Farm investigation (#)
UK
Animal Equality has carried out an intensive two-month undercover investigation into Harling Farm, belonging to A. J. Edwards & Son. Harling Farm is typical of a farm in Britain 2012.
Over 200 hours of footage and recorded conversations, and 335 photos provide a shocking insight into the British pig industry and demonstrate that regardless of whether a farm is labelled as 'Quality Assured' there exists pain, suffering and exploitation on a huge scale. Further information: www.BritishPorkIndustry.co.uk
The Morrisons company has made a statement about the farm in Spain who abuse pigs and Morrison says that this is not a farm that they use, and want to get the Spanish police to investigate the whole matter - Source
Over 200 hours of footage and recorded conversations, and 335 photos provide a shocking insight into the British pig industry and demonstrate that regardless of whether a farm is labelled as 'Quality Assured' there exists pain, suffering and exploitation on a huge scale. Further information: www.BritishPorkIndustry.co.uk
The Morrisons company has made a statement about the farm in Spain who abuse pigs and Morrison says that this is not a farm that they use, and want to get the Spanish police to investigate the whole matter - Source
Spain
Pigs brutally stabbed with swords on Spanish pig far February 20, 2012 - Animal Equality has released a shocking video with images filmed at a pig farm in El Escobar, located in Fuente Alamo in the Spanish region of Murcia. The video shows some of the most brutal scenes of violence against animals at farms that their Investigation Team has ever witnessed.
Marco Verduga Vinicio, one of the farm workers who has handed over the footage, has revealed that the animals are bred for the food company El Pozo (according to the farm worker), which also sells its products to the leading supermarket, Morrisons in the United Kingdom and in other countries. In 2010, the United Kingdom imported 16,253 tonnes of pig flesh from Spain, including products such as 'chorizo' from this company.
In 2008 this farm received a ‘Porc d'Or award’ from the meat industry.
Marco Verduga Vinicio, one of the farm workers who has handed over the footage, has revealed that the animals are bred for the food company El Pozo (according to the farm worker), which also sells its products to the leading supermarket, Morrisons in the United Kingdom and in other countries. In 2010, the United Kingdom imported 16,253 tonnes of pig flesh from Spain, including products such as 'chorizo' from this company.
In 2008 this farm received a ‘Porc d'Or award’ from the meat industry.
- Workers hitting pigs on their heads with iron bars, jumping on top of them, kicking them, and posing in front of a camera with the pigs
- Workers attacking and killing pigs with meter-in-length swords
- This pig, tied and immobilized, unsuccessfully tries to escape while the workers for several minutes pulls out the piglets. They remove her intestines, liver and other internal organs while she suffers terribly. The animal is left in agony with internal organs spread over the ground until she dies several minutes later - Source
Germany - The horror of court Datzetal
Germany - The horror of court Datzetal
16 February 2012 - Once a dairy farm in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Datzetal result of intensive investigations and evidence of animal cruelty by animal rights organization PETA Germany eV to give up his business, now had a former employee of the district court Neubrandenburg to a fine of 30 daily rates with 25 € has been sentenced. The man had been struck with a stick on beef.
"Even though much of what had been shown to grievances, was not pursued - especially not against the local veterinary authority - we are pleased with this conviction for willful cruelty to animals," said Dr. Edmund Haferbeck, legal advisor to PETA.
"These convictions are extremely rare in the agricultural, animal husbandry '. No pet owner should be lulled into security, because PETA investigators are traveling everywhere. When the prosecutor Stralsund another big case against a mass of farmers is pending. "
PETA was opened in July 2010, a campaign against the dairy farm in Datzetal-Sadelkow. In the previous decade, there were observed numerous grievances that went far beyond the tolerable - from the German Farmers Association conjured "good agricultural practice" no trace. The operation gave me the time of the Humana Group (now DMK), which ceased with the launch of PETA's campaign, all supplier relationships.
As so often happens, the local authorities did not have a duty to take action against the obvious injustices. It was not "just" the beating of the cattle, but also to the chain posture of a German Shepherd dog - this will become a happy life in a PETA supporter in Berlin - to dangerous Baufälligkeiten and to high EU subsidies to deal with the Cruelty to animals has been funded.
The PETA campaign led to the threat of seizure of some 150 cattle by the authority, so that the farmer had to give up his farm. And with the final penalty for animal cruelty against a former employee of this operation, the process has now found its end - Source
"Even though much of what had been shown to grievances, was not pursued - especially not against the local veterinary authority - we are pleased with this conviction for willful cruelty to animals," said Dr. Edmund Haferbeck, legal advisor to PETA.
"These convictions are extremely rare in the agricultural, animal husbandry '. No pet owner should be lulled into security, because PETA investigators are traveling everywhere. When the prosecutor Stralsund another big case against a mass of farmers is pending. "
PETA was opened in July 2010, a campaign against the dairy farm in Datzetal-Sadelkow. In the previous decade, there were observed numerous grievances that went far beyond the tolerable - from the German Farmers Association conjured "good agricultural practice" no trace. The operation gave me the time of the Humana Group (now DMK), which ceased with the launch of PETA's campaign, all supplier relationships.
As so often happens, the local authorities did not have a duty to take action against the obvious injustices. It was not "just" the beating of the cattle, but also to the chain posture of a German Shepherd dog - this will become a happy life in a PETA supporter in Berlin - to dangerous Baufälligkeiten and to high EU subsidies to deal with the Cruelty to animals has been funded.
The PETA campaign led to the threat of seizure of some 150 cattle by the authority, so that the farmer had to give up his farm. And with the final penalty for animal cruelty against a former employee of this operation, the process has now found its end - Source