We have a couple of rare-breed pigs on our small block in NZ. They are amazing, intelligent creatures with real personality.

That said, I’m an unrepentant carnivore and bacon is one of my all time favourite tastes. One company in NZ has come to my moral rescue as they produce traditionally crafted bacon from free-range pigs.

I blogged about a while back.

John,

Thanks for the comment. That is a fantastic article. I only wish I knew of some supplier like that in the Dallas, TX area. We don’t have a lot of farm land in this 6.5 million person city you know. ;-)

Oh, and I’m with you on the whole carnivore thing. :-)

John

The pig, in my opinion, is the tastiest of all animals. Nothing could ever make me give up bacon, certainly not a lame video like this one. At one point it looks like the dog agrees with me, check out when he tries to take a bite of the pig’s head : )

I’ll pay top dollar to anyone that can deliver that pig to me…alive or cut into tiny delicious pieces!

Greg,

I can’t wait to see the comments from the PETA folks… ;-)

John

I don’t know who will stop eating bacon again after watching this. Maybe a girl, because they like teddy bears a lot.
This video is lame because it shows a piglet treated more or less like a teddy bear or a doll, out of his natural context, having to fight with boxes, and trying to eat bags. The message seems to be more “take a piglet as your next fashion accessory” (after chihuauas you know) than “respect the life of piglets, don’t eat them”. That said, is clear that intensive farming conditions should be improved and the number of animals to go to the supermarkets should be very carefully pondered, avoiding useless sacrifices. But we can’t live in a vegan world, the only serious hope for a future without farm animals killings could only be artificial meat I think.

What this video should have tried to show is how the animals live in intensive facilities and how are they killed, and how beautiful they are when they live in nature and we meet them, imho.

ohhh… that just makes me hungry for breakfast – best meal of the day…. any time of day or night !

lol i was eating bacon as i watched that…

Is that song being used with permission?

What are we supposed to do with all the domesticated pigs in the world? Distribute them as house pets? The whole species exists only because they were domesticated for food use. How many wild boars are still left in the wild, by comparison?

OK, no more bacon. I’ll limit my self to pork chops, ribs, Canadian bacon, and carnitas!