Just when I thought I had learned the depth of depravity of the pork industry, I found this new piece of information:
from Twyla Francois of Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Farm Animals (CETFA)
and
posted on Youtube
“Millions of piglets are killed inhumanely each year in Canada by PACing – Pounding Against Concrete. Many survive the practice but are thrown into the garbage bins regardless. There they suffer for upwards of 7 days as the rendering trucks come to pick them up only once a week.
Footage of this same practice has been taken around the world – most recently in The Netherlands.
Please, don’t support this cruelty. Reduce or eliminate your consumption of pork or only buy from certified free-range farms.”
Now the Canadian government will take our ethically earned tax dollars and bail out these people.
Sows in gestation crates
A refresher on some of the many other horrors of the pork industry
a) Atrocities against pigs as a daily practice and way of life through
factory farming practices such as tail docking and neutering without anaesthetic, weaning babies at two weeks and imprisoning sows in tiny crates where they cannot turn around or even lie down comfortably.
Read more…
Note on the live burnings: The federal government is currently determining eligibility criteria producers must meet for pork industry bail-out funds. The decision is expected by late September.
TIME IS CRITICAL! PLEASE CONTACT MINISTER RITZ AND DEMAND THAT THE BAIL-OUT FUNDING ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO PRODUCERS WHO INSTALL SMOKE DETECTORS AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS.
Contact Gerry Ritz, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-foods
http://www.gerryritzmp.com/contact.php
c) Production of superbugs and lethal viruses such as MRSA and Swine Flu
d) Contamination of ground water through manure lagoon (lakes)
e) Air pollution and making residents around confinement operations sick with respiratory illnesses
f) Filling children up with chemicals and plastics
g) Expecting tax payers to pay for their financial problems
Learn more about factory farming.
Read Time Magazine’s just published article:
Getting Real About the High Cost of Cheap Meat
Stop the Live-Burnings (circulate this pdf flyer)
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