A farm that supplies pork to major supermarkets, including Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s, admits animal cruelty offences after undercover filming captured alleged abuse of pigs, according to reports. The footage was filmed over an eight-day period and shows workers allegedly attacking pigs in two separate incidents. In the described incidents, workers use a long metal fencing pole, referred to as a “hurdle pin,” to harm the animals. The reports say the farm acknowledges the animal cruelty offences following the release of the undercover video. The coverage focuses on the conduct captured in the recording and the farm’s subsequent admission of wrongdoing. The accounts do not provide additional detail in the excerpts provided about the timing of the alleged abuse beyond the filming window, nor do they specify sentencing or enforcement outcomes. The story centers on the relationship between the farm and supermarket supply chains and on claims of animal welfare breaches revealed through the investigation.
Farm supplying supermarkets admits animal cruelty offences after undercover footage of pig abuse
A farm that supplies pork to major supermarkets, including Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s, admits animal cruelty offences after undercover filming captured alleged abuse of pigs, according to reports...
- Undercover footage is filmed over an eight-day period.
- The footage shows alleged pig abuse by farm staff.
- In two separate incidents, workers are described as using a long metal fencing pole (“hurdle pin”).
- The farm supplying pork to supermarkets admits animal cruelty offences.
- The supermarkets mentioned in the reports include Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s.
The footage, which was taken over an eight-day period, caught workers attacking pigs with a long metal fencing pole, known as a hurdle pin, in two separate incidents.
2 months agoThe footage, which was taken over an eight-day period, caught workers attacking pigs with a long metal fencing pole, known as a hurdle pin, in two separate incidents.
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