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The Birth

Pig-Vision will be following the life of a pig in a typical intensive pig farm. This will, of course, include the birth; our camera team will be there to film as life begins for a small group of pigs. What is the birth like? And how does a sow actually become pregnant? To find out [...]

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Birth

The Castration

A topic often criticised by animal advocates, and for good reason, is castration: piglets are castrated when they are just a few days old. Their testes are removed from their body without any anaesthetic. This cruel method is standard practice around the world, and the law allows it. In the EU alone around 250,000 piglets [...]

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Castration

The weaning

Piglets spend the first few weeks of their lives with their mother, but she is kept in a so called farrowing crate. This is a kind of cage which is just big enough for her to take a few paces backwards and forwards and turning around is practically impossible. She is unable to mother her [...]

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Weaning

The rearing

The longest part of a pig’s life consists of eating and growing. The modern intensive pig farm offers nothing more for these highly sensitive creatures. What do pigs do for months on end, locked up in sheds often living over their own excrement, with a far better developed sense of smell than our own? We’ll [...]

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Rearing

The Slaughter

A pig normally lives for around 10 years, if he or she is allowed to. But the meat industry doesn’t have this much time. Piglets must grow as much as possible within the shortest amount of time. In 7 months a piglet must be fattened to a 110 kg pig. For X 15, the pig [...]

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Slaughter

The Life

We don’t only want to show what a pig’s life is like is like in an intensive farm. We want to take one of these piglets and bring him to a sanctuary where he can run free with a herd of pigs breathing fresh air and allowed to live as long as pigs naturally live. [...]

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Life

An interview with the Albert Schweitzer Foundation

Mahi Klosterhalfen tells us about serious animal abuse carried out by the farm ”Prignitzer Landschwein GmbH” and gives us his opinion about pig farming generally. (Movie: German only) [Source Castration Footage: http://www.tierschutzvideos.de]

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“Die Grünen” and the pig-husbandry

Many think that “Die Grünen” (Austrian Green Party) is the only lobby for animal rights in the Austrian parliament. That’s why we interviewed the “Die Grünen” animal rights spokesman in the parliament Christiane Brunner about her and the party’s thoughts about pig-husbandry. That brought some interesting things to light. (Film available in German only)

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What does VGT say to Pig Farming?

In this first video-interview, Elisabeth Sablik from VGT tells us how pig farming operates, and what improvements could be made. (Only available in German.) Looking for more videos. Check out our: YouTube-Channel.

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Film: pig-vision, an introduction

Leading up to the campaign start up, Thomas Winger, founder of Unitied Creatures gives an overview of what to expect. (Only available in German.)

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