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Heartbreaking new investigation shows that animal farming can never be high welfare

From SpeciesUnite.com
June 2024

This investigation has blown the lid off the RSPCA’s dirty secret; it is happy to rubber stamp cruelty on factory farms and industrial animal abuse. Months were spent investigating and cataloging a litany of suffering across farms that the public is told to trust. Some of the scenes we’ve seen in the sheds endorsed by the RSPCA are beyond barbaric.

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A piglet at a “high-welfare” farm. Photo: Animal Rising

Footage from over 40 supposedly ‘high welfare’ farms across the United Kingdom has been released by animal rights organization Animal Rising, revealing cruelty in every single one.

The farms fall under the Royal Society for the Prevention of Animals (RSPCA) Assured scheme, which is one of the largest animal welfare programs in the country.

The accompanying report contains investigations from 45 farms across the UK - including chickens, pigs, salmon, and trout. The farms were randomly selected, with investigators finding cruelty and suffering across the board. The scenes include dead and dying baby chickens, dead pigs left in filthy farm walkways for days, and salmon being eaten alive by sea lice.

“This investigation has blown the lid off the RSPCA’s dirty secret; it is happy to rubber stamp cruelty on factory farms and industrial animal abuse,” said Rose Patterson, Animal Rising Co-Director. “I’ve personally spent months investigating and cataloging a litany of suffering across farms that the public is told to trust. Some of the scenes we’ve seen in the sheds endorsed by the RSPCA are beyond barbaric.”

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Posted on All-Creatures.org: June 21, 2024
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