The Pigs of God: Force-fed then slaughtered for spectacle
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Earlier this year, we visited a Pigs of God fattening farm to document the lives of the animals inside.
The pig farm lay at the end of an unassuming road. The owners emerged from a garage to warmly welcome us to their fattening facility. Inside this nondescript garage were rows of sandy pits, surrounded by thick bars that encaged the largest pigs I have ever seen. Fat pigs, of course, was the point.
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For 16 consecutive years, the Taiwanese NGO Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST) has been campaigning for an end to the Pigs of God weighing contest.
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Video by Kelly Guerin.
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