Manitoba hog farm may have tortured piglets

An animal rights organization secretly filmed the treatment of animals at a Manitoba hog-farm, and what they found was extremely disturbing, reports the Gazette.

In the video, employees can be seen swinging a piglet into a metal post to euthanize it, pulling on pigs’ ears and kicking them.

The organization, Mercy for Animals Canada, says their undercover investigator also found unsanitary conditions, including the presence of maggots and dirty water.

Mercy for Animals is asking Canadian grocery chains Loblaws, Metro, Sobey’s and Walmart Canada to phase out the use of gestation stalls and metal crates.

The National Farm Animal Care Council is currently revising its code of practice for the care and handling of pigs.

STORY WRITTEN BY: JAMIE-LEE GORDON