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Pignorant

An ex gang member's love for pigs spurs him on a life-risking mission to uncover the truth behind 'bacon'.

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Joey Carbstrong

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This is actually a dead piglet inside of a sack. - Pignorant

This is actually a dead piglet inside of a sack.

Pigs that are pregnant I have seen in a sanctuary. - Pignorant

Pigs that are pregnant I have seen in a sanctuary.

And they go along - Pignorant

And they go along

You can sense that excitement
and that joy at the prospect. - Pignorant

You can sense that excitement and that joy at the prospect.

And we've just degraded it into something - Pignorant

And we've just degraded it into something

And then they're giving birth into feces often. - Pignorant

And then they're giving birth into feces often.

This little baby is still moving - Pignorant

This little baby is still moving

The bars prevent them from doing basic mothering - Pignorant

The bars prevent them from doing basic mothering

And again and again, in pretty much every farm - Pignorant

And again and again, in pretty much every farm

So these piglets are there suffering - Pignorant

So these piglets are there suffering

And then their babies are taken away at just three - Pignorant

And then their babies are taken away at just three

They never see sunshine, - Pignorant

They never see sunshine,

And so it develops aggression and lots of problems - Pignorant

And so it develops aggression and lots of problems

And by six months old, they're sent to slaughter - Pignorant

And by six months old, they're sent to slaughter

Around 11 million pigs are slaughtered - Pignorant

Around 11 million pigs are slaughtered

On top of that, if you work
back with the mortality rates, - Pignorant

On top of that, if you work back with the mortality rates,

And here's the last one, more after birth, - Pignorant

And here's the last one, more after birth,

And for the mothers themselves, - Pignorant

And for the mothers themselves,

They know they're going
through the whole process again, - Pignorant

They know they're going through the whole process again...

And that is the repeated life - Pignorant

And that is the repeated life

When she gets to four to five years old, - Pignorant

When she gets to four to five years old,

You look at the face of the
mothers and it is heartbreaking. - Pignorant

You look at the face of the mothers and it is heartbreaking.

We should be ashamed that we are still doing this, - Pignorant

We should be ashamed that we are still doing this,

So I went into another shed - Pignorant

So I went into another shed

And I was looking down at their little beady eyes - Pignorant

And I was looking down at their little beady eyes

And I just thought about the fate that awaited them - Pignorant

And I just thought about the fate that awaited them

Rescuing pigs isn't straightforward, - Pignorant

Rescuing pigs isn't straightforward,

I had to pick up a pig and the piglet was screaming. - Pignorant

I had to pick up a pig and the piglet was screaming.

So I had to comfort this
piglet and just like a little baby, - Pignorant

So I had to comfort this piglet and just like a little baby,

I didn't want to just rescue one pig - Pignorant

I didn't want to just rescue one pig

Again, I reached down to grab another one - Pignorant

Again, I reached down to grab another one

But then what you notice is there's hundreds - Pignorant

But then what you notice is there's hundreds

And the bittersweet part about rescuing animals - Pignorant

And the bittersweet part about rescuing animals

So it's a reality check that most of those animals - Pignorant

So it's a reality check that most of those animals

So two survivors. - Pignorant

So two survivors.

So in the UK, there are charities set up specifically - Pignorant

So in the UK, there are charities set up specifically

And why weren't more of 'em speaking out - Pignorant

And why weren't more of 'em speaking out

And they had Queen Elizabeth, as their patron. - Pignorant

And they had Queen Elizabeth, as their patron.

Legislation will also be brought forward - Pignorant

Legislation will also be brought forward

The high-welfare rhetoric is so ingrained, - Pignorant

The high-welfare rhetoric is so ingrained,

The RSPCA is set up to protect animals, - Pignorant

The RSPCA is set up to protect animals,

♪ Love, sweet love. ♪ - Pignorant

♪ Love, sweet love. ♪

They rescue dogs and cats, - Pignorant

They rescue dogs and cats,

So when they think of the RSPCA, they think, - Pignorant

So when they think of the RSPCA, they think,

Quite a bit because I do support them. - Pignorant

Quite a bit because I do support them.

