A life of pain
Given the choice, pigs would spend hours roaming around and foraging for food. In the wild, they’d rest on comfortable bedding made of grass and leaves.
But on factory farms, it’s a different story. Will you tell supermarkets to help raise pigs right?
Mother pigs are cramped so tightly in cages, they can’t turn around. Their muscles wither and they become weak
Piglets teeth are ground or clipped, their tails are cut, and males are castrated. All in the first weeks of their lives, often without pain relief
Pigs raised for meat are kept in barren pens with uncomfortable flooring. They suffer from skin lesions and disease
A mother pig looks through the bars of her cage on a factory farm
Mother pigs are stuck in a sea of cages, in vast warehouses. Steel bars separate them from other pigs. To maximise profit, they’re forced to give birth to large litters of piglets, until their bodies are exhausted.
They develop skin lesions, painful lameness, digestive problems and lung disease. Factory-farmed pigs have no joy in their lives. Only pain and suffering.
There is a better way
Together we have the power to end this suffering, by getting pigs out of cages and into groups. Pigs should have materials like straw to chew and play with. Piglets should not be cruelly mutilated in the first weeks of their lives.
In contrast to factory farming, good animal welfare reduces stress, injury and disease, decreasing the need to use antibiotics too often.
Ultimately, higher welfare pigs provide better pork for you and your family.
Your voice is vital
Supermarkets have the power to change pigs’ lives.
Pork is big business. Supermarkets spend millions of dollars each year sourcing pork from producers around the world. They’re responsible for ensuring their producers raise pigs right. But supermarkets will only do this if they know it’s important for their customers.
Will you tell supermarkets to source pork from producers that end cruel, confined conditions for pigs? Sign our pledge now.
