Pigs bound for slaughter in a truck rollover

[Catherine]

A truck with almost 200 pigs in it (over crowding for sure) rolled over on the road just outside the processing plant.
Broadcasters are saying a few pigs were killed even though it is actually 42 dead pigs. Maybe their math skills are not so good. A few is more like three not 42.

The living pigs were led from the truck and straight into the slaughterhouse.
That seems kind of cold and unfeeling. No effort was made to treat them like accident victims.
http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=1&at=dt0


Protesters were on the site.

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...124&at=dt0


You will notice that Anita Krajnc was there and arrested again. She could tie up our courts with cases for years. Of course each court appearance brings powerful publicity.

I wish some of the pigs could have made it to safety.
http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...top&at=dt0

I guess after surviving an accident it is a little hard to think about which way to run.

[LPC]

That's one brave lady.

[Catherine]

She sure is. She is going to fight for what she knows to be right.

I have seen a number of different articles about the accident. People were bothered by the fact that the pigs were rescued from the rolled over truck and then were led straight into the slaughterhouse. It just didn't feel right. It felt like a betrayal.
It has people questioning how we treat pigs.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...EiafLU8wGg



https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...DB8tnGOaqQ

This story is making people think. It seems cold and callous to pull animals from an accident and then walk them to their deaths. People are feeling a little uncomfortable about it. They should be feeling uncomfortable.

[Catherine]

This is still a developing story.   Now PETA wants to put up a memorial to the pigs that died in the crash (and the others that died in the slaughterhouse).

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...124&at=dt0

I am sure the owners of the slaughterhouse will not be happy about this. I am not sure they can stop it.
It is also an interesting development that the driver has been charged. He was driving dangerously fast for the road conditions.

[LPC]

I would think that the chances of getting a five-foot (152cm) memorial erected by the authorities on the spot are virutally nil, as the ground does not belong to PETA - but it is a great publicity idea! The press have reported about the request, and will do so again when the authorities discuss it. That keeps this terrible event in the public eye. So will the prosecution of the driver. The actual trial will be publicised and that will give PETA another chance to keep the public aware of what goes on in slaughter houses (and before the actual slaughter).

[Catherine]

Quote:I would think that the chances of getting a five-foot (152cm) memorial erected by the authorities on the spot are virutally nil, as the ground does not belong to PETA - but it is a great publicity idea! The press have reported about the request, and will do so again when the authorities discuss it. That keeps this terrible event in the public eye. So will the prosecution of the driver. The actual trial will be publicised and that will give PETA another chance to keep the public aware of what goes on in slaughter houses (and before the actual slaughter).

It  is all about the publicity. The more the public knows about slaughterhouses the better. Even talking about wanting to put up a memorial makes a statement.  

There is a bit of an uncomfortable feeling about "rescuing" the pigs from the accident and then walking them into the slaughterhouse and "processing" them. It just feels wrong somehow.

Even if the driver is only charged with dangerous driving and the loss of animal life is not mentioned, the protesters will keep the issue alive. This slaughterhouse is known for pigs dying in transit. That is why Anita K  was out there protesting in the first place and it is why she was giving water to the pigs. Clearly the pigs suffer before they die. They endure terrible heat and thirst in summer and bitter cold in winter. It is cracking the image of happy animals living carefree lives until we eat them. Publicity about what they do is one thing this slaughterhouse does not want. They should have let Anita K give the water to the pigs. It would have been an unknown incident. Calling the police has made it a public issue. Now this accident has makes things even more public.
Maybe they can put up temporary memorials and keep replacing them every time they get torn down.