Why Meat Free
Compare the life of love and care for Penny's Piglets with the typical life of a baby pig born into the food production system.
Penny's Piglets
On a late spring evening, a litter of six piglets was born in safety at Pasado’s Safe Haven. However, the fate of these innocent babies would have been much different if their mother, Penny, had not been rescued before giving birth. These piglets are some of the lucky ones. Below we compare their lives of love and care with the typical life of baby pigs born into the food production system.
Penny's piglets' life versus the fate they could have had
Penny’s babies were born in a quiet stall, with fresh food and water and soft surroundings so everyone is comfortable.
The average birth on a factory farm is in a crowded, loud warehouse. The babies’ lives begin surrounded by metal bars in an intensely stressful environment.
Within hours of being born, mother Penny cleans, cuddles and nurses her babies; building a bond that they will share for life.
On factory farms, mother pigs are kept in restrictive metal gestation crates that make it impossible for them to follow their natural instincts to comfort their babies.
Pigs are extremely intelligent and social, so mother Penny knew exactly what to do to keep her babies warm, happy, and safe. She begins nurturing and teaching her babies immediately, like all mothers do.
Because the animal agriculture industry is focused solely on profit, mother pigs are used as ‘machines’, forced to give birth repeatedly, while being denied the ability to care for their babies or any other normal behaviors.
Like all little ones, Penny’s pigs love to run and play. They chase each other and pig pile together before snuggling in to nap.
The majority of pigs used for meat will never go outside and many spend their entire lives in crates so small they can’t even turn around.
Penny is able to care for each of her piglets, giving them everything they need to grow strong.
Due to the stressful, crowded, and filthy environment that they are trapped in, many piglets get sick or injured. Countless die painful, lonely deaths.
Safe at Pasado’s Safe Haven, Hannah, Tabby, Herbie, Julien, Mara, and Phoenix will grow up in a world where they are allowed to be pigs.
At just 6 months old – the average age pigs are killed in the industry – the baby pigs are slaughtered and their bodies are cut up for food. And their mother is forced to continue the cycle.
Photo Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
You can help stop this suffering every day
By choosing plant-based foods you are reducing animal cruelty.