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"Pigs reared on a farm for outdoor-bred RSPCA Assured meat labels were found with what a vet says were advanced infections or suffering prolonged discomfort. Stockcroft Pigs, one of Britain's largest outdoor-bred meat companies, supplies pork to several high-street brands including at least two supermarkets and a fast-food chain. The animals were filmed in what appeared to be a crowded hospital pen with limited bedding that was heavily soiled and with minimal enrichment, in a video filmed secretly by activists. A former pig-industry vet who examined the footage said she believed some were so ill that they should have been euthanised weeks earlier."
Donations fund journalists to report on issues including reproductive rights, climate change, and scrutiny of large tech and political financing, enabling coverage from multiple perspectives. The outlet chooses not to use paywalls and relies on support from those who can afford it to keep reporting freely available to the public. Footage from a Herefordshire pig-rearing farm contracted to Stockcroft Pigs showed animals with apparent advanced infections and prolonged discomfort in crowded, heavily soiled hospital pens with limited bedding and minimal enrichment. A former pig-industry vet said some pigs appeared so ill they should have been euthanised weeks earlier. Stockcroft said animals were being treated on a vet's advice and that some clips were not representative. The Animal Justice Project claimed some pigs were too injured to walk.
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