Egypts Pigs: Killing Them Cruelly

Egypt: Mass Pig Slaughter During Swine Flu Panic
ALERT WRITER: Compassion in World Farming (United Kingdom)
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/about_us/contact_us/default.aspx


BACKGROUND:
Al-Masry Al-Youm: The Culling of Pigs in Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/almasryalyoum

Mass Graves For Pigs (click on title above to see the horrifying cruel ways in which Egypt chose to kill its 300-400,000 pigs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMIlw7rCSc&feature=channel_page

Appalling scenes of mass pig killing in Egypt have sparked international
protest. From media footage, we have seen hundreds of live pigs thrown on
top of each other in a huge dumper truck. Some must surely suffocate or
break limbs. They're driven to a mass grave, thrown into it, and covered in
what appears to be quicklime. They must endure a slow and agonizing death.

Egyptian media reports that "When the lorry is filled with 400 pigs on
average, it sets off for the burial ground in Abou Zabal. Once there,
something like soft sand is sprinkled on the pigs inside the lorry. This
material is made up of factory wastes. The pigs start to scream because of
the searing pain until they die some 30 or 40 minutes later."

MORE: GLOBAL STORM OF PROTEST AT EGYPT'S PIG ATROCITY
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/news/pig_farming/global_protest_at_egypts_pig_atrocity.aspx

TAKE ACTION:
1. Tell the Egyptian Authorities: Never Again
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/farm_animals/pigs/swine_flu/tell_the_egyptian_authorities_never_again.aspx
(follow instructions at link above)

2. Lobby the Egyptian Prime Minister (web form letter)
http://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=3660

3. Send a protest email to Egypt's Minister for Tourism (web form letter)
http://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=3634

4. WSPA web form letter
http://e-activist.com/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=24&ea.campaign.id=3557