Pigs treated well after Suffolk crash, official tells PETA

The pigs in Smithfield have more rights that some Commonwealth of Virginia, taxpaying citizens.

PETA....not to worry. I promise you these little piggies were handled with the utmost of care and compassion while being offloaded the overturned truck and loaded back onto their new ride. Of course once they got to the plant they were strung up and slaughtered just like every other day.

I certainly hope the pig handlers treated the pigs better than the swines from PETA.This article makes me hungry for a hot ham sandwich.

I think its a good thing that we have folks like PETA who are interested in animal welfare and abuse issues. Ive seen factory farms up close, and they are not happy little slices of heaven for the animals, thats for sure. Sick or wounded animals are sometimes processed along with the rest. Like anything else, there should be some oversight provided. We eat these animals, fine. But that doesnt mean they should be abused or tortured along the way. Rounding up pigs is tough work, so I think PETA may be jumping the gun on this one. But its through efforts of groups like PETA that humane treatment legislation is introduced and enforced.

Face it, arguing with the people Producing Excrement Through Activism is like mud wrestling with a Pig.

You both get dirty,

and the Pig likes it.

Now where's my sausage McMuffin?

For those of you talking about pig bites or thinking you can use tails to drag pigs around, pig teeth are clipped at birth so they're dull (no need for teeth when you're eating fatty gruel your whole life and they'll be slaughtered before the finish rotting out); also, tails are docked so the animals don't chew them off from the stress of their close containment.

Do some research before you call others being uninformed.

People Embarrassing the Tidewater Area.

I've always wondered why such left-wing idiots would set up shop in Norfolk. Even the left coast makes fun of their antics. I remember eating dinner at ODU Whitehurst hall, and these PETA guys bust in dressed as bloody chickens claiming that chickens are being "holocausted" because of people like us...what a bunch of nut jobs.

If PETA thinks they can do it better, well, let them try.

peta you just want to hear your bell rung.those pigs though domesticated are still pretty wild to handle.i am not sure if you have been bitten by a pig but they can be pretty mean and have to be restrained,or coaxed to move.you have to be what looks like rough with a lot of these types animals,and what looks like cruelty is just the way of doing things.you cant call to them like a dog here piggy piggy piggy,and expect them to do what you want so you have to herd them where you want and sometimes it takes pulling their legs or ears.they are an investment and income for the vendors they have to treat them good if they want top market price,bruised or injured animals don't sell as food.

These PETA people are idiots. I don't understand why they are in the news. What do they know about raising hogs? Nothing. How do they think you get a hog to move? The ear is a good handle. Doesn't hurt the hog at all. Sometimes the tail and the ear will help with a difficult hog, but if that doesn't work, a cattle prod always does the trick. Glad the professional took care of it though. My ham and turkey were great this Thanksgiving. Can't wait for Christmas. :)

Smithfield should sue PETA. Those cowards in their nice waterfront building wasting space in Norfolk should be sued for defamation. The state should also send them a bill for having to investigate it.
By the way, the pigs were fine, and delicious.

I can't even believe this is a top headline. Or that any state authority wouldn't laugh these PETA fruitcakes out of the office. Someone should file a complaint on PETA for being a public nuissance and fine the organization a fee equal to it's entire net worth.

PETA still = People Eating Tasty Animals. Yum yum. Hand me another pork chop please.

How many thousands of animals did PeTA kill last year? Somewhere in the THOUSANDS!

PeTA, please take this opportunity to shut up-your stupid antics and idiotic statements have made your creditability something of a joke.

(Dan Paden, research associate with PETA, said the group is disappointed.
“All that’s changed is that the industry brings more and bigger tarps to prevent the public from seeing workers’ cruelty to pigs,” Paden said.)

What it sounds like he is really saying here....is a tarp was blocking Peta's view & they saw little or nothing.