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Mercy For Animals video targets Canadian hog farm
Story Date: 12/11/2012
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Source: Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE, 12/10/12
The animal activist group Mercy For Animals Canada has released a new video alleging animal abuse one of Canada’s largest pork producers — Puratone — based in Arborg, Manitoba.
Puratone is a supplier for some of Canada's largest grocery chains, including Sobeys, Superstore/ Loblaws, Metro, and Walmart.
In a news release, the group quoted animal welfare experts condemning practices at the farm.
“It is the worst cruelty inflicted on an animal that I have witnessed in many years” and “[T]hese awful conditions are leading to terrible and unnecessary suffering for hundreds of animals,” the group quoted Ian Duncan, professor emeritus at the University of Guelph, and holder of the university chair in animal welfare, as saying.
Animal welfare expert Temple Grandin was quoted as saying, "The farm is poorly managed and it is obvious that the employees have not been trained in proper procedures.”
The group also used the video to make its case against the use of sow gestation stalls.
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