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| Some pigs are more equal than others. |
The "Invasive Species Order" has been put in place by the Department of Natural Resources who it seems are in cahoots with some of the large corporate pork producers. These " pork-orations " have complained that many small farmers are raising pig species that are a direct threat to the health of their factory farmed "other white meat".
Small pork farmers claim the Act to be government over-reach designed to put them out of business due to pressure from the big porkerations.
The invasive species order defines all free-range pig species as illegal, and farmers who do not destroy their pigs will be charged with a felony crime punishable to up to four years in prison.
The state has said it will "destroy" these pigs beginning in April, potentially by raiding local farms with government-issued rifles, then shooting the pig herds while arresting the members of the family and charging them with the "crime" of raising pigs with the wrong hair color, and body size.
Will blond blue-eyed pigs be exempt?
These are the same pigs farmers have been raising for decades, now all of a sudden small farmers are being singled out and treated as criminals. Imagine one day waking up to find what you have been doing for decades has suddenly become a felony.
Under threat of arrest many small farmers have begun the heart-breaking task of killing their herds. One farmer described his outrage as this;
"I was served a search warrant yesterday at 7: 45am. I have killed all my hogs. [DNR] gave me papers that say I do not have any hogs on my property. All they saw were dead hogs laying around from my mass slaughtering. It took 12 guys 4 times in there to kill all of them, sows with young, Pregnant sows, dozens of piglets, and old mature boars. It has been a sad few weeks. Does anyone know what it feels like to open fire on 20 baby piglets in one group which weigh between 5 lbs and 15 lbs. They are so adorable and cute.
Though most of the pigs raised on small farms do end up as pork chops, the animals are treated more humanely by people who deeply care for them. Ask any small farmer how they feel about the animals they raise and you get a mixture of pride and deep love for the animals. These are more than "products" to these small farmers unlike the Michigan Pork Growers Association, where cronyism has stymied competition, and pigs are pumped full of anti-biotics and growth hormones, fed cheap food and grown in a mechanistic assembly line fashion.
Porkerations are not people my friends, take action.
As small farms are systematically being " rooted-out " by the greedy pig-stablishment, there may come a day when we will be introduced to Soylent Pink not unlike the now infamous "Pink-Slime", that dreadful gift given us from those cheap bastards in the beef industry.
Under threat of arrest many small farmers have begun the heart-breaking task of killing their herds. One farmer described his outrage as this;
"I was served a search warrant yesterday at 7: 45am. I have killed all my hogs. [DNR] gave me papers that say I do not have any hogs on my property. All they saw were dead hogs laying around from my mass slaughtering. It took 12 guys 4 times in there to kill all of them, sows with young, Pregnant sows, dozens of piglets, and old mature boars. It has been a sad few weeks. Does anyone know what it feels like to open fire on 20 baby piglets in one group which weigh between 5 lbs and 15 lbs. They are so adorable and cute.
Though most of the pigs raised on small farms do end up as pork chops, the animals are treated more humanely by people who deeply care for them. Ask any small farmer how they feel about the animals they raise and you get a mixture of pride and deep love for the animals. These are more than "products" to these small farmers unlike the Michigan Pork Growers Association, where cronyism has stymied competition, and pigs are pumped full of anti-biotics and growth hormones, fed cheap food and grown in a mechanistic assembly line fashion.
Porkerations are not people my friends, take action.
As small farms are systematically being " rooted-out " by the greedy pig-stablishment, there may come a day when we will be introduced to Soylent Pink not unlike the now infamous "Pink-Slime", that dreadful gift given us from those cheap bastards in the beef industry.  |
| Soon to be banned if you are a small farmer. |
When government and corporations marry, and laws are written that are designed to discourage competition from the little guy over the corporate person, then democracy and free enterprise are as dead as the Dodo, a once plentiful creature wiped out by the whaling industry.
First they came for the pigs, is only the beginning.
Support local farmers, don't shop at Walmart.
Sign my petiton keeping chicken poop out of cattle feed.
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