[Dreamer74]

I would never ever justify any animal abuse, but I am surprised by the number of people who did not know this is how pigs are treated. Granted I am in Iowa so hog farms are a common thing. And a sow will kill a grown man if she has the chance and he is trying to move her babies, they are intelligent but not always gentle. Thier instincts are similar to a human and they are very protective. I am told that when taking them to the slaughter house sometimes they even have heart attacks as you are unloading them like they know where they are and what is going to happen.
I did not see the video but I am guessing they were filming large hog confinements and not free range pigs, which are generally gentle and loving because they are not under stress. More scary than this is the amount of antibiotics and other drugs that the give the hogs to keep them alive in a hog confinement. It is not where they are meant to live so thier bodies can't take it and they get sick without the drugs, add in the drugs to fatten them up and get more meat on the market and it is of no surprise to me why humans are so sick with cancer and other immune diseases.