{"id":1533414,"date":"2024-03-04T16:27:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?p=1087643"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:27:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:27:12","slug":"new-peta-u-k-animation-reveals-twisted-tail-of-pig-slaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/03\/04\/new-peta-u-k-animation-reveals-twisted-tail-of-pig-slaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"New PETA U.K. Animation Reveals Twisted \u2018Tail\u2019 of Pig Slaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next time someone says, \u201cBut bacon \u2026,\u201d show them this cartoon. A beaming father and his young daughters are about to tuck into a meaty breakfast when the curious girls ask about their father\u2019s job. He launches into a catchy tune about his work as a pig farmer\u2014but things quickly take a sinister turn. It\u2019s all singing and dancing until the video reveals the horrific reality of what\u2019s involved in turning gentle pigs into sausages, bacon, and ham.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll say no more\u2014just watch for yourself:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-player\">\n<div class=\"widescreen-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"This Cartoon Will Change How You See Bacon Forever\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CxEj92qoavQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>PETA U.K. released this video, which features rubber hose animation reminiscent of beloved cartoons such as <em>The Ren &amp; Stimpy Show<\/em>, in collaboration with top London advertising agency Grey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-6-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1087358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"two children and father eating animal-derived foods\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-6-scaled.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-6-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-6-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-6-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-6-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Pigs Enjoy Music<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Pigs are sensitive, intelligent individuals who, like humans, enjoy games and music. Mother pigs even sing to their babies.<\/p>\n<p>They value their lives, just as we do, and they don\u2019t want to be turned into bacon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-4-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1087363 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"an illustration of a beautiful farm with a rainbow going across the sky\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-4-scaled.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-4-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-4-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-4-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2018Happy\u2019 Pig Farms? A Big Fat Lie<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Most of the 121 million pigs killed for their flesh in the U.S. every year are crammed into barren concrete pens and deprived of fresh air and sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers routinely subject pigs to painful mutilations, such as cutting off their tails and grinding down their sensitive teeth, usually without painkillers.<\/p>\n<p>At slaughterhouses, the animals are hoisted upside down by their back legs and their throats are cut\u2014often without effective stunning.<\/p>\n\n<a data-attachment-id=\"964275\" href='https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/watch-gunda\/pigs-being-transported-to-slaughter-canada-2012\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/frightened-three-pigs-we-animals.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Three sad pigs look at the camera\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/frightened-three-pigs-we-animals.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/frightened-three-pigs-we-animals-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/frightened-three-pigs-we-animals-602x401.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>\n<a data-attachment-id=\"1087359\" href='https:\/\/www.peta.org\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-1\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"the back of an illustrated truck going to a farm raising pigs for food.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-1-scaled.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-1-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-1-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<h3><strong>Eating Sausages Is Linked to Health Issues<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Studies show that even moderate consumption of processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer. Conversely, vegans are less likely to suffer from heart disease, certain types of cancer, diabetes, and strokes.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Meat Production Costs the Earth<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The United Nations Environment Programme has called meat production the world\u2019s \u201cmost urgent problem\u201d on account of the huge quantities of greenhouse gases the industry produces, which contribute to the climate catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-5-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1087364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"an illustration of pigs in paradise, playing harps, and lounging by a river\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-5-scaled.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-5-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-5-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pig-farm-video-screenshot-5-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the flipside, vegan diets generate 75% less climate-heating emissions than diets containing more than 100 grams of meat a day.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Open Someone Else\u2019s Eyes to Pigs\u2019 Suffering<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can help pigs simply by sharing this video:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dark-blue text-button button small\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CxEj92qoavQ\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1087643\"\/>\n<p><a class=\"bright-blue text-button button small\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=If%20you%20care%20about%20pigs%20and%20enjoy%20cartoons,%20this%20PETA%20video%20is%20for%20you!%20https%3A\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CxEj92qoavQ\">Share on X (Formerly Twitter)<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a class=\"dark-blue text-button button small\"  href=\"mailto:?subject=Go%20Vegan%20for%20Pigs&amp;body=Did%20you%20know%20that%20mother%20pigs%20sing%20to%20their%20babies%20while%20they%20nurse%20them?%20If%20you%20care%20about%20pigs%20and%20enjoy%20cartoons,%20this%20video%20is%20for%20you!%20https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CxEj92qoavQ\">Share via E-Mail<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h3><strong>Go Vegan for Pigs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The best way to spare clever pigs suffering and a painful death is to go vegan. Grab your free vegan starter kit to learn more:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bright-blue text-button button large\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/living\/food\/free-vegan-starter-kit\/\">Order Your Free Kit! <\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/the-twisted-tail-of-pig-slaughter\/\">New PETA U.K. Animation Reveals Twisted \u2018Tail\u2019 of Pig Slaughter<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\">PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/the-twisted-tail-of-pig-slaughter\/\">Animal Rights and Campaign News | PETA<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next time someone says, \u201cBut bacon \u2026,\u201d show them this cartoon.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/the-twisted-tail-of-pig-slaughter\/\">New PETA U.K. Animation Reveals Twisted \u2018Tail\u2019 of Pig Slaughter<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\">PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32747,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3406,2154,3407,7723,2153],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32747"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1533414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1533415,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1533414\/revisions\/1533415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1533414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1533414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1533414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}