Did you know that farm animals such as pigs and chickens have to trade their own lives for our "human" lives before they are slaughtered to make food? how cruel Many people probably never think about the lives of these animals. Or perhaps they don't see them as beings that have feelings, lives, and minds, just like us and other pets.

Tens of millions of farm animals around the world are now in dire conditions. cause stress and illness easily Because raising farm animals is still a management process that tortures animals. Whether it's a piglet's dismemberment at birth, a tail cut, a tooth cut, an ear cut, and a piglet must be separated from its mother at a young age. If you look at some chicken the farm will select the fastest growing species. which this species has abnormally large breast meat resulting in a bad life All of which put stress on these farm animals. get sick easily as a result, farms must use more antibiotics than necessary so that farm animals can endure harsh environments. And it comes back to have a detrimental effect on humans like us who eat these meats as food.

According to the Fueling the Pandemic Crisis report from World Animal Protection. Over 75% of antibiotics are used on animal farms worldwide. These antibiotics are added to the animal's food and water to prevent illness from a farming system that is completely against the welfare of the animal. This is the cause of drug-resistant bacteria. Also known as Superbugs, contaminants can spread to water bodies and surrounding environments. industrial farm.

Worldwide, more than 700,000 people a year die from resistant bacteria, of which 38,000 people die in Thailand every 15 minutes or every 15 minutes, one person dies. At present, the problem of quality of life of animals in our industrial farms has not received much attention and importance. The solution is to campaign for both civil societies. Relevant agencies emphasize the importance of not using antibiotics. If farm animal farmers change the way of raising animals to have a better environment, they can reduce or eliminate this problem. which when farm animals receive good welfare Our human food system will also be safe and sustainable.

With a serious campaign of the World Animal Protection Organization. starting from the project “raising pigs with heart” is a project that helps pigs in the farm to have a better life. By focusing on raising awareness and understanding of the suffering of farm animals to society more. and inviting consumers to choose to consume meat from farms that raise animals with good welfare which abroad For example, the United States has been doing it for a long time, for example, in supermarkets there is chicken meat called free range chicken, which is chicken that has been raised freely. which consumers prefer to buy this type of chicken even though it is more expensive than general farm chicken

In Thailand, we are a large meat producer company. has announced that it will end the confinement of mother pigs in pens by 2025. Another competitor has announced that it will stop detaining the pregnant mother pig by 2027. We as consumers can help reduce the suffering of these animals. By choosing to consume meat from good farms in addition to helping animals, it is also helping ourselves to consume safe meat. It is to create a sustainable food system.