X11 and X15 have to learn how to live without their mother
pig-vision is coming to Vienna and Wiener-Neustadt
The first three dates of the grunt-tour, which will last two months, are fixed! The day after tomorrow, Friday the 17th July, we are at Stephansplatz in Vienna. The day after in Wiener-Neustadt and the following Monday again in Vienna. We need your support at all locations during the grunt-tour! Be part of it – [...]
The little piglets are now labelled
To identify who is X11 and who is X15 on the pictures, they are now labeled. They wear tiny collars – actually made for cats – which suit our piglets as well. X15 is blue and X11 is red.
“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)
pig-vison on tour
The campaign “pig-vision” started by United Creatures, gets much encouragement in the internet – and leads to stimulated discussions. Now the associoation of pig friends from Switzerland has got in touch with us. They want to support us to call attention for the daily suffering of the pigs. That’s why they offered us to borrow [...]
The castration without local anesthetics – for animal rights activists purposes
The piglets aged only a few days when they are caught by the pig-breeders. They try to run away but the experienced human hands get them quickly. That they fearfully cry for help doesn’t let them off the hook in the industrial husbandry. One person holds the piglet so that it isn’t able to defend [...]
The castration without local anesthetics – for livestock industry purposes
X15 and his siblings aged 4 days on Tuesday. The farmer and his wife are preparing for the so called “piglet-service”. The “piglet service” usually includes the castration of male piglets, injection with an iron-supplement, teeth clipping as well as tail docking.The farmer is allowed to carry out these surgeries himself if the piglets aged [...]
X15 is castrated without anaesthetic – a “normal” procedure in pig farming
On the morning of 30 June 2009 the piglet X15, whose life we will be accompanying, was castrated without any anaesthetic. Unfortunately this is usual practice. 250.000 piglets are castrated in the EU every day. In almost every case, no anaesthetic is used! The castration causes not only acute, but also chronic pain. This is [...]
