Right that's it
Jul. 27th, 2006 05:50 amSaw less than 5 minutes of a Gordon Ramse(a?}y programme last night. Piglets, 7 to 9 weeks old being castrated without anaesthetic, even he looked shocked. The reasoning is that boar hormones mean their wee has a really strong smell. The little things screamed and screamed, and I am awake now because I heard them in my dreams. Pigs are clever, highly sentient. They think and they feel, unlike the chimpthings doing this to them.
Been vegetarian before, 5 years of it, though not properly as I never gave up fish. Not that healthy for me...surf and turf and sushi is the best kind of food for me cos I'm part crocodile. As of now, I am giving up all pork unless I know it has been farmed humanely. Bye bye bacon, bye bye sausages. I won't miss you a bit. I'll hear that sound in my head, and eat veggie burgers content.
Been vegetarian before, 5 years of it, though not properly as I never gave up fish. Not that healthy for me...surf and turf and sushi is the best kind of food for me cos I'm part crocodile. As of now, I am giving up all pork unless I know it has been farmed humanely. Bye bye bacon, bye bye sausages. I won't miss you a bit. I'll hear that sound in my head, and eat veggie burgers content.
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Date: 2006-07-27 06:56 am (UTC)As you know, my bro is a pig farmer. Castration is not needed in this country because we cull the piglets younger - so the hormones have no chance to taint the meat. Any outdoor reared british pig is highly unlikely to be castrated.
Tail docking is another matter. Happy outdoor pigs play - and nip each others tails. Sow's are bad mums, and if they smell blood, they will eat whichever offspring is bleeding. And I can promise you that if the guy on the tv had held the piglets properly, they wouldn't have been screaming like that. Whenever I have docked their tails, there is a little grunt, and then you pop them back down on the floor and they happily go about their business.
So buy British outdoor reared meat. I can promise you it comes from happy pigs - and it may help keep the few decent farmers we have left in business.
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Date: 2006-07-29 02:19 pm (UTC)