Author Topic: Dirty Bastard Pig Farmers near Canberra (Read 18854 times)

kiwipete · « **on:** August 06, 2012, 07:49:18 PM »

This is frigg'n Disgusting


Australian Pig Farming: The Inside Story

just down the road from here too .... What else is happening in our backyards....

Nomad · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2012, 07:53:17 PM »

Shame......

Estelle · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2012, 08:33:30 PM »

We were having pork chops at the time it came on the news.

JCOJ · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2012, 08:54:03 PM »

That is just sickening!!

krisandkev · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2012, 09:14:04 AM »

We were in the UK two years back and noticed how good the pork was over there and we were told by locals that all of their pigs are free range farmed. They do not have farms like here. Sure enough, on our travels we saw heaps of pig farms and they were all free range. When I mentioned that fact here I was told we could not do that in Australia because the pork would then be too expensive. The pork in the UK was not expensive at all. But how can we argue that we have to be cruel to animals here because we need to keep costs down? Kevin

Bird · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2012, 09:28:39 AM »

http://www.aussiepigs.com.au/

Matto · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2012, 09:34:38 AM »

That's terrible. I could only watch a couple of minutes of that.

+1 to Kevin's comments - is it really that much more expensive to let them walk around a paddock?

Thanks for sharing Pete - it's good to know about these things so that word can get out.
Matto

BigJules · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2012, 09:44:58 AM »

Pork is cheap here, but the market percentage is smaller. Mad Cow disease means that Britons tend to eat much more pork than we do.

ferret · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2012, 09:51:52 AM »

Not acceptable in any way, for quite some time I have only purchased free range chicken & eggs & after this I will not buy pork in any form until I have access to free range.
Bloody disgusting how some treat animals to make a buck.

Frank

Sicilianmama · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2012, 10:00:33 AM »

Quote from: Matto on August 07, 2012, 09:34:38 AM

That's terrible. I could only watch a couple of minutes of that.

+1 to Kevin's comments - is it really that much more expensive to let them walk around a paddock?

Thanks for sharing Pete - it's good to know about these things so that word can get out.
Matto

Disgusting

I couldn't watch it. Poor things

ivan · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2012, 04:12:57 PM »

Quote from: Lost on August 07, 2012, 09:28:39 AM

http://www.aussiepigs.com.au/

Go to this site and sign petition.I did, I am far from being a greeny/vegitarian but that is disgusting

brettc · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2012, 04:48:28 PM »

Sickening act of cruelty, those pricks should be locked up. I watched only a few minutes. I used to hunt but that turns my stomach we always dispatched game humanely. maybe they feel tough picking on defenseless animals.

Fun Police · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2012, 05:44:29 PM »

Watch Food Inc. and you'll find it is the beginning of the wedge for the "profits at all costs" mentalities that the Americans have applied to farming.

I kind of hoped that these sorts of practices wouldn't come in over here.

I was wrong.

rodw · « **Reply #13 on:** August 07, 2012, 06:07:32 PM »

I've had a bit to do with piggeries and that is the exception rather than the rule. One piggery I visited I was not allowed inside and got into trouble when we were looking through the window at the pigs when I put my boot on the concrete slab in case I introduced bacteria or disease. Many piggeries run a high security biological exclusion zone around them and if you are allowed in you need to don clean overalls and walk though a foot bath to kill any bacteria.

Draggin · « **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2012, 06:09:42 PM »

Well the certified "Free range" pork roast we had on the weekend was awesome. Hope you can find some too.
Cheers

Kit_e_kat9 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2012, 08:08:15 PM »

That was beyond disgusting. :'( I can't believe they exist and I can't condone people with a complete lack of compassion like that. :'( Sick bastards.

That was very, very hard to watch, but watch to the end I did. :'( :'( :'( I sure could take a sledge hammer to that bloke myself.

I couldn't think of a better place for a bullet if I tried.

And with the current laws in Australia, that guy got a slap on the wrist and will doing it again in a year or two.

Kit_e
Now out of tissues and heading to the loo for a complete roll. :'(

georgel · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2012, 08:19:46 PM »

Discraceful

Janbo · « **Reply #17 on:** August 08, 2012, 02:47:46 PM »

Bloody farmers!!

jaycamrie · « **Reply #18 on:** August 08, 2012, 06:49:17 PM »

Thats shocking

i was having bacon and eggs at the time aswell
but dont worry i raised the pig myself not locked up in a small pen but in a large enclosure
mum squashed half the litter but the rest look happy and mum is fine and free to roam
With that i had my free range eggs ,
nothing better, foxes ate half my chickens but at least there not locked up
On the side i had yummy grilled tomatoe,
i only got one third of a crop but no chemicals on these babies they taste great
To wash it down i had my favourite brew coffe with a large dash of milk
i mean its only cheap at the moment $1 a litre been drinking it by the gallons
those dairy farmers must be making a killing
Anyway have to go ,got to help the nieghbouring beef farmer fix his tractor
reckins he cannot afford a mechanic,to be honest i dont know why he complains
i mean he lost half his herd in the floods so he must have heaps of feed for the remaining ones
must be raking in the dough

cheers

lov2getaway · « **Reply #19 on:** August 08, 2012, 07:37:06 PM »

Quote from: Janbo on August 08, 2012, 02:47:46 PM

Bloody farmers!!

Just remember we shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush! There is good and bad within every business! Know plenty of farmers that are really good people doing it hard.
Cheers
L2GA

tjrobbo · « **Reply #20 on:** August 08, 2012, 07:45:14 PM »

Quote from: lov2getaway on August 08, 2012, 07:37:06 PM

Just remember we shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush! There is good and bad within every business! Know plenty of farmers that are really good people doing it hard.
Cheers
L2GA

x2

Moto Mech · « **Reply #21 on:** August 08, 2012, 09:10:17 PM »

Quote from: Janbo on August 08, 2012, 02:47:46 PM

Bloody farmers!!

Tell me your joking ....right

Jason B · « **Reply #22 on:** August 08, 2012, 09:17:52 PM »

Quote from: Moto Mech on August 08, 2012, 09:10:17 PM

Tell me your joking ....right

They ain't saints mate. There are plenty of rouges out there, plenty of good people to. However they are in business to make a buck and if they can cut corners, use chemicals etc etc to get a better yield and make extra $$$ you are kidding yourself if you think they wont. I have plenty of mates that are farmers and they know every trick in the book to cheat the system. Don't blame them really, but that doesn't make it right.

In this case they are scumbags.

kiwipete · « **Reply #23 on:** August 08, 2012, 09:48:25 PM »

If you are a Facebook user http://www.facebook.com/AustralianPigFarming

Moto Mech · « **Reply #24 on:** August 08, 2012, 10:10:40 PM »

Obviously this video has done exactally what it was designed to do, as animal libo's always do. People need to look at the big picture, not just selected parts. Sure, in this case it looks bad, really bad but you really need to be there to witness the bigger picture yourself.
And for disease control, pig stys win hands down. If you get an outbreak of disease in a paddock, it is near impossible to control and all stock may need to be killed to stop the spread. And the ground may need all sorts of chemicals poured into kill the disease or left bare for years before stock can be re-introduced. In a sty disease is easily controlled to pens.
And this country would be no where if it wasnt for farmers, people need to get out more and see how the real world works. It wont always be fair, it may be cruel at times but im afraid thats just how it is sometimes. Dont get suckered in to these videos.

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Author Topic: Dirty Bastard Pig Farmers near Canberra (Read 18854 times)