Because they do, I think they do a brilliant job - Pignorant

Because they do, I think they do a brilliant job

When their name goes on something, - Pignorant

When their name goes on something,

And so they're manipulating the public's perception - Pignorant

And so they're manipulating the public's...

I just hope that it would mean - Pignorant

I just hope that it would mean

Well, you'd think that the animals - Pignorant

Well, you'd think that the animals

'Cause RSPPCA are people that protect animals, - Pignorant

'Cause RSPPCA are people that protect animals,

So when it comes to discriminating between species - Pignorant

So when it comes to discriminating between species

They sort of perpetuate
how you treat a dog differently - Pignorant

They sort of perpetuate how you treat a dog differently

I'm sure if I'd spent loads of time with pigs in my life - Pignorant

I'm sure if I'd spent loads of time with pigs in...

So the closest most people come to pigs - Pignorant

So the closest most people come to pigs

Most people haven't gone to a sanctuary - Pignorant

Most people haven't gone to a sanctuary

Most people have never been inside a factory farm - Pignorant

Most people have never been inside a factory farm

So if that's the closest people have come to pigs, - Pignorant

So if that's the closest people have come to pigs,

Some are more scared than the others, - Pignorant

Some are more scared than the others,

Others just look terrified and worried. - Pignorant

Others just look terrified and worried.

For me and another activist
who have been out the front - Pignorant

For me and another activist who have been out the front

It's impossible for us - Pignorant

It's impossible for us

We are born into this world - Pignorant

We are born into this world

We learn about plants, and about colors, - Pignorant

We learn about plants, and about colors,

But we're always taught that the dogs and cats at home - Pignorant

But we're always taught that the dogs and cats at home

But the pigs, and the cows, and the chickens - Pignorant

But the pigs, and the cows, and the chickens

They see chicken or they see
a fish finger or they see ham - Pignorant

They see chicken or they see a fish finger or they see ham

And as we grow up, society confirms that to us, - Pignorant

And as we grow up, society confirms that to us,

And these aren't morally relevant differences. - Pignorant

And these aren't morally relevant differences.

What's morally relevant are
the fact that both these animals - Pignorant

What's morally relevant are the fact that both these an...

Pigs are naturally very inquisitive animals - Pignorant

Pigs are naturally very inquisitive animals

They are very social and they are easy to train. - Pignorant

They are very social and they are easy to train.

There's a lot of evidence
for how complex the behavior - Pignorant

There's a lot of evidence for how complex the behavior

And one of the things which we did was to see - Pignorant

And one of the things which we did was to see

And they use the information - Pignorant

And they use the information

He's amazed animal psychologists, - Pignorant

He's amazed animal psychologists,

The scientists make it
progressively harder for Hamlet, - Pignorant

The scientists make it progressively harder for Hamlet,

Pigs have been shown in
studies to have the intelligence, - Pignorant

Pigs have been shown in studies to have the intelligence,

We've seen pigs painting pictures on the internet - Pignorant

We've seen pigs painting pictures on the internet

You can train them to do a lot of things - Pignorant

You can train them to do a lot of things

I'm doing a PhD here at the department - Pignorant

I'm doing a PhD here at the department

And you might think why pigs, - Pignorant

And you might think why pigs,

But interestingly, they shared
common things with dogs - Pignorant

But interestingly, they shared common things with dogs

What was very surprising for me, first of all, - Pignorant

What was very surprising for me, first of all,

There is a tendency for people, for humans - Pignorant

There is a tendency for people, for humans

But actually the more you look at other species, - Pignorant

But actually the more you look at other species,

And all the animals we keep as farm animals - Pignorant

And all the animals we keep as farm animals

So once people understand
how smart pigs actually are, - Pignorant

So once people understand how smart pigs actually are,

You look at them in a slaughterhouse situation, - Pignorant

You look at them in a slaughterhouse situation,

So hearing those sounds,
smelling what they're smelling, - Pignorant

So hearing those sounds, smelling what they're smelling...

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An ex gang member's love for pigs spurs him on a life-risking mission to uncover the truth behind 'bacon'.

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Director: Joey Carbstrong

Writer: Leslie Askew, Joey Carbstrong, John Parker

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

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ImdbRating: 8.3

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Released: 10 Feb 2024

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