Supermarkets suspend ties with pig farm over animal abuse claims

Shocking violence against piglets uncovered at farm operated by major supermarket supplier Cranswick

This article contains graphic footage of animal abuse some readers may find distressing Shocking undercover footage has exposed Cranswick plc farm violently killing piglets using an illegal method known as ‘piglet thumping’. The revelations are part of a national campaign to “expose the realities of pig farming to the British public” and has prompted legal action and renewed scrutiny of the UK pig industry. Cranswick pig farm: shocking footage o…

Supermarkets suspend ties with pig farm over animal abuse claims

Meat producer’s shares have plunged after shocking video emerged

Supermarkets suspend supplies from Cranswick-owned pig farm over abuse claims

Covert footage emerged over the weekend that appeared to show workers at Northmoor Farm in Lincolnshire abusing piglets. British meat producer Cranswick’s shares plummeted on Monday after UK supermarkets suspended supplies from one of its farms that has been linked to abuse against pigs. Covert footage emerged over the weekend that appeared to show workers at Northmoor Farm in Lincolnshire abusing piglets. Workers were filmed holding piglets by …

UK supermarkets suspend supplies from pig farm over cruelty claims

Distressing images: Workers at farm owned by UK’s biggest pig meat producer Cranswick filmed killing piglets by banned ‘blunt force trauma’ 18:30, 13 May 2025Updated 18:30, 13 May 2025 Four of Britain’s biggest supermarkets have suspended supplies from a Lincolnshire farm linked to abuse against pigs. Secretly filmed footage shows workers at Northmoor Farm appearing to grab piglets by their hind legs and smashing them onto the hard floor – a ba…

Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons suspend supplies from farm over concerns

An urgent investigation has been launched by the company in charge of the farm

Animal dejections, industrial effluents... "Everything is good in the pig." The evidence by eight in Lamballe (22), where Cooperl undertook, more than thirty years ago, to process and value all the co-products of its meat industry.