Please help to stop inhuman treatment of a few days old pigs in Poland and Europe!

Good evening dear steemians!

This evening I want to reach out for your help signing a petition according inhuman treatment of only a few days old piglets. This shall not be a stop eating meat post but just help for more humanity in treatment with piglets in Poland and Europe -no matter we eat them or not!

My girlfriend send me today this shocking story which made me think a little and I didn't hesitate to sign the petition though I eat meat sometimes - I must admit that I eat less meat since a good while, but I still do and signed it

Here are some shoking photos of how the little pigs are treated:



© Jo-Anne McArthur / Essere Animali source

such a cute pig, how could anyone hurt it 😢

© Igualdad Animal source

without any anesthesia they get their teeth cut...

© Dyrevernalliansen source

... and their tails! 😱

Please if you also think such inhuman treatment is inacepptable help to sign the petition:
http://www.otwarteklatki.pl/endpigpain

I made a translation for all you english speaking people and hope to reach for your helping hands:


Dear Minister,

I address your concern about the situation of piglets in Europe

Piglets kept under too much crowding, without any encouragement in the environment, are routinely subjected to tail trimming, contrary to European law. In addition, most boars in Poland undergo painful surgical castration without anesthesia, although more humane methods are available.

Also many breeders routinely cut or saw the teeth of piglets, which is also contrary to European law. This painful treatment can be eliminated through proper selection and better feeding of the sow.

Routine trimming of teeth and tails is not allowed in the European Union for more than 20 years. The law requires breeders to provide conditions that will not make these treatments necessary. They are always associated with poor living conditions. Unfortunately, it has not been done enough to enrich the environment in which pigs are farmed.

It is the Member States' responsibility to fully implement the EU directives. I would like to take action that will eliminate the routine cutting of tails and teeth for an enriched environment in kennels.

Male piglets are subjected to surgical castration to prevent the occurrence of a boozy odor that can be felt in the heat treatment of meat. However, as indicated by the European Veterinary Federations in the European Declaration on Alternatives to the Surgical Method of Piglet Castration, this procedure is very painful if performed without any anesthesia, even in the case of very young piglets. More humanitarian methods should replace surgical castration.

Please take action for the full prohibition of piglet surgery and support for such prohibition throughout the European Union.

I look forward to the definitive steps to end the mutilation of the piglets.

Yours faithfully

If you too think that such treatment needs to be ended and just signed the petition it would be great if you could resteem and share on other social networks as well. Every voice counts my friends!

Thanks for your time and reading this!