liberated pigs leave message on manure deposits
Just before the start of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, the action group "Liberate!" has accommodated the 8 world leaders in an industrial pig farm belonging to the Dutch pig producer Straathof. A clear message has been left on the walls of the factory farm: Smash G8, Liberate!
Eye witnesses of the action saw how 8 pigs escaped into freedom.
With this action, the activists aim to show the madness of the industrial
Action group 'Liberate!' hits again during G8 tour...
Medow, Germany, 06 June 2007 - A delegation of Liberate! brought a visit to one of the largest factory farms in the region of Vorpommern, North East Germany. On two of the three gigantic manure silos, next to the immense stables in which 15000 pigs are held, the text 'No G8, No Schweinerei' has been written.
The 8 pigs from the huge Straathof pigfarm in Wendisch Priborn appeared again in the crowd which gathered in Rostock, Lütten Klein by a Lidl supermarket on June 4. Located in a residential area, Lidl was given the attention of the pigs and the rest of the gathered people as an example of bad supermarket behaviour.
Previous released pigs of actiongroup Liberate have sprayed "Smash G8, Liberate" on a pigfarm in Radegast, Northeast Germany, as part of their campaign against animal exploitation and the production of fodder.
The 8 liberated pigs from the huge pigfarm in Wendisch Priborn showed up at the demonstration in Rostock on the third of June. On the first of June the G8-leaders were put in their place in their factory farm stables. The pigs declared solidarity with the world-wide struggle against capitalism and corporate power.
Besides that, the pigs informed the interested audience around and inside the demonstration about the devastating effects of the meat industry and the international trade policy that makes this all possible;
Global food production and especially the production of meat has increased dramatically ain the past decades. As living standards rise, we eat more and we eat more meat. Meat production today is an intensive industry taking animal feed from one part of the world to overproduce meat under extreme conditions in another.
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There are alternatives. Sustainable agriculture practices involve community supported agriculture and real consumer choice. It allows food autonomy, where people can decide about their land and how to meet their basic needs. It promotes an agriculture system without corporate power, without forced production for export and a way of production that does not have to compete on the free market. Farmers and consumers relate to each other on a regional level, which not only reduces transport, but it also puts people in closer relation with their food and where it comes from.
