Major Investigation into UK Pig Farming Reveals 90% Are Factory Farmed
A major investigation into the state of British pig farming has revealed that more than 90 per cent of pigs killed for meat in the UK are indoor factory farmed.
A major investigation into the state of British pig farming has revealed that more than 90 per cent of pigs killed for meat in the UK are indoor factory farmed.
Top Farm is operated by JC Lister. The Listers have boasted about selling their pork to major supermarket chains Tesco, the Co-operative and Aldi through Malton-based pork producers Karro Food Group.
We investigated this very same pig farm back in 2008. Clearly standards have not improved.
People in Bedford are being called on to join one of the UK’s leading animal welfare charities and take the ‘Face Off Challenge’, which confronts the realities of the region’s pig farming.
As part of our 12 month investigation into the British pig industry we obtained footage filmed at two farms belonging to Bedfordia Farms in Bedfordshire.
Barny du Plessis – aka Mr Universe – was one of many locals who joined a national campaign in Norwich town centre yesterday (Tuesday March 22) to ‘Face Off’ to the region’s factory farming methods.
VIVA! has released legally obtained undercover footage taken over two nights revealing what the groups says is suffering on a massive scale and potential illegality
Piglets in barren wire ‘battery cages’ stacked three deep. The only so-called ‘environmental enrichment’ was a metal chain hanging in a metal cage.
Viva! investigators have filmed at a farm that boast of Red Tractor accreditation and produces 20,000 pigs a year for supermarkets, such as Morrisons, and local businesses as East Riding Country Pork. What our cameras found will shock you. Watch the footage for yourself and ask: can I trust the tractor?
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