Hidden-camera footage is one of the only ways to uncover secret animal abuse on farms. But Ontario and other provinces are passing “ag gag” laws that make it ILLEGAL to go undercover to expose cruelty on farms. Tragically, it will soon be illegal to do a hidden-camera investigation in Ontario.
Call on government to reject dangerous ag gag laws
At Paragon, pigs endure unbearable pain and horrific abuse. Mother pigs were trapped in cruel gestation crates nearly their entire lives, kicked and beaten by workers, and kept in filthy, unsanitary conditions. Baby piglets were castrated and had their tails sliced off without any pain relief, and roughly thrown around.
This hidden-camera investigation from Paragon Farms will be the last legally-obtained undercover footage from an Ontario animal farm. Animal Justice has filed an animal cruelty complaint, and provincial inspectors are investigating the serious abuse and neglect we uncovered.
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Undercover investigations have proven that shocking abuse and neglect is commonplace on Canadian farms. Factory farms are desperate to hide their cruel practices from the public, and don’t like being exposed through hidden-camera footage. That’s why the meat industry is lobbying for “ag gag” laws—to punish undercover whistleblowers, and prevent people from learning the truth about the millions of animals suffering behind closed doors on farms.
LEARN MOREDr. Lori Marino, PhDThese pigs with docked tails stand endlessly in crates too small to allow them to even turn around—even though science shows these crates are detrimental to their physical and psychological health. At this farm, pigs are treated like objects instead of the highly intelligent, situationally aware, and emotionally complex mammals that they are.
Just as with all highly intelligent mammals under similar circumstances, pigs in this and similar facilities are enduring circumstances that go well beyond their coping abilities—even as domesticated animals—and that lead to chronic distress and debility.
Dr. Malgosia Mosielski, DVMPigs are curious and social animals and confining them to crates (gestational and farrowing) causes significant psychological distress.
Performing surgical procedures (such as castrations and tail dockings) without the use of pain medications is completely inappropriate.
The footage shows a number of pigs with untreated and painful medical conditions. From a veterinary and moral standpoint, this certainly causes undue suffering on the part of these animals.
Animal Justice believes Canadian ag gag laws are unconstitutional, and we’re committed to challenging these terrifying laws in court. We believe the ability to document and expose suffering on factory farms is a constitutional right, and we’ll fight to strike down ag gag laws. The farming industry urgently needs more transparency—not less.
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