pigs bite
frenetically on grills to
allay their anxiety
and stress.
Others are completely
apathetic and give up.
They just sit quietly with
empty eyes, without
paying attention
to their surroundings.
Swedish pigs have access
to litter in the form
of straw or otherwise.
An example of natural
behaviors that pigs need
the opportunity to do are
rooting and nesting.
Without sufficient
quantities of straw,
however,
this is impossible.
Pigs are intelligent
animals with
a great need for activity.
If they are not given the
opportunity to do this, it
drives them to insanity,
just like dogs would do
under similar conditions.
The Animal Rights
Alliance found that
94% of the farms had
no satisfactory amount
of litter.
Many of the visited farms
were very dirty.
The dirt was really
extreme at many locations.
The stench embedded
itself into clothes,
and sometimes
it was hard to breathe.
And it is so sad to see
such clean animals living
under such conditions.
Pigs are, of course,
very careful to keep
their toilet away from
their sleeping place, but
it is impossible for them
here on these surfaces.
Here they are forced to
actually sleep in
their own excrement.
Our Swedish model
advocates that
slaughter pigs get straw
to occupy themselves.
Thus tail biting
is prevented.
The pigs have really
nothing to do
in those places here
than trying to root
in the concrete floor,
bite on the bars
or attack each other.
Sows should be able to
walk free
and not be tied or fixed.
The Swedish sow is
to walk freely during
farrowing and are thus
able to exercise
their nesting instincts.
When
Stop Animal Cruelty
returns, we’ll continue
our presentation of
the documentary
“Life as a Pig,"
by the Swedish
animal welfare group the
Animal Rights Alliance.
Please stay tuned to
Supreme Master
Television.
This is
Stop Animal Cruelty
series on Supreme Master
Television
featuring excerpts
from the documentary,
“Life as a Pig,"
by the non-profit
Swedish animal welfare
organization the
Animal Rights Alliance,
which reveals the sordid
truth about Sweden’s
ghastly pig factory farms.
After tormented
childhoods, female pigs
used for breeding are
moved to tiny crates and
repeatedly subjected to
artificial insemination to
produce piglets that are
destined to be ruthlessly
slaughtered for meat.
In one out of five
piglet rearing, the
Animal Rights Alliance
found fixated sows.
Fixation means that
the pig is locked into
a cage of metal gates.
She cannot turn around
or go anywhere,
just stand up or lie down.
Although there are laws
in Sweden against fixation,
fixation booths are used
routinely on many farms.
On one such farm,
all the farm's 74 sows
were fixed, both sows
that had already given
birth and those who
would give birth.
In an agricultural
high school where
Swedish husbandry
is taught,
were a large number of
fixed sows.
Fixation is a way
for the farmers to
minimize their work and
maximize their profits.
The Swedish model
offers healthy animals
with animals living
as they like.
On 95% of
the visited farms
injured or sick animals
were found.
Scratch and bite injuries
were common and
they had, in many cases,
become infected sores
and abscesses.
Little piglets often
get blisters from lying
on the hard concrete.
Some farms are trying to
prevent this,
not by giving plenty of
litter, but by taping
the legs of the piglets.
Diseased pigs are left
untreated and the bodies
of the dead are piled
next to their live siblings,
sometimes
for days on end.
Pigs spend their entire
lifetimes in one long
unending nightmare.
The Animal Rights
Alliance research team
also found infected
eye injuries,
large, open wounds
and broken, beaten ears.
Many serious cases
of hernia were also
documented, where
a large portion of
the pigs' intestines
penetrated through
the abdominal wall
and hung in a bag
on their stomachs.
In a survey released by
Swedish Animal Health,
it was found that 12%
of pigs had developed
stomach ulcers,
and half had started
getting ulcers.
On many farms, the pigs
had broken bones.
These are usually
never treated.
They either kill the pig or
they remain in their box
and are forced to
live with the injury.
Although the law says
that Swedish pig sheds
should have windows
or allow the equivalent
amount of daylight
to enter, activists found
several farms
with covered windows.
Most pigs never see
sunlight, other than
on the way
to the slaughterhouse.
Also frequently occurring
were neglected hooves,
some so bad that
they had grown crossed.
This causes immense
suffering for pigs.
On almost all farms
activists found dead pigs.
They remained among
their siblings in aisles,
outside doors, thrown
into the manure piles
and in large containers
in the yard.
One of the first places
I visited was a pig farm
in Scanian Skivarps.
I think it was probably
one of the worst
I have ever been to.
I remember when
I went into the pig barn
the first sight that met me
was a dead, putrefying pig
lying inside among
live pigs in a box.
It was really one big mess,
a head was left but
the rest was smeared
with bones that stuck out
and organs squeezed out
when the other pigs
walked on it.
I remembered that
along the inside of
the box was a pig
completely apathetic and
she could not even notice
that I was there.
The stench from the
corpses was so terrible,
it pervaded everything.
I remember that I was
thinking, “This is what
people are eating.
Hams and sausage
and pork chops.
This is what it is.”
The Animal Rights
Alliance has now
reported to police
the visited farms
for violations of
the animal protection law.
On all farms were
deficiencies
in animal husbandry,
animal care
and animal health.
Some of the farms
had not been visited
by an animal welfare
inspector in several years
while others had
unannounced visits
recently.
During the inspections
the farms were showing
their best side.
But how will the animals
fare the rest of the time?
An inspection report
describes:
“Well managed farms
with plenty of litter.”
But the Animal Rights
Alliance investigation
has shown you the reality
behind the scenes.
The rescue of
these animals lies not
in improved
animal protection laws,
or better control.
What remains now is
to take a stand
and save lives.
During these two years
that I have been out
filming, I have visited
a lot of farms and have
seen thousands of pigs.
And when one walks
in the aisle, it may be
difficult to grasp that
all of the pigs here
are individuals.
However, it is exactly
what they are.
Pigs are extremely social
and incredibly curious
animals.
But I have a big lump
in my stomach when
I think that all of those
pigs I met are dead now.
And this just continues
to happen.
The only thing we can do
to stop this cruelty
to animals
is to stop eating meat.
For more information
about the campaign
and how you can help
the pigs visit
www.ettlivsomgris.se
We salute
the Animal Rights Alliance
for producing
“Life as a Pig” and
for their gallantry and
dedication to ending
factory farming
and the abuse of our
vulnerable fellow beings.
Please be a true hero and
join the growing
global movement to save
the lives of the billions
of pigs and other animals
that are slaughtered
annually to produce
animal products by
adopting the healthful,
compassionate organic
vegan lifestyle.
May we always treat
our animal brothers
and sisters as equals.
For more details on the
Animal Rights Alliance,
please visit
www.Djurrattsalliansen.se
Thank you for joining us
for this edition of the
Stop Animal Cruelty
series on
Supreme Master Television.
Next is Enlightening
Entertainment,
after Noteworthy News.
May Heaven bless
all beings with peaceful
and joyous lives.
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