Sol shows images of mutilated pigs in macro-farms

2023-09-25 01:37:01

Activists of Animal Equality have been carried out this Saturday in the Sun Gate a protest action to demand an end to the suffering of pigs in macro farms, with images of these mutilated and mistreated animals.

More than 150 activists have joined this Animal Equality protest starting at 11:30 a.m. in Puerta del Sol, showing these posters that are based on an investigation by the Animal Equality Foundation about the terrible conditions to which these animals are subjected in The farms.

“It is urgent that the protection of factory farmed animals is on the political agenda. We cannot allow the economic interest of the livestock industry to be causing this terrible animal abuse to millions of animals and is also destroying the planet”

“It is urgent that the protection of factory farmed animals is on the political agenda. We cannot allow the economic interest of the livestock industry to be causing this terrible animal abuse to millions of animals and is also destroying the planet,” said the co-founder and director of Communication at Animal Equality, Javier Moreno.

During the event, in addition, lecterns with real instruments with which pigs are mutilated and abused on farmssuch as electric prods, castration forceps or tooth cutting pliers.

According to Animal Equality, a tail cutting, used to cut the tails of pigletsa procedure that, according to the complaint, “is usually done without anesthesia” and can cause “infections and inflammations and the formation of neuromas at the tip of the tail that cause pain and deficiency in weight gain.”

Although legislation prohibits routine tail docking, an audit by the European Commission carried out in Spain during 2017 estimates that tail docking on farms affects 98.5% of pigs, they point out.

In Spain, more than 56 million pigs are raised each year, most of them on industrial farms.

Also a castration clamp, which is used to open or dilate a rubber ring, especially among young animals less than three months old. As explained by Animal Equality, the scrotum is passed through the ring and it is released, remaining attached to the neck of the scrotum. The pressure exerted by the ring prevents blood flow, causing the tissue to dry out and fall off, they detail.

In a statement, Animal Equality has indicated that more than 56 million pigs are raised in Spain each year, the majority of which spend their lives locked up in industrial farms.

Although there are regulations to protect pigs, there is a high default ratereports the group, which cites, for example, that they are subjected to “painful procedures such as tail mutilation without anesthesia”, in addition to “the conditions of intensive exploitation cause many animals die on farms or are sick and injured.

60 years until new inspection

In this context, Animal Equality has pointed out that It can take 60 years for a farm to be inspected in Spain. According to their data, inspections to control animal welfare only reached 1.67% of the farms subject to control in 2021, 2,881 farms of the total of 1,72,079 farms subject to control.

Inspections to control animal welfare only reached 1.67% of the farms subject to control in 2021, 2,881 farms of the total of 172,079 farms subject to control. “Inspections are carried out with a notice of between 48 and 72 hours”

In addition, he reports, non-compliance was detected in more than 30% of the farms inspected in 2021 “and inspections are carried out with a notice of between 48 and 72 hours.”