The letter details how "modern factory farms mutilate pigs' genitals, teeth and ears, all without painkillers" and how sows are "confined to gestation crates so small that they cannot even turn around."
Peta's never been on a pig farm, obviously. My uncle used to run a farm for the Philly school district (used for field trips and vo-tech classes), every major family thing was held there for the last 20 years (he just transfered to NYU's farm on Long Island, too far away from the rest of the family to hold family gatherings there).
Lets say this: Those pigs are MEAN! You dont want them to be able to turn around, because they could bite your hand off when you tried to pick up a piglet for food, medical or whatever other reason. Also, the sows will sometimes squash the piglets when they lay down, thus the cages have smaller side cages attached, with 4-5" wide openings between heavy bars, so the piglets can escape momma. Giving the sow a bigger cage would lead to a lot more problems for the piglets and for the farmer's hands.
Both e-mailers decried the conditions in which pigs are raised at factory farms. One talked about how shock prods are used on pigs.
And how else do you expect to control a 500+lb pig? It sure as
wont move along if you say 'Please' and 'Thank you' if it doesnt want to do what you want it to do.
I'm gonna miss the family BBQs, slaughtering the pig using hatchets, hack saws or whatever other instruments we needed, and then BBQing it in a pit until it was sooo tender. The kids even loved the pig's head sitting on a plate at the head of the buffet table (with bullet hole between the ears and eyes).
Kharn
