‘Babe’ Star James Cromwell Calls On Government to Reject Plans to Send Irish Pigs to China

‘Babe’ Star James Cromwell Calls On Government to Reject Plans to Send Irish Pigs to China

Dublin – PETA supporter and actor James Cromwell, star of Babe, has fired off a letter to Ireland’s minister for agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, calling on the government to reject plans to send pigs from Ireland to China, where they’ll be used as breeding machines. The plans are part of a new, much-criticised agricultural trade deal with China.

“I had the great privilege and pleasure of learning about pigs when I starred in the movie Babe,” writes Cromwell. “Treating pigs as cargo – and forcing them to endure a long journey in cramped cages while exposing them to excessive noise and changes in air pressure – is both unnecessary and cruel, and it would cause immense stress to these sensitive animals.”

In the letter (available here), Cromwell notes that once the animals leave Ireland, any legal protections afforded to them would be left behind, as there are no laws protecting animals on farms in China.

Cromwell – a vegetarian since the 1970s and a vegan since starring in the film Babe – concludes the letter by saying, “These animals, like so many others, already suffer tremendously for humans’ absurd addiction to their flesh – the absolute least we can do is spare them the unnecessary trauma of an arduous journey overseas.”

PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow the group on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

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