Tied up by the face, he screams in pain as he undergoes surgery without any anesthesia. A pig with a rectal prolapse was operated on by a veterinarian on a farm without the animal being given anesthetics or analgesics to ease its pain.
The serious episode occurred in an intensive breeding farm located in the province of Cremona, a supplier of Lidl. The same farm had come under the spotlight for brutal mistreatment and irregularities under the sheds, reported by the associationessereanimali in mid-November.
Being Animals released disconcerting images, which had provoked a wave of indignation among animal rights supporters but also consumers, who were too often unaware of such horrors.
But those images were just the tip of the iceberg. Now, shuddering, we see others, even more difficult to swallow. A shocking video shows the farm’s vet, already complicit in beatings and other violence against pigs, operating regardless of the agony caused to the pig.
The operation performed involves the application of a plastic tube inside the rectum, a rope tied around the prolapse to ensure that the leaking tissue falls away after a few days. This is a widespread practice among veterinarians, but it is It’s disconcerting how the pig’s suffering fades into the background.
The helpless animal tries to escape but is immobilized by a snout, a very delicate part of the body. His vocalizations become higher pitched, he is in painbut no one seems to care, not even those who should be looking after his well-being.
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These are images that we would never have wanted to see and that we have decided to spread to show how Lidl’s animal welfare policies are, to say the least, insufficient” commented Brenda Ferretti, campaigns manager ofessereanimali.
In light of this terrifying video and the investigations carried out over the years, a bitter consideration remains. Farmed animals are not given the same importance that would be given to other animals, such as a dog or a cat for example.
Farmed animals are not seen for what they really are, living and sentient beings victims of a sadistic system built by intensive animal husbandry, but pieces of meat whose only value is economic. The difference is irrefutable.
Even veterinary operations, as in this specific case, are performed differently from what the procedure would require, denoting very serious conduct on the part of a professional.
Through the material disseminated and the complaints filed,essereanimali therefore continues to ask for greater commitment to the well-being of farmed animals. The association once again turns to Lidl to minimize the suffering of pigs, chickens and other species.
