Animal Equality presents an exhaustive investigation into Spanish pig farms, documenting the lives and deaths of pigs over a period of more than two years - from August 2007 until May 2010 - on farms and in slaughterhouses throughout Spain.

This intensive work comprises the largest investigation into animal exploitation so far carried out in Spain. Seventy Animal Equality activists have physically entered a total of 172 pig farms in the regions of Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla Leon, Castilla Leon, Castilla La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, the Basque Country and Valencia.

97.1 per cent of the farms visited (167 out of 172) were chosen at random, demonstrating that the material obtained is representative of the sector and not isolated or biased. The remaining farms visited were specifically chosen due to having received one or more 'Golden Pork' awards, given by the Institute of Food Technology and Research (IRTA) and the Ministry of Rural and Marine Environments, to farms considered to be exemplary.

We have infiltrated the fourth largest pig farming sector in the world - only behind the USA, China and Germany - and recorded, amongst other events, how workers routinely kill pigs by slamming them against the floor or how pigs are hit, kicked or have fingers thrust into their eyes to force them to stand or walk.

Countless scenes of cannibalism have been witnessed - as much on organic or 'free-range' farms as on factory farms - together with the agonising deaths which sick pigs are condemned to for their failure to make a profit for the farmer, on occasions being tossed while still alive into refuse containers filled with corpses.

Our cameras have filmed mothers giving birth surrounded by excrement and whose babies lie dying around them, pigs eating these same babies, and animals with captivity-induced psychological disorders biting the bars and repeatedly banging their heads against the stalls in which they live as they desperately try to escape.

This extensive investigation brings to light 2,600 high-resolution photographs - selected from over 25,000 taken - together with a documentary of 50 minutes that summarises almost 200 hours of obtained footage, the majority in high definition.

We include the statement and scientific opinion of a veterinary surgeon who analyzes and comments on specific scenes, together with a comprehensive report, two web sites (GranjasdeCerdos.org and ViveVegano.org) and interviews with the activists who have participated.

The presentation of this investigation marks the beginning of an intense campaign by Animal Equality for animal rights with demonstrations and events throughout Spain, whose objective is to inform society of the reality of animal exploitation, using the facts to encourage the consumers of animal products to assume their responsibility for financing animal slavery.

Animal Equality considers that respecting animals means rejecting their use, whether for food, clothing, entertainment, experimentation or for any other purpose.

For additional information or to arrange an interview, please contact Sharon Núñez Gough on
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