#endpigpain

[pflanzenfresserin]

#LasstDieSauraus #diegruenen #bundesrat #kastenstandbeenden #endpigpain #animalrights #massentierhaltung #tierschutz https://www.instagram.com/p/CBAoIxWFMOV/?igshid=1hlvu8ycibhio

[pinkvetstudies]

this just popped up on my newsfeed and it really pissed me off. I’m not sure how other veterinary courses work, but in Ireland we have to get experience in all walks of farming life over the course of our first two years unless we’ve been brought up on a farm - I’m sure that’s pretty standard. that includes pigs, and it can be really difficult for us to get placement on a pig farm, be it because of biosecurity concerns or that the farmers don’t trust students not to report them. I did what was meant to be two weeks experience at an intensive pig farm, and I lasted two days because I could not bear how the pigs were treated. the article states that two students were in tears because of how the pigs were being treated, and if that makes our entire generation snowflakes then I will wear that badge with honour. I was in tears after two days, so I can well imagine how these students were feeling. it absolutely blows my mind that in this day and age where we know that pigs are highly intelligent, sensitive creatures, there is no legislation against the use of farrowing crates, and I absolutely cannot comprehend why there isn’t more exposure of intensive pig farming systems. I’m not a vegetarian but I am very careful about where my meat is sourced from. I only eat outdoor-raised pork and free-range chicken because I have watched the piglets being separated from their dams by being thrown out onto the concrete floor. I’ve seen a sick piglet deemed “not worth it” being left outside the farrowing pen to die in the cold instead of being humanely killed. I’ve watched old, lame sows being hit with big plastic boards because they weren’t moving fast enough for the pace of the farmer. writing this has me in tears again because I know that right at this very second, these things are still happening. today is Thursday, which means that the piglets are, right now, being thrown out into the corridor and moved to the fattening houses while grown adults hit them and yell at them.

THIS is what motivates me to study. I want to be able to be an advocate for these animals who have no voice. they cannot speak for themselves, so they either submit and suffer until their days end, or else they become violent and people are shocked! how dare an animal defend itself! so they are put down. why is this allowed? we live in an educated society which deliberately turns a blind eye to these practices. 100 or even 50 years ago, it would have been acceptable for someone to say “I had no idea”, but in 2019? as a people, we need to be more concerned about where our food comes from. this type of farming needs to be put on display so that the world can see it, with their own eyes, and people are forced to change their ways.