{"id":754091,"date":"2018-07-31T09:33:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=754091"},"modified":"2018-07-31T09:33:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:33:41","slug":"piglets-slammed-to-death-against-a-wall-by-worker-at-uk-pig-farm-from-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=754091","title":{"rendered":"Piglets slammed to death against a wall by worker at UK pig farm from hell"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The sound of piglets\u2019 heads being smashed against the wall, the cries of agony as their tiny teeth are clipped, and the terrified squeals of pigs being forced onto the slaughter truck with electric shocks could all be straight out of a horror film.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ABE HAWKEN:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Terrified piglets were filmed screaming in agony as the tips of their teeth were clipped off while others were repeatedly shocked with an electric prod. The horrific footage was filmed by two anonymous animal rights campaigners who set up covert cameras at Rosebury Farm in Dunstable, Beds. One piglet \u2013 which was frothing at the mouth \u2013 was seen being thrown onto a pile of dead pigs. The campaigners then passed the footage \u2013 filmed over a three-month period \u2013 to Animal Equality and the farm has now been expelled from the industry\u2019s \u201cassured food standards\u201d scheme. Meanwhile, other cameras showed dozens of dead piglets littering the floor of the birthing shed and other piglets were trapped in crates with their dead siblings&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Dr Toni Shephard, Executive Director at Animal Equality, was stunned after viewing the footage and said \u201cit\u2019s time consumers knew the truth\u201d. She said: \u201cThe sound of piglets\u2019 heads being smashed against the wall, the cries of agony as their tiny teeth are clipped, and the terrified squeals of pigs being forced onto the slaughter truck with electric shocks could all be straight out of a horror film. Yet these harrowing scenes are from the much romanticised local, family farm producing British pork under the Red Tractor label&#8221;&#8230; The clips were passed to Red Tractor, Defra\u2019s Animal and Plant Health Agency and the RSPCA&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/6894543\/vile-pig-farm-workers-killed-piglets-red-tractor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mkuvSLV3-2M?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABE HAWKEN: &#8216;Terrified piglets were filmed screaming in agony as the tips of their teeth were clipped off while others were repeatedly shocked with an electric prod. The horrific footage was filmed by two anonymous animal rights campaigners who set up covert cameras at Rosebury Farm in Dunstable, Beds. 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