Crushed image and scream in the capital’s square: it turned out to be a cruel truth
Vincas Kudirka Square turned into a pig farm for a moment. The background was heard by a scream.
Piglets up to seven days are neutered without any painkillers. The animal protection organization « Empty cages » sought to draw the attention of society and services in such images.
« Piglets’ neuters are so cruel without analgesia that we cannot show it, so we have to use artistic means that we can raise this topic. We say that it needs to be stopped, that is, it is extremely cruel, » said Gabriele Vaitkevičiūtė, Head of the Empty Cage.
What did not show in public could be seen in a tent, but dare rarely.
« No, it’s abnormal, completely abnormal. It’s scary, » she said.
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According to the organizers, piglets are the only animals in Lithuania, which are such tortured by law.
« The key was to somehow pay attention to this problem that it is still happening in Lithuania. Some animals seem to have the privileged law, others do not. Why is this? The pain is similar to all mammals, » said the actor, the « empty cage » volunteer Šarūnas Zenkevičius.
Pig farmers are soothing. Says – not everything is so cruel, the procedure lasts only a few seconds.
« There, it means that some blood clans, but not, because the blood flow is not yet functional, » said Algis Baravykas, the head of the pig farmers’ association.
When asked if he said he was not hurt, he replied, « No, we do not say that it does not hurt. Science found that any animal intervention causes pain. »
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According to the manager of the empty cages, farmers simply choose a cheaper option because the law allows.
« They just don’t have to pay to the veterinarian then, any person can come, cut the piglet – no special education.
Pig farmers are defending. The problem is not finance. When the piglet is adapted to general anesthesia, there is a risk that later, still exposed to medication, it may not feel and be fatally pressed by the mother. Do not use other medications, because then the end consumer would not reach the healthiest meat.
« People are dissatisfied with the use of antibiotics used in meat, antimicrobial resistance can form, and these preparations are avoided, » said the head of the Pig Breeders Association.
Piglets in addition to painkillers are published by the European Union Directive of 2008. It is followed by Lithuania.
« This does not mean that this is a must, all the time there is a possibility that every farm can choose whether it applies this provision or not, » said the chief of the State Food and Veterinary Service. Specialist Kotryna Stanišauskienė.
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Part of the European Directive has refused. This means that even a one -day piglet does not feel pain until the procedure is performed. Fighters for animal rights are also expected in Lithuania.
« This is illogical, it is very cruel, it can be stopped by the State Food and Veterinary Service, » said G. Vaitkevičiūtė.
According to this, the debate is taking place. Some of the European state’s castration abandoned at all. Some Lithuanian farms are also considering this path.
« They talk about the fact that they are looking for those ways to notast for animals, and in the future the products would be suitable for the consumer, » stressed K. Stanišauskienė.
Incorrect can be due to an unpleasant odor emitted by the meat of unastled animal.
« Now there are many technologies where unqualified piglets are starting to grow, they still smell and find it in the meat of importers and feel sensitivity, » Baravyk said.
Pig farmers say that the procedure would be longer after changing the procedure for castration. Thus, it does not exclude that the cost of pork due to the increased costs for the end user.
