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The hidden cost of Walmart's pork.

    Walmart Pork Suppliers:  

Seaboard Foods 2015 

Seaboard Foods 

Tyson Pork Group  See more videos...

INVESTIGATIONS AT WALMART PORK SUPPLIERS REVEAL: Pregnant pigs confined to
filthy, metal gestation crates so small they are unable to even turn around or
lie down comfortably   Workers slamming conscious piglets headfirst into the
ground and leaving them to suffer and slowly die   Workers ripping out the
testicles and slicing off the tails of piglets without the use of any
painkillers   Sick and injured pigs with severe, bleeding wounds or infections
left to suffer without veterinary care Learn More...


SPEAK OUT AGAINST WALMART'S CRUELTY


SIGN THE PETITION CALLING ON WALMART TO STOP PURCHASING FROM SUPPLIERS USING
CRUEL GESTATION CRATES.

SIGN PETITION


We'll send the petition to each of Walmart's Board of Directors. Rob Walton
Chairman of the Board of Directors   Jim Walton
Walmart Board of Directors   Mike Duke
Walmart Board of Directors

TAKE MORE ACTION 1. Facebook   2. Twitter   3. Email Post a message on Walmart's
Facebook page urging the company to phase out cruel gestation crates. Speak out
against Walmart's cruel practices on Twitter. #walmartcruelty Write Walmart and
tell them to ban the sale of crated pork now.


CAGE CRITICS

"[G]estation crates for pigs are a real problem. … Basically, you're asking a
sow to live in an airline seat. … I think it's something that needs to be phased
out."

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Dr. Temple Grandin, PhD

"[In gestation crates, pregnant pigs] are unable to move forward and back, nor
side to side. … Part of the cruelty inherent in the gestation crate system is
its denial of all natural social and maternal behaviors in this highly
intelligent social species."

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Dr. Holly Cheever, Veterinarian

"[The use of gestation crates is] arguably the worst practice in confinement
agriculture. I fully expect that, in a few years, we will see the end of the use
of such crates everywhere in the civilized world."

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Dr. Bernard E. Rollin, PhD

"[Gestation crates are] metal crates so small that the sows cannot even turn
around or assume normal bodily postures, causing them to develop stereotypic
behaviors including banging their heads against the metal crate bars. … It
should be noted that gestation crates have been deemed so inherently cruel that
they have been outlawed in Europe and several states in the United States."

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Dr. Armaiti May, Veterinarian

"The sows are kept in crates so small that they cannot turn around or move from
side to side.  This intense confinement causes severe psychological and physical
stress and is unconscionable."

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Dr. Lee Schrader, Veterinarian

"Gestation crates are notoriously cruel, and are one of the most highly
contested practices in the commercial pork production industry. … Sows in
gestation crates have weaker bones and muscles than those who are able to walk
and exercise, they often suffer from urinary tract infections, and they display
more abnormal, stereotypic behavior, such as repetitive bar-biting compared to
sows with more freedom of movement and an enriched environment."

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Dr. Sara Shields, PhD

"Pregnant sows are kept in narrow crates, so small that they can't even turn
around. … These stalls cause intense stress on the sow. Pigs repeatedly bang
their heads on the crates and gnaw on the bars out of boredom, stress and
anxiety."

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Dr. Lorelei Wakefield, Veterinarian

"It is an unremitting hell on earth. These intelligent animals endure awful
physical and psychological suffering. No animal ever deserved to be treated like
this."

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Dr. Jonathan Balcombe, PhD

"Confinement of sows during pregnancy, especially in individual stalls or on
tethers, can be cold, uncomfortable and injurious, and imposes severe
restrictions on natural behaviour."

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Dr. John Webster, Veterinarian

"After reviewing the literature, visiting production facilities, and listening
to producers themselves, the Commission believes that the most intensive
confinement systems, such as… hog gestation pens… prevent the animal from a
normal range of movement and constitute inhumane treatment."

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Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production

"Gestation stalls, particularly when used in conjunction with feed restriction,
may adversely affect welfare by restricting behavior, including foraging,
movement, and postural changes. … Other factors contributing to poor welfare in
stalls and small, unbedded pens include lack of exercise, lack of environmental
complexity, lack of rooting/chewing materials, and an inability for the sow to
exert control over her environment."

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American Veterinary Medical Association

"When sows are put into a very small pen, they indicate by their behavioural
responses that they find the confinement aversive… inactivity and
unresponsiveness indicates abnormal behaviour, the sows may well be depressed in
the clinical sense and poor welfare is indicated."

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Scientific Veterinary Committee of the European Commission

"[G]estation crates for pigs are a real problem. … Basically, you're asking a
sow to live in an airline seat. … I think it's something that needs to be phased
out."

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Dr. Temple Grandin, PhD

REGIONAL BANS
The following countries and states have banned the use of gestation crates.


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RETAILER BANS
The following major retailers have committed to phasing out gestation crates
from their pork supply chains.



 
  
 

 
  
 

 
  
 

 
  
 

 
  
 

APPRECIATING PIGS
Pigs Deserve Our Compassion




    When given the chance, pigs exhibit exceptional levels of intelligence. Pigs
are highly social animals with considerable learning and problem-solving
abilities. According to Dr. Donald Broom at Cambridge University, pigs "have the
cognitive ability to be quite sophisticated. Even more so than dogs and
certainly [more so than] three-year olds."   In gestation crates, pigs are
deprived of all mental stimulation. Many pigs are driven mad from boredom,
depression, and stress, and exhibit stereotypical neurotic behaviors like bar
biting or banging their heads against their cages.

    In nature, pigs are social, playful, protective animals who bond with each
other, relax in the sun, and cool off in the mud. Pregnant pigs will find a
quiet, secluded place to build a soft nest where they can care for their
piglets. Pigs also love to dig with their snout in the soil, looking for tasty
roots, tubers, and other underground treats.   On industrial farms, pregnant
pigs in gestation crates are unable to turn around, walk, play, lie down
comfortably, or do nearly anything that comes naturally to them. Many pigs
develop painful pressure sores and crippling leg deformities from the hard
concrete and metal bars of their cages.

    Pigs are considered one of the smartest animals and they have extremely
complex social lives similar to primates. If given the chance, many pigs sleep
in cozy "pig piles" and love to cuddle with each other just like dogs do. Pigs
are even known to dream!   But conditions for pigs on factory farms are a living
nightmare. Locked in tiny gestation crates, mother pigs are kept in a constant
cycle of pregnancy and birth. They never get to cuddle with their piglets, who
are taken away from them before they are even three weeks old.

    When given the chance, pigs exhibit exceptional levels of intelligence. Pigs
are highly social animals with considerable learning and problem-solving
abilities. According to Dr. Donald Broom at Cambridge University, pigs "have the
cognitive ability to be quite sophisticated. Even more so than dogs and
certainly [more so than] three-year olds."   In gestation crates, pigs are
deprived of all mental stimulation. Many pigs are driven mad from boredom,
depression, and stress, and exhibit stereotypical neurotic behaviors like bar
biting or banging their heads against their cages.

The best way for individual consumers to help end this cruelty is to leave
animals off their plate entirely.

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