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]
Bad news about YouTube
On Tuesday 11th August 2009 we received an email from YouTube saying that our video showing the castration of piglets without anaesthetic had been deactivated because it didn’t comply with the YouTube community guidelines. We could only find one guideline that could lead to a video being deactivated: Don’t post videos showing bad stuff like [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
