Appalling conditions ignored by inspecting
veterinarian. VGT protest at Entenfellner talk
It sounds like a bad joke – intensive pig farmer
and vet Mag. Entenfellner gives a talk at an
Austrian agricultural school on pig farming
and pig hygiene with the sub heading “Austrian
pig farmers have no need to hide”.
Outraged animal campaigners took this opportunity
to show the public how animals suffer on the
speaker's very own farm.
Following VGT complaint state vet finds
no deficiencies?
In the film documenting conditions on the farm
received anonymously by VGT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_fBxQSz8do
), a number of examples can be identified which
clearly break the law and illustrate animal
suffering, however, a state vet inspecting the
farm in response to VGT complaints claims to
find no problems. How can that be?
The state vet appears to be of the opinion that
bitten off body parts are not a problem. The
question of why these injuries are not treated
or how they happened in the first place is not
even asked!
David Richter from VGT "The laws governing
the pig industry are an absolute catastrophe
– they simply legalise animal cruelty and now
we see that even these laws are not being enforced.
The pigs on Entenfellner's farm get one piece
of wood between 50 of them as enrichment. Common
sense tells us that the result of boredom and
over crowding will result in aggression between
the pigs. VGT has the job of informing the public
about the conditions the pigs and other “farm”
animals exist in. The state however, is doing
its best to criminalise this work – people should
make their own informed opinion about conditions
on Austrian farms!”
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