Pigs who died in transit

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Pigs who died in transit

Image by Farm Sanctuary
Pigs, who died in transit, dumped behind a truck at the slaughterhouse.

Quote from Lancaster Farming (October 27, 1990): "Death losses during transport are too high -- amounting to more than million per year. But it doesn't take a lot of imagination to figure out why we load as many hogs on a truck as we do. It's cheaper... Even with a zero death rate that might be associated with providing more space on the truck, the hogs we save would not be enough to pay for the increased transportation costs of hauling fewer hogs on a load."

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How she died

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How she died

Image by Ninithedreamer
People keep asking how Bella died.
I still am not certain how it could've happened.
She was playing on this luggage roller thingy I have which I hadn't had a chance to put away after my last grocery trip Wednesday. Bella was always climbing and falling off of things. I wasn't worried about that. It was securely angled against the wall so honestly, I didn't think twice about it. If anything, I figured it would roll out from under her and she'd fall on top.
I was on Flickr checking pictures. There's a dresser that divides where my laptop/work space is and the kitchen area in my studio apartment. Things had gotten silent and I figured she'd gone to sleep someplace so got up to find her so that Squeaky could have a turn out.
This luggage roller thing somehow fell over squishing her underneath. It broke her back and the top most bar was resting on her throat when I found her. I never even heard it fall!!!
I walked around the divider and saw her and began to run screaming....
It's a nightmare I can't see to wake up from.

No, you walk round me!

Image by blinkingidiot
One from the archives: a Galapagos lizard.

Looking back, the truly amazing thing about all the wildlife there is that the normal roles are reversed: they expect you to walk around them. This is even true of the lizards! I vividly remember standing two feet from a Blue-footed Booby and trying to get it to look at the camera. Kicking the ground and even coughing loudly failed to produce a result. Eventually I walked off, reminded of my utter insignificance.
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