PETA's 'unhappy mother's day' stunt divides opinion
PETA's latest gentle request to members of the public to renounce their meat-eating ways has seen a visibly pregnant woman climb into a replica farrowing crate like the ones used to house sows when they are expecting and nursing their young, in London's Covent Garden. Other protesters held up the banner ‘Unhappy Mother’s Day for Pigs, Go Vegetarian.’
Personally, I think it's a fair point -- albeit graphically made -- since the pracise of putting pregnant sows in these confined spaces is one I find pretty repugnant. However, I fear that PETA has shot itself in the foot once again here with a stunt that many people happily going about their shopping in Covent Garden will take offense of sneer at. If you'd like to make up your own mind on this issue, there's more information on the use of farrowing crates here.
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Yeah ... except that the whole purpose of a farrowing crate is to keep a nursing sow from rolling over and crushing her piglets. Personally, I think that's worth the effort.
PETA should have shown up with a handful of infants to make the demonstration more honest.
Posted by: Simon G. | February 29, 2008 3:52 PM
Simon G. is seriously mistaken. The gestation crate is completely different from the farrowing crate. The latter is for giving birth, but the former is simply to confine the pig in the smallest possible space while she is pregnant - leaving her with so little room that she can't even turn around, causing chronic joint pain from being unable to move, and neurosis from lack of mental stimulation since pigs are about as intelligent as dogs. I think we should support PETA on this one.
Posted by: Mark Devries | February 29, 2008 5:56 PM
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