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THE PIG BUSINESS TEAM NEEDS YOUR HELP

Your actions as a consumer could see the end of factory farming – but we need government to act too. This is why we organised an event at the House of Commons to lobby MPs. It was a chance for MPs to hear what experts are saying and commit to the legislative changes. These are:

  1. To get clear labelling of the method of production of pig meat- both fresh and processed.
  2. Ban imports of pig meat that are of a lower standard that UK laws allow.
  3. Ensure humanely produced, UK pig meat in schools and hospitals, forces etc – to be at least freedom foods standard or equivalent.

Peter Ainsworth MP and Zac Goldsmith hosted the event and many NGOs spoke to the assembled MPs and journalists. Please can you to write to your MP. Mass produced emails that are just copied and pasted don’t work. So we need you to write a short message to tell your MP how you feel about the film and why it shocks you. Please ask for two key things:

  1. Ask your MP to watch the dvd of Pig Business that we will send them
  2. Ask your MP to sign the Early Day Motion number 562 Pig Welfare

To do this, click on the link below and enter your postcode. You will be presented with a list of your representatives – pick your MP (shown in the third column) and then fill out the form and write your email, including the two ‘asks’. Even an extremely short note will be effective.

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Please note, this appeal is UK only. We plan to do something at the EU level in the future.

No standard text to paste? This email service is provided by mysociety.org who are pioneers of e-campaigning in the UK. They advise that standard text is easy to ignore and is even seen as a nuisance. Even the shortest note in your own words will have much more impact.

A little bit more about the thinking behind the event:

After seeing the film, many people ask “what can I do?”. The simplest answer is to exercise their rights as consumers and buy less but better quality meat. But we are not only consumers. We are citizens. The laws should not allow this kind of cruelty towards pigs so factory farmed pork should not be available in shops. Wide ranging legislation on an EU level is needed, but the first step is to get UK MPs on our side. Once they see the film they will (hopefully) feel compelled to act but they won’t act unless they feel that their constituents see it as an urgent issue. Please tell everyone you know about this…