That video released by HSUS drives me crazy. People need to understand pigs are in gestation crates to protect the babies. Also HSUS gestation for a pig is 3 months 3 weeks 3 days, not 4 months. My daughter raised pigs in hs in FFA and showed pigs. Her first pig we didn’t use a gestation crate until half her litter was killed by the sow laying on them, by day two we found a gestation crate. We never lost another pig from her or other sows after using a gestation crate or farrowing crate as most of us call it.
As to the piglet squealing and it being the most horrible thing this undercover idiot ever heard. Pick up any piglet and it’s going to squeal and squeal bloody murder until you put it down.

They should have turned one of the sows lose and let this idiot pick up one of her piglets and got that on video.

One pig they showed they wanted to leave the impression the pig had been beat, knowledgeable hog people on the other hand saw those marks for what they were, that pig had not always been in that gestation crate because it had been in a fight with another pig.

If people want their pigs raised on pasture and rolling hills, raise your own pigs or shut up.

I’ve written to Wal Mart and told them if they don’t fight back against HSUS and their dirty tactics then I’ll take my business elsewhere. Everyone needs to contact Wal Mart and tell them that because I can guarantee you HSUS has their idiots contacting them telling them if they don’t quit using these farmers then they’ll lose their business. They need to hear from us on the other side.

Ms. Adams, On the HSUS website you stated that we value property more than life.  You stated that abuse is a class 1 misdemeaner which is correct but the penalty is $1000 and 1 year in jail per offense.  You stated intentional damage to private property is a class 4 felony.  According to SD 22-43-2 the value determines the sentence with a value having to reach between $1000 - $100,000 to reach your stated sentence of a class 4 felony. No jail time is listed.Colorado has the strictest laws for abuse with $500,000 and 6 years and 297 cases.  South Dakota has 37 cases listed since 2004.  Doesn’t look like it is much of a deterant in Colorado. We in South Dakota are thankful that our legislators can see through the hype to see it is only a door to open for a law with a loophole that HSUS’s 30 lawyers on the staff could expand big enough to drive a truck through. It could allow a law that could hinder or outlaw normal daily practices of live animal husbandry.

I think you are exactly correct and right on target with your comments. Folks don’t understand the difference between a charity and a non-profit or not-for-profit corporation. A charity is approved by the IRS and registered with each state where all finances are disclosed and available for view on-line. The charity may or may not be a corporation also but if it is then there will be substantial overhead most likely since someone wants to be paid for their time etc. I know because I run a IRS approved charity with NO payroll or overhead except for the annual gov’t renewal fees. It can be done.