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Is There Something You Don't Know About Pigs?
Do you know how pigs in the U.S. live their lives?
In the U.S., more than 97% of pigs—smart, social, interesting animals—are raised on factory farms. They spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy warehouses, where they never see the sun or breathe fresh air. Because of their hideous living conditions, more than 70 percent of the pigs have pneumonia by the time they are kicked and prodded onto trucks bound for slaughterhouses. As piglets, they are ripped away from their mothers when they are less than 1 month old and dosed with antibiotics, and they have their tails, teeth, and testicles cut off—all without any pain relief. But even that's not all that they go through.
Breeding sows are imprisoned (there's really no other word for it) in metal gestation crates so small that they can't even turn around or take a single step—many develop painful sores and bruises from being immobilized on a hard surface. Shortly after giving birth, they are forcibly impregnated again. This cycle continues for years until their bodies finally give out and the animals are sent to slaughter. After enduring these hellish conditions for years, squealing pigs are poked, kicked, and dragged onto trucks so that they can be sent to slaughter.
It doesn't have to be this way.
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/09/pig_horrors_-_t.php
Source: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
The Truth About Fur…
We understand that you probably care about the treatment of animals. However, each year more than 40 million animals are killed in the name of “fashion” for fur coats and trim. These animals are either raised on crowded, filthy fur farms where cruelty is the norm, or trapped in the wild using inhumane and indiscriminate devices such as steel-jaw leg hold traps and strangulation neck snares. Every one of these animals died in a violent death through anal electrocution, gassing, neck breaking, drowning, clubbing, and/or strangulation. Like you and I, animals feel pain. Just by wearing fur, you promote cruelty. Please. Choose compassion. Don’t wear fur.
Number of animals used to make an average length fur coat:
Source: Animal Protection Institute