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Hogwood Farm is a horror farm in Warwickshire housing 16,000 pigs. It is one of the largest pig farms Viva! has ever seen. Conditions there for pigs are so appalling we have launched a campaign urging supporters to TAKE ACTION and help us close the farm down. This campaign has attracted a huge amount of media attention.
Animal welfare group Viva! are celebrating their latest victory as supermarket giant Tesco drops Hogwood Farm as a supplier, following a third investigation by Viva! Earlier this week, Red Tractor suspended Hogwood’s certification in response to the hidden camera footage obtained by Viva!
Between 2017 and 2019, Viva! uncovered a catalogued of cruelty, deception and marketing lies at Hogwood pig farm – turning the story into a multi-award-winning Netflix documentary. In 2026, the farm shuts its doors for good.
Animal welfare group Viva! has investigated Hogwood Pig Farm, which supplies Tesco, for the third year in a row. Hidden cameras have shown farm workers slapping pigs, hitting them with solid bars and metal riding crops,…
Against all odds, Viva! Campaigns returned to Hogwood pig farm in 2019 to expose shocking conditions at Tesco-approved hell hole for the third year running.
