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December 2, 2008 8:52:07 PM CST



Pigs Savaged in PETA Farm Video

Posted Sep 17, 08 7:59 AM CDT in Crime & Courts US 

(Newser) – Undercover investigators for the anti-cruelty organization PETA have filmed shocking cruelty to pigs at an Iowa farm, AP reports. Pigs are seen being beaten with metal rods while a supervisor brags of jamming rods in sows' anuses. Unhealthy piglets are slammed against the floor and left to die writhing in a heap. The animal rights group is seeking the prosecution of 18 workers.

"Hurt 'em! There's nobody works for PETA out here," an employee boasts as he beats a sow. "Hurt! Hurt! Hurt! Take out your frustrations on 'em!" An owner of the farm, which supplies the maker of Spam, condemned the cruelty in the video. An animal welfare expert agreed that the "sick" workers behind the abuse should be prosecuted—but rejected PETA's assertion that such behavior was the norm on factory farms.

Source Associated Press

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In this image taken from video provided by the PETA, workers at a pig farm outside of Bayard, Iowa force an injured pig to move before killing her.   (AP Photo/People for the Ethical treatment of Animals)
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PETA's undercover video of extreme animal cruelty at an Iowa pig farm. WARNING: Disturbing images.   (AndyJZ)

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Abuse on factory farms is the absolute norm, not the exception, and anyone eating factory-farmed meat is paying to support it. - PETA Vice President Bruce Friedrich

This was blatant, deliberate animal cruelty. These people are sick. They need to be prosecuted. There are certain people that enjoy hurting animals and they should not be working with them, period. - Animal welfare expert Temple Grandin

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