I read a very eye-opening opinion column in the New York Times recently. It was written by Noholas Kristof and titled, “Spy Cams Show What the Pork Industry Tries to Hide”. He talks about how the hog industry sells the public on the notion that gassing pigs is painless, stress free and animal friendly. The problem is, none of that is true. We should all know about this because four pigs are killed per second in the United States. Recently an activist with insider help was able to set up 3 spycams in a gas chamber owned by Smithfield Foods and grab the footage shot remotely. This was highly illegal of course but it did expose how horrible the pigs death by gassing really is. The opinion piece included the actual video too, so you can watch it to see for yourself. Everyone who sees it will be shocked but probably not enough to stop eating ham sandwiches.
