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8 October 2001 Close Down Rynehill Pig Farm:
Oxford March Viva! supporters from across England will gather in Oxford for a national rally and march this Saturday as part of Viva!’s campaign to close down Rynehill pig farm in Kingham, Oxfordshire. The campaigners will gather at Oxpens recreation ground at 12.30 pm to listen to speeches. Viva! representatives will explain how they are targeting Rynehill Farm as part of a national campaign to end factory farming. Vegan health specialist Dr David Ryde will talk about the damaging impact which eating meat can have on our health and children will read poems saying why they are opposed to factory farming. The protesters will then stage a noisy march through Oxford city centre with placards and purple balloons, calling for the closure of Rynehill Farm. At Carfax, they will hold a minute’s silence in memory of the pigs inside Rynehill’s sheds. Viva! filmed at Rynehill four times as part of its investigation into the UK’s pig farming industry. The video footage shows overcrowded conditions and pigs covered from head to toe in their own excreta. The sleeping area is concrete and devoid of all bedding. Some animals are lame or sick and a dead pig has been left lying outside the farm. Despite the conditions, meat from Rynehill carries the quality assurance stamp Farm Assured British Pigs. “Consumers buy quality assured meat under the illusion that participating farms adhere to high welfare standards,” says Viva!’s senior campaigner Becky Smith. “Nothing could be further from the truth - our footage of Rynehill shows appalling animal cruelty.” “Unfortunately, these conditions are not unusual - we know because we’ve filmed at farms up and down the country. That’s why we’re calling for an end to factory farming. “Both people and animals are paying the price for the filthy, overcrowded conditions on intensive farms and the vast distances which animals travel from farm to market to slaughterhouse. Diseases are spreading like wildfire. Foot-and-mouth is just the tip of the iceberg - meningitis, enteritis, pneumonia, dysentry and wasting syndrome are running rife on British pig farms. If we don’t act now to end factory farming, it may well end us.” Viva! campaigners will call on people
in Oxford to support their campaign to close down Rynehill Farm and end
factory farming by going vegetarian. More information from Becky Smith or Kat Macmillan on 0117 944 1000 |
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