Press release from the “SOKO animal welfare organization”

In 2016 we uncovered the total failure of the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Only the use of “SOKO Tierschutz” caused the closure.
The veterinarian, who failed for years and simply didn’t want to notice anything about the drama, got away with it.

(The text in the video is described in the article)

His boss protects him and continues to lead the office.

What has changed? A new farm in a place nearby, Berghülen. Another pig farm is located here.
The last name is curiously the same.
Horror reigns in the courtyard.
Severely mutilated pigs, lonely death without water and feed in the dirt.
Carcasses everywhere you look.
Pigs eat one another.

The carcass bins fill up continuously.
Such horror and chaos develop over the years.
Has this neglected establishment been checked?
We provoke it and inform the veterinary office.
Hidden cameras show what happens then.
Shortly before the inspection, there is hectic cleaning.
A carcass is quickly removed.
Then the vets come. It is Dr. G. and his boss Dr. B.
When checking, they overlook the pig, which is quickly hidden in the middle of a corridor.

One week after the inspection, SOKO activists discovered the rotting animal at the same location.
The carcass barrels, which were not even examined during the entire inspection, are filled with illegally killed pigs after the inspection.
The keeper shot the animals in the head, but did not kill them with a throat cut as prescribed.
That means slow death with extreme pain from the head wound.
The veterinary office does not notice anything.
Dying continues in the company.
Animals rot in the corridor and the bad head injuries over and over again.

The recordings in the video also show the brutal handling of the animals.
The farmer throws animals on the ground and carries pigs screaming in fear around his ears.
“A terrible degree of brutality and one apparently feels so safe that decaying carcasses were simply left behind immediately after an inspection,” describes the SOKO animal welfare spokesman.

SOKO Tierschutz demands that the pig breeding facility be closed immediately and that there are finally severe consequences in the authorities.
“This vet and his boss should be fired immediately and the farmers must be banned from keeping animals for life,” the SOKO spokesman demands.

Incapable veterinarians, an unscrupulous farmer and his wife and the people for whom this little pig child is only meat are responsible for this fate.

(Photos: SOKO Tierschutz)

Article from “Together for the animals”

SNAIL SLURRY CREAM – A COSMETIC PRODUCT MERCELESS EXPLOITATION! 💔🐌
In recent years, starting established from South Korea an animal product from the cosmetics industry – snail slime cream.

Very few consumers are aware of the horror behind this alleged “rejuvenating agent”, but it is ubiquitous on snail farms.
Like all living things in factory farming, the little animals are exploited and mistreated here.

The slime of the snails is needed to make this cream.
As the name suggests, snail slime is produced by snails.
The small animals generate it to protect against injuries, dehydration and for locomotion.
This secretion makes even razor-sharp razor blades an obstacle that is easy to overcome.

The production of this liquid is extremely strenuous for the animals and always associated with stress.
If the stress increases, the amount of secreted mucus also increases.
And this is exactly where the factory farming industry comes into play on snail farms.

For this animal product, snails are kept anything but appropriate to the species in small cages.

In order to be able to harvest as much secretion as possible, the animals are put under artificial stress and pain using various methods, and all of them are cruel and ethically absolutely reprehensible.
So that the mucus settles outwards, the poor little creatures are centrifuged.

Damage is done to them to increase stress.
This happens through chemicals, salt, dehydration with salt water, acids, cold water, knocks with sticks or electric shocks, among other things.

All of this is officially not considered animal cruelty globally, as it is claimed that animals are not harmed and do not die in the process.
This abuse is also not covered by the Animal Welfare Act, since snails are invertebrates and, in an incomprehensible manner, are said to be completely insensitive to pain.

But even though they only have a simple nervous system and a tiny brain, they are still able to feel pain.

They are breathing creatures and therefore not the plaything of humans.
There is no conclusive research result anywhere in the world about the allegedly rejuvenating and healing properties of this cream.

We condemn this kind of cruelty to animals against sensitive living beings in the strongest possible terms.

It is absolutely immoral for the mass production of a questionable anti-aging product to harm wonderful living beings and to deny their ability to experience pain.

We also appeal to all consumers not to participate in this disgusting system of exploitation, because, as is so often the case, it is up to the end consumer to alleviate the suffering of the animals.

Please do not buy any products that contain snail slime, because after all, anyone with common sense should understand that the life and the integrity of breathing creatures weigh more than the illusion of beauty.

The best thing to do is to look out for items that are completely cruelty-free.

AND ALSO APPLIES TO SNAILS: EVEN IN THE SMALLEST BODY, A HEART BEATS !!! 💖🐌

And I mean…There has always been a public interest in snails, but not because of the snail cream, but because many meat eaters are interested in eating bred snails (i.e. several million snails are bred and killed each year)!
A well-known snail farm in Vienna alone, for example, breeds 200,000 Roman snails on 2000 m², that’s 100 snails on a single (!) Square meter.

Since ancient times, escargots have been regarded as a delicacy. They are particularly valued in France, Spain, Italy and Portugal in local kitchens.

There are people who say that snails don’t suffer. There are people who say the opposite.
But the answer today is simple: we don’t know.
Or rather: we don’t know yet.

The situation is somewhat reminiscent of the problem with fish not so long ago.
After all, it has long been thought that fish cannot feel pain and have no feelings.
It was only thanks to dedicated advocates for Pisces that we now all know that this is not the case.
Today we can safely say that Pisces feel pain.

It is quite likely that snails will feel pain too, and just as likely that science will find it out in the near future.

But even if we don’t know for sure, it is better to harm someone in the vague hope that they will not suffer anyway, or it is better not to harm someone if there is a possibility that it will harm them or suffers?

So if we don’t know whether someone is capable of suffering, it is better not to hurt them

My best regards to all, Venus