The RSPCA is
deceiving consumers and profiting from animal suffering. Animal Liberation
Victoria has been investigating the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme, from which
the RSPCA receives royalties, for the last 14 months. Over this time we have
uncovered heartbreaking animal cruelty and filthy living conditions on RSPCA
Approved Farms. ALV's investigation has clearly exposed the fraudulent nature
of this scheme.
Pig farms
that have been approved by the RSPCA have failed to provide every one of the
“five freedoms” animals are entitled to under the RSPCA's Approved Farming
Scheme. During our investigation 18 pigs were rescued, they suffered various
injuries and illnesses including pneumonia, broken legs, cerebral palsy,
testicular hernias, open necrotic wounds, septic arthritis, vaginal prolapses,
and failure to thrive due to skeletal deformities. We routinely saw pigs living
chest deep in their own excrement. We also repeatedly found corpses in various
stages of decay, and dead pigs being cannibalised.
Sadly many
of the pigs we rescued did not live, even with the best care. Those who
survived are now living happy free lives in loving sanctuaries.
People are
rightly outraged at the appalling conditions the majority of pigs suffer in
today's industrialized 'factory farms', yet many are unaware of the immense
cruelty that is part and parcel of the ‘free range’ farm industry. Our
investigation has shown that pigs being bred and killed as part of the RSPCA
Approved Farming Scheme are living lives of misery in disgusting unsanitary
conditions.
Pigs are
highly intelligent social animals with the ability to feel both pain and
pleasure. They are not ‘things’ for humans to breed, slaughter, consume and
profit from.
Free range
is a fraud that is betraying the animals and the public. Don’t buy the lies!
Take action now… freerangefraud.com
