Why do pig farms kill piglets?

As someone who's been in a production barn for pigs, I can tell you piglets are killed for a few reasons. 1. They are too weak to survive (extreme runts incapable of even feeding) so they are put out of their misery. 2. read more

They may even paw the ground, like a bull facing a matador. Of the 21 cattle-related fatalities in the Plains states between 2003 and 2008, five involved multiple animals swarming the farmer. Pigs are also known to attack cooperatively. In 2007, a sow in Norfolk, England knocked a farmer off his feet, enabling the other pigs to bite the man. read more