Hormel Hell Hormel Hell - Exposed: Hormel Supplier Mutilates Piglets
New undercover footage taken at a Hormel pork supplier reveals mother pigs confined to filthy metal crates, workers ripping out the testicles and cutting off the tails of baby piglets without any pain relief, and sick and injured piglets suffering from untreated injuries and illnesses.
Tell Hormel to end painful mutilations and to stop cramming pigs into tiny, filthy crates. Act now!
End agonizing mutilations, such as castration and tail docking, without pain relief
Adopt a zero tolerance policy for animal abuse and install video monitoring systems that live stream to the internet to deter egregious acts of violence against animals
Pure Hell for Pigs
Pigs crammed in filthy gestation crates so small the animals can't even turn around
Workers ripping out the testicles and slicing off the tails of piglets without the use of any pain relief
Pigs forcefully pushed through overcrowded hallways while trampling each other in fear
Sick and injured pigs with severe bleeding wounds or infections left to suffer without veterinary care
"The handling of the weaned piglets was definitely NOT acceptable and was rough. There are definitely some issues on this farm that need to be corrected."
"I was greatly disturbed and appalled to watch footage of such horrifying cruelty and neglect towards pigs."
"[T]he handling of baby pigs is inconsiderate, rough, and evidence of poor training and poor management."
"The poor physical and emotional welfare of the pigs in this facility is unconscionable."
"[T]he animals are suffering from pain, fear, stress and frustration due to abusive living conditions and caretaker/management negligence."
"Many of these incidents are concerning and represent multiple forms of unnecessary pain and stress for the animals involved."
Pigs are highly social animals with considerable 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 quiet, secluded places to build soft nests where they can care for their piglets.
On industrial farms, mother pigs in gestation and farrowing crates are unable to turn around, walk, play, or lie down comfortably. 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 those of 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 and farrowing 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.
The best way for individual consumers to help end this cruelty is to leave animals off their plates entirely.
Hormel Hell Hormel Hell - Exposed: Hormel Supplier Mutilates Piglets
New undercover footage taken at a Hormel pork supplier reveals mother pigs confined to filthy metal crates, workers ripping out the testicles and cutting off the tails of baby piglets without any pain relief, and sick and injured piglets suffering from untreated injuries and illnesses.
Tell Hormel to end painful mutilations and to stop cramming pigs into tiny, filthy crates. Act now!
End agonizing mutilations, such as castration and tail docking, without pain relief
Adopt a zero tolerance policy for animal abuse and install video monitoring systems that live stream to the internet to deter egregious acts of violence against animals
Pure Hell for Pigs
Pigs crammed in filthy gestation crates so small the animals can't even turn around
Workers ripping out the testicles and slicing off the tails of piglets without the use of any pain relief
Pigs forcefully pushed through overcrowded hallways while trampling each other in fear
Sick and injured pigs with severe bleeding wounds or infections left to suffer without veterinary care
"The handling of the weaned piglets was definitely NOT acceptable and was rough. There are definitely some issues on this farm that need to be corrected."
"I was greatly disturbed and appalled to watch footage of such horrifying cruelty and neglect towards pigs."
"[T]he handling of baby pigs is inconsiderate, rough, and evidence of poor training and poor management."
"The poor physical and emotional welfare of the pigs in this facility is unconscionable."
"[T]he animals are suffering from pain, fear, stress and frustration due to abusive living conditions and caretaker/management negligence."
"Many of these incidents are co
ncerning and represent multiple forms of unnecessary pain and stress for the animals involved."
Pigs are highly social animals with considerable 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 quiet, secluded places to build soft nests where they can care for their piglets.
On industrial farms, mother pigs in gestation and farrowing crates are unable to turn around, walk, play, or lie down comfortably. 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 those of 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 and farrowing 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.
The best way for individual consumers to help end this cruelty is to leave animals off their plates entirely.