It starts with the eyes of a tethered sow looking out at you from the dark shed. She is one of thousands chained to a stall where she cannot turn around.
This sow is in agony. She is frothing from the mouth. Each time she moves the steel chain cuts deeper and deeper into the flesh of her neck. Activists protesting inside the piggery removed the chains. Tethering was outlawed in New South Wales as a result of this protest.
Australian activists chained themselves to the cramped stalls suffering pigs inside Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
One of the rescued pigs grows up walking on grass under the sun. He is one of the lucky pigs to get out alive from Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
An activist with a torch inside the sheds at Parkville piggery. The floor is thick with urine and excrement. These pigs are being checked for injuries.
This sow will never see sunlight or breathe in open air. She is chained inside a tiny stall in a dark shed. She cannot reach her babies or groom herself properly. She sleeps on cold concrete in the dark. She cannot turn around.
A sleeping mother sow with her babies are crammed in a tiny stall. A chain embedded in her neck. She is unable to attend to her babies like a free pig would. She is barely able to move. Notice the baby pig squashed in the background. This sow is and her babies are forced to lay in their own urine and excrement. Slices have been cut out of her ears for identification.
This is the way a mother pig must feed her babies inside Parville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. She has no chance of reaching them for affection and grooming whilst she is chained inside her tiny stall. Piglets may often be accidentally crushed by their mothers, living under these cruel conditions.
Two fortunate rescued pigs from inside Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia, grow to maturity and will live out the rest of their lives in peace at a private sanctuary.
Activist Fiona Rees chained to the sow, during a protest inside Parkville piggery in Corowa, New South Wales, Australia.
Australian activist Patty Mark with rescued piglets.
A sow with her head stuck between the bars of a stall inside Parkville piggery, Scone, New South Wales, Australia. She was left for three days before being attended to.
During this protest activists cut and removed the steel chains that were embedded in the necks of the sows. Tethering of sows in stalls was outlawed in New South Wales as a result of this protest, which got widespread media attention.
Australian activists including Lynda Stoner and Patty Mark, chained to the stalls of suffering sows inside Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Lynda Stoner told me that the floors in these places are thick with maggots.
Pigs such as this sow often develop stereotype behaviours such as head waving and bar biting due to the boredom and stress of captivity.
The dogs, the cat and the rescued pigs Lance and Grace, who will enjoy life as companions loved and cared for by their new caretakers.
A sleeping sow permenantly tethered to her stall inside Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
A filthy sow is forced to stand in her own urine and excrement at Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Pigs are by nature, clean and intelligent animals. They also suffer from stress. Stress is often the cause of death inside intensive piggeries.
Activist Mark Pearson shares a tender and happy moment with one of the rescued pigs from Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
An activist inside Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia, reaches down to lift out an injured piglet from the excrement where it has been left. The piglet's mother is in the stall next door and has no chance of reaching it.
An activist removes a steel tether embedded in a sow's neck inside Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
These poor sows will be chained to these stalls inside dark sheds at Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia, for life. At the end they will be dragged screaming to the slaughterhouse. These places are hell holes for animals.
'Evil Flourishes When Good People Do Nothing.' An activist stands chained to the stalls of pigs inside Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
Animal rights activists share the joy amongst these pigs who have been rescued from intensive piigeries such as Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. These pigs will now live out the rest of their lives in peace on a sanctuary. You can choose peace for pigs every time you choose not to support the system that tortures and slaughters them. Choose Peace Not Pork.
Parkville piggery in Scone, New South Wales, Australia has now been closed down. All that remains are the memories of all the suffering pigs, and the courage of the activists who protested inside. There are pigs like this in intensive piggeries all over Australia. Please help us to help them. Get Pork Off Your Fork and Go Vegetarian!
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