Hormel Foods Animal Abuse
PETA has released a video documenting animal abouse in a factory farm supplying pigs for Hormel Foods. The video documents piglets being slammed to the ground and sows being abused at the hands of workers. Some of the abouse documented includes:
(from peta.org)
- A supervisor shoved a cane into a sow’s vagina, struck her on the back about 17 times, and then struck another sow.
- Multiple pigs were beaten with metal gate rods, and lacerations were found on more than 30 sows - which is probably evidence of more abuse.
- A worker hit a young pig in the face four times with the edge of a herding board, and investigators witnessed dozens of similar incidents involving this worker and 11 other workers.
- Two men - including a supervisor - were witnessed jabbing clothespins into pigs’ eyes and faces. A supervisor also poked two animals in the eyes with his fingers.
- A supervisor kicked a young pig in the face, abdomen, and genitals to make her move and told PETA’s investigator, “You gotta beat on the bitch. Make her cry.”
- A worker who weighed an estimated 315 lbs. punched a sow on the back three times and said that he sat on a sow’s head.
We all know that factory farms create horror for animals everyday and even when they are caught people never get the picture and realize it is wrong. I know people I could show this video to and they would respond with “They’re going to be eaten anyway!”. People disgust me.
Graphic video:
Bianca- Vegan Crunk said,
September 18, 2008 @ 1:29 pm
I got the email about this, but I can’t watch the videos. Watching pig abuse makes me the saddest for some reason….though I’m still as passionate for chickens and elephants and everybody else.
I don’t understand how people can do shit like this and live with themselves. Those are sick, sick, sick people who need serious mental health treatment.
Lesley said,
September 22, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
I won’t watch those videos, either. I simply can’t imagine how a person could act that way. I don’t understand what enables them to think it’s okay or even fun to abuse animals. I get criticized for saying such things, but I think our society would be better off without them. As in, I think those are offenses that should be punishable by death. Yep.
Omar said,
November 5, 2008 @ 7:24 pm
As one of those workers said: “take your frustrations on them” Dont know who im more sorry for: if for the poor defenseless pigs suffering without a reason or for that poor loser who has to abuse them to feel some superiority and empowering in his sad, miserable life.
“The more i know the human race -and what is capable of- the more I love my dog”.