Fwd: Urge Paula Deen, QVC & Food Network to stop torture of pigs

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Monday, December 24, 2007 12:14 PMUrge Paula Deen, QVC & Food Network to stop torture of pigsUrge Paula Deen, QVC & Food Network to stop torture of pigsThe recent Fox Network reports about Smithfield Ham's pork providershowed horrific abuse and torture of the pigs destined to end up on dinner tables.Paula Deen, a celebrity chef, endorses and promotes Smithfield on hershow on The Food Network, and QVC sells a number of Smithfield products under Paula Deen's name. Please use the following contacts to ask Ms. Deen to use her influenceto make Smithfield stop this terrible cruelty. <http://www.pauladee n.com/contact> http://www.pauladee n.com/contact<http://www.smithfie ldhams.com/ category/ 26>http://www.smithfie ldhams.com/ category/ 26QVC Customer Service 800-367-9444To contact Customer Service write:QVC, Inc.Customer Service1200 Wilson Drive at Studio ParkWest Chester, PA 19380 To contact the Office of the President write:QVC, Inc.Office of the President1200 Wilson Drive at Studio ParkWest Chester, PA 19380Questions? Call 1-888-345-5788Food Network75 Ninth Ave New York, NY 10011 Main number: 212-398-8836 Questions: 865-694-7879 <http://getactive. peta.org/ campaign/ smithfield_ investigation>http://getactive. peta.org/ campaign/ smithfield_ investigationShocking Investigation Unveils Torture of Mother Pigs and PigletsMother Pigs and Piglets Tortured in a North Carolina Factory FarmVideo footage obtained in a new PETA undercover investigation reveals

horrific abuse to mother pigs and their piglets at a supplier to the largest pig-killing company in the world, Smithfield Foods.In addition to the confinement of mother pigs to cruel "gestation crates" so small that the animals can't even turn around or lie down comfortably, the following cruelty was documented at Smithfield supplier Murphy Family Ventures, LLC:Workers dragged injured pigs out of the facility by their snouts, ears, and legs before killing them with a captive-bolt gun. Some of the pigs had "KILL" spray-painted on their backs. A farm supervisor admitted that he violently beat pigs, saying of one that he "cut the sh** out of his God damn nose with a f***ing gate rod."Workers cut off piglets' tails and pulled out piglets' testicles-without using any pain relief-as the baby animals screamed in pain in front of mother pigs. Two workers and a supervisor hit and jabbed pigs-sometimes in

their faces and near their ears-with 2-foot-long metal gate rods on 31 of the 41 days that PETA's investigator worked.A worker gouged the eyes of four pigs with his fingers. Pigs suffered from ailments including cysts, sores, and a uterine prolapse for which they were denied treatment.View the video footage taken by PETA's undercover investigator for more examples of the horrific cruelty to animals at Smithfield'ssupplier.Every vegetarian saves more than 100 animals a year from abuse by the meat industry. To learn more about going vegetarian, order PETA's free "Vegetarian Starter Kit" today.Take action: Complete the form below to urge Smithfield Foods to demand that Murphy Family Ventures fire the workers responsible for this cruelty and work with PETA to enact meaningful animal welfare reforms. Also, tell Smithfield that while it's good that it has promised to phase out the use of gestation

crates at its own farms, the company needs to make the transition faster and require independent suppliers to phase out these cruel devices too. http://www.crueltyfree.com/ForTheAnimals http://www.crueltyfree.com/ForTheAnimals