Group Housing

Many times we humans like to put a human face on our animals. We do it to our dogs, (those ridiculous little sweaters on creatures already wearing fur coats), to our cats,  (there are way too many videos on line of cats in costumes with headgear), and even to our hamsters or lizards. We can’t help it, its what we do. And we want our dogs and cats living together in harmony, forget that they’re natural enemies. Perhaps that’s one of the driving factors when it comes to the majority of animal rights activists, especially those who claim to know what’s better for farm animals. For instance, the HSUS claims that group housing is better when it comes to raising hogs. As pork producer Kevin Peterson says that line of argument is just “intellectually dishonest”.  As most pig farmers will tell anyone who hasn’t had experience raising pigs, when these animals are kept in group housing they can, and generally do , become quite hostile towards each other. Ever see the damage an angry 500 pound hog can do? Hence the reason for housing pigs individually, it’s better for the animal. Pigs just aren’t into group hugs and working together as a team. That’s a human thing.