Belgian farmers angry: 'Yes, yes, with a knife'

brussels - A radio campaign against the castration of piglets from animal rights organization Gaia has been wrongly reported by Belgian pig farmers. The farmers are called 'cruel' and in the commercial follows a 'sharp' description of the ritual according to Gaia.

'Good day, we are the cruel farmers. You know, we cut the balls off piglets. Yes, with a knife. Here se, without anesthesia, tjakaa. Hear that pig once, goddamned. And now efkes squeeze out those balls ', a farmer responds sarcastically to the BELGA news agency.

The General Farm Syndicate (ABS) calls the commercial 'misleading, unacceptable and low-to-the-ground. 'According to the organization, farmers are making a lot of effort to find an alternative.

Gaia has been fighting piglet castration since 2000, but farmers refuse to quit, according to the organization, which received much praise for the undercover video footage from various 'horror slaughterhouses' near our southern neighbors. 'In the long run, we must believe that farmers like to take out balls of pigs,' says a spokesperson.

Piglets are castrated to prevent the unpleasant 'boar taint' that can be released when heating the meat. The piglets can also be vaccinated against it, but these animals are not allowed everywhere, such as in Germany, the most important market for Flemish pig farmers.

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