An average of 72000 pigs are slaughtered in South Africa’s formal sector every week. Their very existence is a contravention of the Animals’ Protection Act in that the majority are ‘mutilated’ (by tail-docking and teeth clipping), and  kept in ‘inadequate space’ (gestation stalls and farrowing crates remain in use).

Piglets which are very like puppies in behaviour, almost never get to run and play but are housed in confined spaces which are usually darkened to discourage tail-biting, often resulting from boredom).

Willy-nilly, we continue to eat them – irrespective of their unspeakable suffering.  

As the proverb goes: ‘What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over’