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Stop Hormel Supplier's Abuse of Mother Pigs and Piglets

Target: Hormel Foods
Sponsored by: PETA

For more than three months, PETA went undercover at an Iowa pig factory farm, which supplies piglets who are raised and killed for Hormel products.

PETA found rampant cruelty to animals - committed by workers and supervisors. The farm changed ownership and management during PETA's investigation, but that made no difference to the animals who were born and confined there: Abuse and neglect were widespread during PETA's entire investigation.

Abuses were brutal and widespread, including beating and kicking the animals for no reason and jabbing at the animals' eyes and faces.

By purchasing pigs bred and born on this farm and then grown elsewhere before being slaughtered for Hormel products, Hormel is financially supporting an operation whose employees abuse animals.

Sign this petition today to tell Hormel to demand that this farm and all of their suppliers meet the animal welfare guidelines set forth by PETA.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 7,000

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Dear [Decision Maker],

I just heard about a disturbing video on PETA.org that clearly shows that workers were abusing mother pigs and piglets who were to be raised and killed for Hormel products.

Please follow PETA's lead and call for the immediate termination and criminal prosecution of any employee - of this farm, Hormel, or any of your other suppliers - who is caught abusing or neglecting animals. You should also demand that this farm and all your suppliers meet the animal welfare guidelines set forth by PETA.

These guidelines include phasing out the use of gestation crates by 2011, installing a video monitoring system that will be observed by a third party, and providing enrichment for pigs, just to name a few.

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We took action on “Stop Hormel Supplier's Abuse of Mother Pigs and Piglets”!

# 12,708:

6:01 pm PST, Nov 22, Shauna Ward, Washington
Pigs are not safe to be supervised. Piglets and pigs are terrible abused. Workers will get even for that.

# 12,707:

5:16 pm PST, Nov 22, Linda Conrad, Minnesota
Please stop the abuse of mother pigs and their piglets. This is extremely disturbing. WE MUST respect the lives of animals. Abusing any animal is a horrible crime. Please put a STOP to this now.

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4:50 pm PST, Nov 22, Carla Quevedo, Maryland

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8:36 am PST, Nov 22, Tim Conrad, Minnesota
All animals need to be respected and treated farely, just like people.

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12:36 am PST, Nov 21, Michelle Rodriguez, New York
its hard for me to respect people who can do that to innocent animals who have nno idea whats going on all there trying to do is live and take care of there young. they dont deserve to be treated they way they do..

# 12,703:

2:08 pm PST, Nov 20, Arthur Backes, Luxembourg

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1:47 pm PST, Nov 20, Rod Ewing, Ohio

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7:47 am PST, Nov 20, Sara J. Schmidt, Missouri

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5:49 am PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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10:20 am PST, Nov 18, Richard Wilson, Ohio

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11:02 pm PST, Nov 17, Roy Cee, Oregon

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6:25 pm PST, Nov 17, Natalie Santiago, Puerto Rico
How can you treat animals like these!! Poor little guys, u know they can feel the same way i can. I'm not so sure about you, because if u abuse an animal you don't have a heart!

# 12,696:

12:19 pm PST, Nov 17, Sonja Nielsen, Denmark
It is extremely hard for me to be respectful towards humans, who show no respect for animals.. Stop abusing the pigs, they deserves to be treated with love and care... What is wrong with people???

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6:27 pm PST, Nov 16, David Horning, Ohio

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5:17 pm PST, Nov 16, Robyn Reichert, Florida

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7:20 am PST, Nov 16, Mariska Catsman-Okkersen, Netherlands

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7:04 pm PST, Nov 14, Stephanie Wilkin, Michigan

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4:57 pm PST, Nov 14, Krassi Boris, Canada

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3:17 pm PST, Nov 14, Catherine Stanzoni, New York

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8:26 pm PST, Nov 13, Nancy Palumbo, Pennsylvania
This is horrible

# 12,688:

3:07 pm PST, Nov 13, Christopher Jensen, Arizona

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11:37 am PST, Nov 13, Lillian Just, New York

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10:39 am PST, Nov 13, Chellee Chase-Saiz, New Mexico

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6:19 am PST, Nov 13, Faye Andrews, North Carolina

# 12,684:

6:12 am PST, Nov 13, Holly Maromonte, Pennsylvania
Stop hurting animals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 12,683:

11:56 pm PST, Nov 12, Jasmin Rosales, Australia

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4:35 pm PST, Nov 12, Lisa Lewis, North Carolina

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1:31 pm PST, Nov 12, Mallory Bracken, West Virginia

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12:35 pm PST, Nov 12, Clare Howell, United Kingdom
We as human beings do not have right to treat animals in this way. They have feelings just like any other living being and should be respected and treated in a kind way so please change how your farms are run and stop using crates for the pigs as well.

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7:14 am PST, Nov 12, Cid Martins, Portugal

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12:53 am PST, Nov 12, Hendrata Loekman, Indonesia

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6:00 pm PST, Nov 11, Wanda Cardenas, Texas

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5:16 pm PST, Nov 11, Will Spangler, Colorado

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5:12 pm PST, Nov 11, Cecilia Banner, Colorado
Your company's practices are disgusting. My consumption of meat has dropped drastically as I have learned of these horrific actions at yours and other factory farms. PETA may be radical but they have brought a lot of awareness to the plight of these poor sentient animals and they deserve kudos for that. And you need to institute humane practices!

# 12,674:

3:03 pm PST, Nov 11, Robin Faries, Missouri

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12:17 pm PST, Nov 11, Stephanie Humphries, Virginia

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8:42 am PST, Nov 11, Brielle Barr, New Jersey
It disgusts me that your company treats pigs this way. I have told all of my friends and family "DO NOT BUY ANY HORMEL PRODUCTS" because of the cruel ways in which you have treated these animals.

# 12,671:

1:33 pm PST, Nov 10, Elizabeth Zwicky, Illinois

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1:25 pm PST, Nov 10, L Gols, Massachusetts

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7:57 pm PST, Nov 9, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

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5:27 pm PST, Nov 9, Lisa Bannister, California

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5:04 pm PST, Nov 9, Malwina Kajda, Poland

# 12,666:

7:51 am PST, Nov 9, Carol White, Montana
Stop!!! hurting animals.

# 12,665:

4:00 pm PST, Nov 8, Sherri Bessire, Texas

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2:46 pm PST, Nov 8, Paul Smith, Pennsylvania

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11:08 am PST, Nov 8, Soraya Nadershahi, California
it must be stopped now.

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4:48 pm PST, Nov 7, Gloria Oehlman, Florida

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2:20 pm PST, Nov 7, Esta Weiss, Texas

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12:10 pm PST, Nov 7, Taleesa Fowler, Florida

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7:00 am PST, Nov 7, Rhonda Manes, Alabama

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6:42 am PST, Nov 7, Liz Casey, Canada

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4:29 pm PST, Nov 6, Dawn Delph, Maryland
you should be ashamed if you do not do something about this.

# 12,655:

1:33 pm PST, Nov 6, Gwen Hawtof, Florida
In spite of our downturn in the economy, we are willing to pay more to ensure our food sources are treated humanely prior to their delivery to our dinner table.

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10:34 am PST, Nov 6, Jet Barrett, United Kingdom

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10:29 am PST, Nov 6, Pat Pickren, Florida

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9:10 am PST, Nov 6, Pawel Kawalkowski, Poland

# 12,651:

1:13 am PST, Nov 6, Joan Davanzo, Virginia

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