Well done show, but it also left me with an ache in my heart. It's sickening that such an incredible, beautiful, intelligent animal is exploited, confined in slat floored pens, taken away from their mother before proper weaning time and then brutally killed for 'food'. This same wonderful, intelligent animal is also exploited and used to correct human ailments that may very well be caused by eating pig meat to begin with! Ugh! I will never understand how human"kind" can be so cruel and heartless as to inflict unnecessary suffering and death on beautiful, innocent and intelligent beings. I do hope that many people who watch this episode will also make the connection and perhaps think twice before having that sausage or bacon...etc.. for breakfast.

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The only thing pigs get out of their association with humans is a deal with the devil!

Dangerous bacteria strain linked to antibiotic use in swine

A dangerous strain of bacteria resistant to the antibiotic methicillin now kills more people in the United States than AIDS, emphysema, or homicide, according to a government study. The bacteria, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), has long been known to thrive in hospitals, but has now spread into the general community, where it is spread by contact with clothing or skin. New studies from Europe and Canada suggest that some MRSA may originate in swine operations and spread via pig farmers and their families into the general community. The U.S. government does not know whether use of antibiotics in livestock in the United States is contributing to community-associated MRSA, because it is not testing U.S. livestock for the presence of bacteria...
http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/feed/feed-november-2007.html#4

Plz What else are pigs for food! thats it. "inhumanely" what a bunnyhugger, smart and wonderful a little too smart for there own good the ones that made it to freedom are pushing native species to extinction screw the pigs be worried about the animals that where here first not some exotic that was brought here for FOOD!

Yes I did watch the show jackass, pigs are smart i give them that their physical changes are amazing but, i was responding to someone else's
comment how we should save them, and to Rae Sikora comment Hitler and Charles Mason were both vegetarians. So a plant based diet isn't the most powerful step a person can take to a non-violent life

To the readers of this post, please keep this conversation civil and please do not personally attack one another. Thank you.

To Jimmy~ My my, a bit overly defensive aren't you? Oh, and those 'canines' you refer to---they are MUCH more feasible at tearing open a bag of chips than they are at tearing into the hide and raw flesh of an animal.

Funny how you need to slice, tenderize, cook and then cut meat into small bite sized pieces with UTENSILS and NOT with those canines of yours. Sorry, human teeth and jaws are more suited for a plant diet. Do a little research yourself.
Oh and by the way, just exactly how are you an authority on what a non-violent life is? The fact that you kill innocent animals doesn't exactly give you much clout in that judgement now does it.

"innocence is for humans not for animals"
and that is nothing more than your numbed, heartless view. And about that bear having "morals" or not---just what does that have to do with HUMANS who are capable of having 'morals', reason and the ability to have COMPASSION for all animals? Never mind. You are nothing more than a closed minded, brainwashed person who has been numbed from having any sense of compassion for life as you've been programmed (more than likely from a male elder) to kill without remorse. Good for you.

If reincarnation is possible, perhaps some people come back perhaps as human but more fortunate than the previous life. Perhaps some will come back as a factory farmed animal who will be so 'fortunate' to experience the joys of confinement,branding, castration (without anesthesia), electric prods, 'rape racks' etc..and ultimately, a brutal death...personally, I do hope that reincarnation exists, how 'bout you?

hey genius, obviously you don't know how reincarnation and karma are linked. Uh, and I think you clearly proved my point about the 'programming' by the elders--hello? You didn't exactly wake up in the middle of toddlerhood and decide to kill---your ELDERS---(that means daddy and uncles, case ya didn't know) had to condition and 'toughen' you up to do so (that's how programming/conditoning works). I'm guessing there were alot of good hard pats on the back to aid in the programming.

Also, get over your ridiculous Hitler/Manson deal---first of all it's not factual...and...uh...hate to tell ya but throughout history would you care to list all of the meat eating mass murderers? Didn't think so. Get over it already.
This discussion is over for it is a waste of space and other readers time. You enjoy killing animals and participate in violent activities that kill INNOCENT animals (don't bother to get in a huff over the word "innocent"--perhaps you ought to look the word up and gather the various meanings). I live peacefully and non violently. Period. End of discussion.

I am pretty disgusted by the badgering and name calling that has transpired on this post. That kind of immature approach to voicing your opinions will get you nowhere. Can we talk more about the show? I thought it was very well done. I can't believe pigs are so similar to us--in their behavior and their anatomical make-up!

I didn't see the show, but I have some advice: if you don't "feed" trolls they're more likely to starve to death ;-)

I loved the show. Never realized pigs where so intelligent! I seriously thought they were dumb animals.

I just read that there apparently exists a proverb in connection with prejudice "Give a pig a bad name and hang him".

Check out the story at www.sonofhogzilla.com or .net

"Witnessing pigs struggling to find a hidden platform in a pool"

It's amazing how the abcense of a mother has a universal effect on mammals...could this validate social deviation i.e. criminals?

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Everything is treated based on what they can contribute to the social organization of humans...what do pigs contribute? The brain to body ratio is significantly less than a human; it can't possibly organize with humans unless domesticated for entertainment purposes.

I hope you all remember that the majority of hog farmers are good people, and they work hard to give their pigs the best living conditions they can. I did not see the show, so I'm not sure what light it put the hog farmer in, but some comments here seem a bit harsh. I guess until you've been on the farm and worked with hogs, it's hard to pass judgement.