Do you think it's humane to roast pigs alive?
Add your name if you want to ban this horrific practice.
"A California animal rights group says an Iowa pork producer "roasted pigs alive" when it euthanized thousands of hogs it was unable to send to Midwest meatpacking plants that had slowed or halted production as workers fell ill with COVID-19.
"A national swine veterinarians group says shutting down a confinement's ventilation is an acceptable form of euthanasia in "constrained circumstances" such as the COVID-19 meatpacking disruption," reported the Des Moines Register.
Can you believe this?
How can something this cruel and heartless be legal?!
"Direct Action Everywhere describes the pigs as "shrieking in agony" after Iowa Select Farms, a large pork producer, shut down the ventilation in a rural confinement facility near Aplington in Grundy County to euthanize them.
"Jeff Hansen, the company's CEO, said it "exhausted every possible option," from finding more barn space to donating pork to food banks and employees, before deciding to euthanize the animals," according to the same source.
And the word part is, this story could be repeated countless times in the coming months...
"The state estimates that 600,000 pigs in Iowa could be destroyed as they back up on farms and cannot be processed into food. Iowa, the nation's largest pork producer, raises about 50 million pigs a year," said the same source.
Senator Bernie Sanders has been a long-term advocate for animal rights, and has co-sponsored numerous pieces of legislation to protect endangered species, as well as to combat animal cruelty.
That's why we're asking him to lead a movement in Congress that would ban this ghastly method of euthanizing swine.
Don't you want to help make sure helpless living pigs are never treated this way again?
Then add your name to ask Bernie Sanders to take action to ban this method of euthanization once and for all.
