Investigation Photo Gallery

Feed was often thrown on pigs’ backs, out of their reach, and as a result, many were emaciated.		The pigs were kept in crates so small that they could barely move.
Missing floor slats made standing difficult, causing chronic pain and severe injuries.		Pigs were kept in crates so small that they could barely move, and as a result of constantly rubbing against the bars, they were covered with open sores.
One farm worker said, “They all have sores … there’s hardly a pig in there who doesn’t have a sore.”		Piglets regularly got trapped in the bars of their crate and would die from the cold or get their heads torn off.
Piglets would fall through the broken floor into the pig sewage below, where they would drown in their own waste.		This pig had a profusely bleeding wound but received no treatment.
One of many sick and emaciated pigs.		Pigs had hernias, ruptures, and abscesses, some the size of volleyballs.
Wastewater backups left pigs wading in sewage.		Wastewater backups left pigs wading in sewage.