The future of pig-vision is unknown.

With collywobbles we write the following words to our readers. And what we have to say hurts quite a bit. The reason is, that we just compared the sub-ordinate targets of the campaign “pig-vision”, which we intended to reach, with the actual results. The outcome is disillusioning and disappointing: reduced numbers of access and decreasing [...]

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Austrian media reports on pig-vision.com

In the last few days we have given two interviews – one for the Kronen newspaper and the other for Hitradio Ö3. The article in the Kronen from 15th August 2009 read as follows: Giant pig on the Linzer Landstraße – Animal campaigners like student Lisa Pfleger (20) from Linz hope that the giant pig [...]

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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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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 [...]

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Survey: Decide what X11 should be called

As promised, from today you can take part in the decision about the name for X11. We’ve spoken to the people at the sanctuary and they’ve told us that X11 is very active and alert. Therefore, the following five names have been chosen for the short list. You’ve got until Thursday 12.00 to get your [...]

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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 [...]

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Now Pig-Vision has its own logo

Up to now we have also used the logo of United Creatures for these campaigns. The platform which stands behind the campaign. Thanks to a supporter, from now on, pig-vision will have its own logo: We’ve started our own support-page on facebook at the same time,  so that all facebook-users can keep up to date [...]

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The Timeline

On our website you will find a timeline. You will see that it has not changed yet, that’s because the piglets, whose lives we want to follow, haven’t been born yet. At the moment you can see pictures of how people imagine the life of a pig, the timing of these stages is real enough, but [...]

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What happened so far…

The Pig-Vision campaign has been up and running since 18 May 2009. The following article is an overview of everything that has happened up until now. After reading, you will easily be able to follow the campaign as it unfolds. If you are not sure what the campaign is about, this article will put you [...]

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The “pig-vision Campaign

The “pig-vision” campaign starts today. The campaign is called “pig-vision” because we want to take a closer look at the life of a pig, who, in modern society, is seen, first and foremost as livestock. To find out more about how a pig lives, we will accompany one, let’s call him X15. From his birth, through the different [...]

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