Animal activist wants to 'live like a pig'
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:14 am
A South Australian animal rights activist has challenged the pork industry to let him live like a pig and allow the media to film the results.
Animal Liberation spokesman Ralph Hahnheuser has written to numerous major piggeries, seeking permission to confine himself to a sow stall for three weeks.
He says such a pen is just two metres long by 60 centimetres wide, with a concrete floor and no bedding.
Mr Hahnheuser says the biggest hurdle is finding a piggery that will allow the public in to witness the stunt.
"There are none that are willing to let the public in and the media in to show them how they produce pigs and piglets in a modern commercial piggery," he said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/20 ... 253991.htm
Animal Liberation spokesman Ralph Hahnheuser has written to numerous major piggeries, seeking permission to confine himself to a sow stall for three weeks.
He says such a pen is just two metres long by 60 centimetres wide, with a concrete floor and no bedding.
Mr Hahnheuser says the biggest hurdle is finding a piggery that will allow the public in to witness the stunt.
"There are none that are willing to let the public in and the media in to show them how they produce pigs and piglets in a modern commercial piggery," he said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/20 ... 253991.htm
