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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2008 17:56:57 GMT
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Post by JennyWrenn on Dec 7, 2008 17:59:28 GMT
I have just seen on the News the most awful footage of a pig farm and the poor Sow virtually held captive in a cage/chains whilst having to endure milk feeding the piglets  I am glad I saw it - it has put me off pork for life not to mention the scare |
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Post by Ruthie on Dec 7, 2008 18:04:23 GMT
I may be wrong here Jenny, and I haven't seen the footage myself, but I understand Sows can roll and crush feeding piglets so they have to be somehow cordoned off from them to stop this happening.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Dec 7, 2008 18:21:26 GMT
That may be true SR; I never thought of it that way
..... but this Sow looked totally caged in - I used to live near pig farms and have to say never saw the sows imprisoned in steel like this - it upset me very much
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Post by farmersboy on Dec 7, 2008 20:37:45 GMT
I had roast pork for dinner today,and some cold for tea So if im not on here tomorrow  |
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Post by Missredhead on Dec 7, 2008 22:12:42 GMT
I had pork too |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Dec 8, 2008 6:57:53 GMT
Yes I actually had pork for lunch and then again for tea ;D Amendment to my post I didnt live near Pig FARMS just near farms that kept pigs big difference really - one sow escaped once and ended up in our garden Mt Mum was actually frying bacon at the time- very scary really not sure what the Sow wanted  |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 8, 2008 13:05:48 GMT
I haven't yet read how the pigs managed to be fed with dioxins, and what the dioxins could do to us. I'm not sure I want to read it actually |
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Post by Tig on Dec 8, 2008 14:57:40 GMT
If the press / TV have got it right the dioxins possibly came from two sources, one was that the animal feed supplier used stale bread and didn't remove the wrappers when they mashed it  , the other issue is thought to be contaminated oil added to the food. I think you would have to be quite unlucky to suffer any harm from what has been said (dioxins can evidently cause liver damage if ingested over a long period, they are known carcinogens ?sp) x Tig |
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Post by farmersboy on Dec 8, 2008 16:23:54 GMT
Yes I actually had pork for lunch and then again for tea ;D Amendment to my post I didnt live near Pig FARMS just near farms that kept pigs big difference really - one sow escaped once and ended up in our garden Mt Mum was actually frying bacon at the time- very scary really not sure what the Sow wanted What on earth is the difference between living near a pig farm,and living near a farm that kept pigs ;D |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Dec 8, 2008 18:14:05 GMT
I didnt say KEPT pigs originally FB I said a PIG FARM - a farm solely devoted to breeding PIGS So I lived near farms that kept pigs as well as other animals ie cows for milking etc Oh dear |
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Post by farmersboy on Dec 8, 2008 18:18:46 GMT
They must have KEPT pigs,if they bred them,i still dont see the difference. Blondes ;D
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Post by JennyWrenn on Dec 8, 2008 18:51:20 GMT
The farms I lived near FB were not soley for PIGS PIGS PIGS they was for other animals Pig Farms is Pig Farms for Pigs alone I lived near ordinary farms that had a few pigs and a few sheep an cows an dogs Pensioners |
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Post by farmersboy on Dec 8, 2008 18:54:58 GMT
Ah,now you make sense Jen  |
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Post by Ruthie on Dec 8, 2008 19:50:27 GMT
Glad we've got that sorted out |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Dec 9, 2008 6:56:26 GMT
My banner is about Pork Pie hats from eBay ;D
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, the other issue is thought to be contaminated oil added to the food.