Comments on: Pig Farming in Tasmania

By: Trees, forests, silence and animal deaths. | Sleepless Nights

Trees, forests, silence and animal deaths. | Sleepless Nights — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:06:09 +0000

[...] a duck, you’re fucking well going to eat the thing). Like maybe, OH I DON’T KNOW, commercial pig farming? Just MAYBE, we ought to be protesting at a pig farm, or a battery hen farm. Or for those of you in [...]

By: Lee-Ann Minty-Britt

Lee-Ann Minty-Britt — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:36:40 +0000

I have for many years supported Pam Clark and her fight against battery hens…..we have such a hugh struggle…its all the dollar..piggerys….should I say horror houses…lot feeds…it just goes on and on …I keep protesting in my own way….I don’t eat meat and try and buy non animal product…I wish we could turn it all around and live in a much kinder world,for humans and our animal friends.

By: Cat

Cat — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:54:14 +0000

Good for you for taking a stand Roni, and thank god you didn't say "boycott all pork" because I would have died a little inside. Cats last blog post..I've Also Just Been Appointed Queen of Sheba

By: Hyphen Mama

Hyphen Mama — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:58:17 +0000

Horrifying!! Good on you for doing something about it.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:50:40 +0000

Well done you and your mum for bringing this up. It's totally disgusting. A couple of english chefs have done programmes recently on the conditions that animals are kept in (chickens in this case) and it really opened my eyes. I only buy free-range now. Barbaras last blog post..131/365 – The Witch Had A Cat

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Sun, 10 May 2009 23:28:45 +0000

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By: Lara

Lara — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:25:03 +0000

I sent a modified letter – I tried to make it a little less emotional, in my expereince it’s easier to write us off as animal rights freaks if we use very emotive language, so it’s better to be concise and factual (which I find very hard in the circumstances).

Here is my letter –

Dear Woolworths,

I am very disappointed to see that you are so out of touch with your suppliers that gross acts of cruelty and neglect are perpetrated on sensitive and intelligent animals without your knowledge.

Please take this issue seriously, and source your products from suppliers that subscribe to ethical animal welfare standards, and demand better from your suppliers.

I think the company has under-estimated how much this has and will continue to tarnish your reputation. I am shocked that this is how the company wants to be seen.

I am a vegetarian, and have never bought pork products from Woolworths, but will be shopping elsewhere until you can satisfy me that all of your meat is ethically produced in a humane environment.

Sincerely

Lara

By: Ree

Ree — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:44:08 +0000

Sent - from the U.S. Maybe a world-wide furor will help - although based on our own practices with poultry, I'm not holding out much hope. Happy Mother's Day Vonnie! Rees last blog post..Grace in Small Things: 21/365

By: Taz

Taz — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:30:38 +0000

that is so sad..

they should be totally banned..

so happy i do not shop at woolworths..

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:18:59 +0000

Sharon, I thought standards were higher here too. Hell, I expected standards to be higher.

Robin, the RSPCA told her that they didn’t work on weekends, which frankly is disgusting. Luckily our police aren’t too bad when it comes to cases of animal cruelty.