06/09/2026
This is Michelle who has given up 21 days of her life to mimic the conditions millions of mother pigs must endure. She sits in a sow crate in London's busy Trafalgar Square.. Although Michelle is less than half the size of a sow, she has barely any room to stretch out. A sow can't even turn round and can be confined like this for 21 to 35 days twice a year. Sows give birth in these hideous torture contraptions, nurse their babies for 3 to 4 weeks, when they are taken from them. This causes immense distress that is exacerbated by the rigid confinement of the cage. We can wait for governments to show some humanity, or we can manifest our own - by not demanding pigs on our plates. More to come.....
