Name: SWINE - A Very British Horror Story
Uploaded: 2018-01-08T06:43:25.000Z
Duration: 16 min
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Is this an international health hazard or a military concern?

Will this thing jump from animals to humans?

As an investigative journalist, going undercover is what I've done my whole life.

When I started to ask questions, I was sacked.

I just need a few pictures and I'll blow this story wide open.

The family of an elderly woman who died of MRSA

following treatment at Southampton General hospital,

say their request for answers, has been ignored.

It's nearly a year since 82 year old Julia Bird has passed away.

Hello, you've reached the voicemail of Jack Tomlins,

photojournalist for the Guard-Media. Please leave a message.

There are police at the Guard-Media centre looking for you.

What you're about to see is not a work of fiction.

Is it that unbelievable that pigs could turn on us?

Rising up from their world of hidden misery, disease and suffering.

In the UK, we are a nation of animal lovers.

However, our compassion does not extend to all of them.

Out of sight, and out of mind, these animals have no names, and we never hear their voices.

In their short lives, most of these intelligent beings, will never see the light of day.

This is the story of the self-interested forces driving the UK's most dangerous industry.

and our one of humanity's greatest achievements.

But we have taken these miracle drugs for granted.

We have become reliant on medication to keep us healthy.

While our desire for more animal products is making us sick.

It is this desire to eat animals that puts the future effectiveness of antibiotics at risk.

The mass industrialisation of meat production has led to countless public health crises.

it would be the first case of BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy) found in Ireland since 2013.

They're diseases which can kill, and we're running out of drugs.

MRSA, of course can cause fatal illnesses.

The abuse and disease rife in factory farms puts us all at risk.

In reality it's very unlikely that pigs would rise up against humans.

But the threat of antibiotic resistance is real,

and our children are becoming evermore ineffective.

where even a simple cut, or regular operation could cost us our lives.

All because of the way we exploit animals to produce our food.

We have been sold an insidious lie by the meat industry,

We enslaved this animal and embarked on generations

The housewife will buy pork when she can get what she wants.

When she can find lean ham in the meat markets,

The factory farmed pig in 2016 grows unnaturally fast,

these pigs remain highly intelligent, complex and playful beings.

Just like us, they have emotions, they feel pain.

Meat is good for you, and there are many kinds:

They're important for good health, clear skin and bright eyes.

Advertising bombards us with images of pigs flesh, smoked and grilled.

Bacon has become the symbol of our meat obsession.

Bacon you can't eat, is bacon you don't need.

We have grown disconnected from these animals.

Just what the industrialised, factory farming business wanted.

apparently as anxious to board their trains,

Conditions in the UK's pig farms are at an all time low.

The meat industry won't stop factory farming.

They create their own welfare standards, like Red Tractor

to reassure the public about conditions of factory farms.

These standards are virtually meaningless.

It's inspected to ensure the pork you buy,

has come from pigs that are well looked after,

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SWINE - A Very British Horror Story

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