It shows pigs being herded into metal gondolas in groups of five or six. They are then lowered into a chamber and subjected to a high concentration of carbon dioxide gas. Pigs are seen shrieking, gasping, and writhing in apparent pain and distress.
CO2 gas stuns pigs before slaughter. Around 88 percent of pigs in the UK are killed with this method, which is widely believed to be inhumane and cruel. The gas is highly aversive, and forms an acid on wet surfaces it touches, including eyes, lungs, and throats. It supposedly takes around 60 seconds to render them unconscious, but Carbstrong’s footage showed a pig kicking after more than three minutes.
Yup. When they’re lowered down into the pit in the cages, it’s torture. Some pigs have ripped their legs off from thrashing so much from the stress/pain of being gassed.
They were tortured to death.
Yup. When they’re lowered down into the pit in the cages, it’s torture. Some pigs have ripped their legs off from thrashing so much from the stress/pain of being gassed.