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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sarah Butler

UK supermarkets suspend supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm over cruelty claims

an aerial shot of vast sheds at Northmoor farm in Lincolnshire, which houses about 6,000 pigs.
Northmoor Farm in Lincolnshire, which houses about 6,000 pigs. Photograph: Animal Justice Project

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons have suspended supplies from a Lincolnshire pig farm linked to abuse against pigs.

Secretly filmed footage has shown farm workers at Northmoor Farm appearing to grab piglets by their hind legs and smashing them on to the hard floor – a banned method of killing known as blunt force trauma or “piglet thumping”.

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