Shocking legalised pig cruelty exposed in the Waikato

Apr 122010
 

New Zealand Open Rescue has recently conducted another series of investigations into typical New Zealand pig farms. Our cameras have revealed, yet again, shocking animal cruelty. However, the cruelty exposed is in fact standard industry practice and is legally sanctioned. None of the farms we investigated were in breach of animal welfare legislation, yet inside every farm we were witness to extreme suffering …
Read more at www.nzopenrescue.org.nz

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It’s not too late to have your say against pig cruelty!

http://lovepigs.safe.org.nz/pepper/lovepigs/submission

http://www.greens.org.nz/ecards/phase-out-sow-crates-now-send-e-card-minister-agriculture

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NZ Open Rescue takes Mike King on an investigation into an intensive piggery.
Watch the video: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/ 5092928/13514811

Disturbing New Pig Cruelty Footage Reveals No Change to Pig Welfare

Apr 122010
 

DISTURBING NEW PIG CRUELTY FOOTAGE REVEALS NO CHANGE TO PIG WELFARE


9 April 2010


The cruelty of the New Zealand pig industry has once again been exposed as disturbing new footage on TV One’s Close Up programme tonight (9th April 2010) reveals there is no change to the way tens of thousands of pigs are being reared on factory farms.

Animal advocacy group SAFE says assurances from the New Zealand Pork Industry Board that pig welfare is being taken seriously are nothing more than hollow talk. Almost one year after comedian Mike King exposed pig cruelty on factory farms in New Zealand, pigs continue to endure a living hell, says the group.

Members of Open Rescue, who supplied SAFE with the original footage, visited three Waikato piggeries last week and filmed appalling scenes of injured, dead and dying piglets and sows confined in tiny farrowing crates, lying in their own excrement in filthy, fly-infested sheds. The group also found dead piglets, some of which had been cannibalised, scattered outside or dumped in bins.

“This new footage reveals that the pig industry has failed to rectify serious welfare problems despite unprecedented public outrage over pig cruelty. Promises by the NZ Pork Industry Board to undertake animal welfare audits are nothing short of utter nonsense and their failure to take action to relieve the suffering of tens of thousands of pigs is reprehensible,” says SAFE campaign director Hans Kriek.

The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) has recommended a phase-out of sow stalls (pregnant sows confined in crates) but it will continue to allow farrowing crates, despite these crates being in breach of New Zealand animal welfare legislation.

“SAFE is appalled that NAWAC has no intention of banning farrowing crates, and will urge the Minister of Agriculture, David Carter, not to sign off a code that fails to uphold the Animal Welfare Act and allows the ongoing suffering of pigs,” says Mr Kriek.

Public submissions on the draft code can be made until April 16 and SAFE urges people to have their say against factory farm cruelty.
Information on how to make a submission can be found on http://www.lovepigs.org.nz

For more information contact Hans Kriek: 027 446 2711.

Footage and still photos of the Waikato piggeries are available on request.

What’s Contributing to Obesity? Oils, Meat, Cheese, Ice Cream

Apr 122010
 

An increase in childhood obesity reflects increased intake of oils, meat, cheese, and frozen desserts, according to a new PCRM study that will be published next month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Neal Barnard, M.D., looked at food availability data maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1909 to 2007. Oil intake increased from 35 pounds to more than 86 pounds per person per year. Meat intake rose from 123 pounds to more than 200 pounds per person per year (with a greater than six fold increase in chicken and turkey intake alone). In 2007, Americans also ate nine times more cheese and 16 times more frozen desserts than they did in 1909. Since 1970 (no prior data available), sweetener consumption doubled, mostly from carbonated beverages. Other long-term trends include decreased grain consumption, decreased fluid milk consumption, and increased fruit (mostly juices) and vegetable intake.

Barnard ND. Trends in food availability, 1909-2007. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010;91(suppl):1S-7S.

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Leona Lewis & Paul Mccartney Tour Meat-Free

Apr 122010
 

Sir Paul Mccartney’s Tour Is Meat-Free

- British singer Leona Lewis is also taking steps to make her upcoming tour meat-free –

4 April 2010

Sir Paul Mccartney has banned meat from his latest tour – he’s serving vegetarian meals to all his crewmembers.

The Beatles star is taking his Up and Coming Tour through the U. S., South America and Europe, and the staunch animal rights activist is making sure all his employees give up meat for the duration of the trek.

A spokesman for the veteran rocker tells Britain’s Sunday Express newspaper, “We will serve some 480 vegetarian meals a day to keep the crew going.”

British singer Leona Lewis is also taking steps to make her upcoming tour meat-free – she’s wiped animal products from the menu when she hits the road in May.

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