10ft Tall Bloody, Caged “Pig” Joins Animal Rights Protest Outside New York Walmart (Thur Sept 20)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.longislandexchange.com/press/2012/09/17/10ft-tall-bloody-caged-pig-joins-animal-rights-protest-outside-new-york-walmart/

Mercy For Animals Says Walmart Pork Suppliers Abuse Animals; Calls on Retail Giant to Phase Out Cruel Crates for Pigs



(NEW YORK, NY) – Members of the national animal rights organization Mercy For Animals, joined by a 10-foot tall inflatable pig, bloody with sores and locked in a narrow crate, will greet shoppers outside Walmart with a demonstration against the cruel practice of confining pregnant pigs in tiny crates on factory farms where they are unable to even lie down comfortably, turn around, or engage in basic natural behaviors.

Date: Thursday, September 20
Time: 11 a.m. – 12 noon
Location: Times Square on W. 45th St. between Broadway and 7th Aves., New York, NY

Local activists wielding signs with images of abused pigs, reading: “Walmart Tortures Pigs” and “Walmart Pork = Animal Abuse” will join the protest. Walmart is under fire for cruelty to animals following an undercover investigation exposing shocking abuse to pigs at one of the retailer’s main pork suppliers.

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