Asheville’s Pigs on Parade — a collection of pig sculptures decorated by various artists — is part of Farm Sanctuary’s “Meet Your Neighbors” campaign. The project aims to educate people about the plight of the animals. “There are nearly 9 million pigs in North Carolina … and 10 million humans, ” reads the website. “One could argue that North Carolina is a microcosm of the ills of factory farming; what’s bad for the animals is bad for public health and for the environment.”
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Thank you to the compassionate artists and business locations that are bringing the plight of factory farmed pigs to the public. If you have ever spent time with one of these special gentle giants you would see that they are as wonderful as dogs if not more so. To subject them to the horrific cruetly we are just to satisfy the gods of human taste is beyond shameful.