{"id":8026,"date":"2013-04-26T16:20:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T16:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8026"},"modified":"2013-04-26T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T16:48:42","slug":"the-pig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/the-pig\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pig ( what we do to them and how they feel about it)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pigs are truly affable kinds of creatures<br \/>\nthey pick up things well, and are caring too<br \/>\nthey are not dirty as some would<br \/>\nhave you believe<br \/>\nits just they have no sweat glands<br \/>\nunlike you<br \/>\nand they need to smear mud on them<br \/>\nfor that negates the sun&#8217;s rays<br \/>\nand protects them, with no hands<br \/>\nof course they have a problem<br \/>\nbut they manage<br \/>\nalong with chimps and dolphins<br \/>\nthey are bright<br \/>\nso to treat them as we do<br \/>\nwe really shouldn&#8217;t<br \/>\nsome understanding I think would be right<\/p>\n<p>CAFO&#8217;s are no place for the<br \/>\ngreat Porcine tribe<br \/>\nwho root about in forests that is where<br \/>\nthey operate not tiny little areas<br \/>\nunforgiving concrete floors<br \/>\nthat cause despair<br \/>\nas for sows to put them in<br \/>\nGestation crates<br \/>\nonly man whose bloody unkind could think<br \/>\nof putting a sow that has to flop into<br \/>\na concrete cage<br \/>\nand stay there over 3 months<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s a blooming age<br \/>\nlying as they do on solid concrete<br \/>\nwith 5 to 8 young babies being made<br \/>\nthis is pure creation in the making<br \/>\nand packing them so tightly<br \/>\ndoes downgrade<br \/>\ntheir true and clear requirement<br \/>\nfor a profit motivation<br \/>\nits arrogance, there will be no<br \/>\naccolade<\/p>\n<p>farmers you are sick that is reality<br \/>\nyou pack these rows of sows into your shed<br \/>\nyou care not for the stresses of the mother<br \/>\neverything you do is profit led<br \/>\nthe accountants and the managers<br \/>\nknow nothing<br \/>\nhow the pig feels<br \/>\nwhat it goes through, they<br \/>\nare only into profit and to margin<br \/>\nthe pain its in<br \/>\nit doesn&#8217;t come into play<\/p>\n<p>in fact its even more cruel<br \/>\nthan you imagine<br \/>\n6feet 6 by2 feet that the size<br \/>\n270 kilo&#8217;s and she&#8217;s growing<br \/>\nonce in there<br \/>\nwell she has to realise<br \/>\nshe defecates and some of it<br \/>\nfalls in the trap<br \/>\nbut some she has to lay on<br \/>\nhow would you<br \/>\nfeel about shitting in your bedroom<br \/>\nI can tell that is not what<br \/>\npigs will do<br \/>\nthey always have a dumper<br \/>\nfar away from where they eat<br \/>\nand there its like our sort of WC<br \/>\nso making them shit and lay in it<br \/>\nis taking things too far<br \/>\nits an airline seat<br \/>\nthe experience will scar<\/p>\n<p>some get heads or limbs<br \/>\nstuck in the bars, you know<br \/>\nand they get kicked or left<br \/>\none cannot say<br \/>\nfew are helped its<br \/>\nyou can bloody now stay there<br \/>\nso they kick them when they pass<br \/>\nthat is the way<br \/>\neach pregnancy lasts 3 month 3 weeks<br \/>\n3 days and just before the birth<br \/>\nthey are moved to<br \/>\na farrowing crate which is a little bigger<br \/>\nand there they do give birth<br \/>\ntheir souls can view<br \/>\nin most sheds we see 100 rows each of 20 sows<br \/>\nits sort of like a production line<br \/>\nmore than 2000 hours<br \/>\nof dire and dismal torture<br \/>\nunable to turn around<br \/>\nunable to stand so<br \/>\nlaying heavy on the concrete floor<br \/>\nthey slowly grow<br \/>\nI just cannot imagine<br \/>\nhow the pigs can be<br \/>\nwhat they must think of humans<br \/>\nit really just beats me<br \/>\nhow truly bloody minded<br \/>\nthe farming crowd can be<br \/>\nsubjecting them to what is<br \/>\ntruly abject cruelty<\/p>\n<p>and then to take the new born<br \/>\naway we know of course<br \/>\nthe space they are in is so small<br \/>\nnobody can force<br \/>\na sow with perhaps 8 babies<br \/>\nin a crate that won&#8217;t hold 4<br \/>\nof course the sow may crush them<br \/>\none turn one scratch what more<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to take an accountant<br \/>\npinstripe suit and all<br \/>\nand shove him in a gestation crate<br \/>\nlet him have a ball<br \/>\nlet him shit where he eats<br \/>\nand where he sleeps and let him see<br \/>\nthe profit made is nothing<br \/>\nshort of the inhumanity<\/p>\n<p>the babies are then taken<br \/>\nthe pig she knows they&#8217;re gone<br \/>\nshe carried them for 15 weeks<br \/>\nshe gave birth upon<br \/>\nand now her little charges<br \/>\nare tortured once again<br \/>\ncastrated with out painkillers<br \/>\nteeth clipped and tails again<br \/>\npulled off<br \/>\nby some crazy whose threshold<br \/>\nprobably<br \/>\nhe would scream the house down<br \/>\nif you tried to stir his tea<\/p>\n<p>then its back to babies<br \/>\nthe poor sow has to be<br \/>\nback inside the gestation crate<br \/>\nand the cycle she can see<br \/>\ntwice a year for 3 years<br \/>\nand when she&#8217;s feeling spent<br \/>\nfrom all this bloody torture<br \/>\nwhen she feels content<\/p>\n<p>to rest a while<br \/>\nshe gets the nod<br \/>\nits pork chops and swags<br \/>\nthey need<br \/>\nnot some ghastly fat old sow<br \/>\nwho costs a lot to feed<br \/>\nand so she&#8217;s marched into a some truck<br \/>\nand shipped with all the rest<br \/>\ndown into the death camp<br \/>\nher spirit it will test<\/p>\n<p>prodded kicked and shouted at<br \/>\nshe knows what to expect<br \/>\nman un kind is never kind<br \/>\nand he&#8217;s never circumspect<br \/>\nall he  ever cares about<br \/>\nis money just money<br \/>\nand we now as a nation<br \/>\nare part of this travesty<\/p>\n<p>now they don&#8217;t get<br \/>\nstunned at all<br \/>\nits hooked up, and the slice<br \/>\na bloody knife across one&#8217;s throat<br \/>\nno it isn&#8217;t nice<br \/>\nto realise that blood fall<br \/>\nis your blood rich and red<br \/>\nand as you watch it tumble down<br \/>\nyou feel as good as dead<\/p>\n<p>so weak your eyes glaze over<br \/>\nas your memories begin to fade<br \/>\nthe pain is dull and you feel rough<br \/>\nthen of course you are laid<br \/>\ndown into the hot tub<br \/>\nboiling water will<br \/>\nremove the hairs now on your back<br \/>\nif there are any still<\/p>\n<p>eyes closed its all over<br \/>\nlife was indeed Hell<br \/>\nthe pain the torture<br \/>\nthe evil the piss the shit the smell<br \/>\nthe scabs the flies the prolapse<br \/>\nthe kicks the prods it all<br \/>\nover thank you goddess<br \/>\nI beg you do not call<\/p>\n<p>me ever to come back again<br \/>\nfor what you did to me<br \/>\nwas turn my 4 years into<br \/>\nsomething it should never be<br \/>\na vile, concentration camp<br \/>\nwhere filth and shit and flies<br \/>\nand consumers that have poor intellect<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s what I surmise<\/p>\n<p>or are a bunch of idiots<br \/>\nheartless torpid souls<br \/>\nthey go along to the superstore<br \/>\nleaving their sad holes<br \/>\nand buy bits of  dismembered me<br \/>\nwith all the angst and pain<br \/>\nthe adrenaline and hormones<br \/>\nand the maggots from the drain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pigs are truly affable kinds of creatures they pick up things well, and are caring too they are not dirty as some would have you believe its just they have no sweat glands unlike you and they need to smear &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/the-pig\/\">Continue reading <span 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