Target: Emma Milligan, Operational Delivery Manager, Lincolnshire Trading Standards, Lincolnshire, England
Goal: Secure corporate prosecution and a permanent shutdown of any facility where piglets were reportedly slammed and sows bludgeoned.
Workers were reportedly filmed gripping tiny piglets by their hind legs and hurling them head-first onto concrete—a banned killing method known as “piglet thumping.” Additional footage apparently shows a sow screaming after a botched bolt-gun shot, and another sow being struck with metal bars. The images, seemingly captured by an undercover investigator, have prompted major supermarkets to sever ties with the farm and sparked a formal Trading Standards probe.
As reported, blunt-force trauma to kill pigs is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations. Yet employees allegedly mocked the law, bragging “don’t let nobody see you” after failing to end a sow’s life cleanly. Such apparent cruelty not only causes immediate, excruciating pain but also betrays every consumer who trusts welfare labels on meat products.
Sign below to demand corporate charges against the operator, restitution for veterinary care, and a total cessation of animal operations at the site. Anything less risks treating suspected abuse as a cost of doing business and leaves countless other animals vulnerable.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Ms. Milligan,
Undercover video released by Animal Justice Project reportedly shows employees at a Lincolnshire pig unit slamming piglets to the ground, beating a sow with metal bars, and botching a bolt-gun shot that left the animal shrieking. These acts, if verified, flagrantly violate the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations and the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Consumers, retailers, and compassionate citizens rely on Trading Standards to uphold the law without compromise. The apparent use of blunt trauma to kill newborn animals and the casual brutality toward adult sows point to systemic indifference, not isolated lapses. Such reported disregard for legal and ethical standards undermines public confidence in the wider food industry.
We respectfully urge Lincolnshire Trading Standards to complete its investigation swiftly, levy the heaviest fines and custodial sentences available, pursue corporate prosecution against the farm’s operator, and permanently revoke any licenses permitting the site to keep animals. A decisive outcome will affirm that Lincolnshire will not tolerate the deliberate torment of sentient beings.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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