About 200 people arrived on buses to Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford, 50 of whom snuck into the barn while another 132 stood outside wearing black shirts that read ‘Meat the Victims’ and singing
Protesters stand together at Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sunday April 28, 2019. Abbotsford Police Sgt. Judy Bird said there will be a criminal investigation into the actions of those who entered the barn.Dozens of protesters rallied at a hog farm in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley on Sunday in a response to a video that activists said showed sick and dead pigs packed into cramped crates at the facility.
Abbotsford Police Sgt. Judy Bird said there will be a criminal investigation into the actions of those who entered the barn. Ray Binnendyk, one of the brothers who operates Excelsior, said the video was shot in secret by someone trespassing at night and he believes some of the images were staged. “We’re more scared about the safety of our pigs and about what kind of diseases they’re bringing in or, after all of this is done, what’s going to happen to our herd,” he said.
The brothers raise the animals to the best of their ability and follow industry guidelines that require veterinarians to visit every few months, Binnendyk said.
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