What supermarkets don’t show you about U.S. pig farms
She’s just one pig among many—trapped in a holding pen on a Kansas farm.
When she sees her friend collapsed on the floor, she moves closer. Nudges her leg gently.
Nothing.
She nudges again, harder this time.
Still nothing.
She sniffs along her friend’s legs, then up toward her torso.
As if searching for signs of life. As if trying to bring her friend back.
But the other pig never moves again.
Dead from injury, illness, or exhaustion, her body is left behind in the group pen.
This was captured by an Animal Equality investigator on a farm linked to Ahold Delhaize–parent company of Stop & Shop, Giant, and Food Lion.
It wasn’t the only death.
Nearby, another mother pig is shot in the head. She collapses. Her body shakes. Blood spreads across the floor.
Other pigs watch. Not by choice, but because they’re locked in gestation crates too small to turn around in.
These cages confine mother pigs for their entire pregnancies.
It’s like being trapped in an airplane seat… for months.
Animal Equality is fighting back with investigations, corporate pressure, and global protests.
But none of it happens without monthly supporters.
Will you be one of them?
WILL YOU STEP UP FOR HER?
Her mother’s life was spent in a cage. She will suffer the same fate. But you can change this for millions of animals, currently trapped in factory farms.
By becoming a monthly donor, you support our investigations, campaigns, and legal work . Only $25/month impacts 1,300 animals in a year.
And if you still see that pig—nudging her friend, refusing to give up–
Remember: choosing plant-based is one way to fight back every day.
Let your plate reflect your principles. Reject cruelty at its source.
Stand with the pigs who can’t stand at all.
Until every cage is empty,
Sean Thomas
International Director of Investigations
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