“Never eat pork because pigs are as smart, if not smarter, than dogs and are treated with hideous cruelty.”
They may be somewhere. I live in one of the highest hog production areas in the world and the ones here have it pretty easy. They are well taken care of, fed well, and attended to medically. It’s just good business practice. As you said they are intelligent. If some of them are being abused the rest know and become stressed. That results in sickness and low appetite, which cuts into profit. Not saying I’d trade places with them.
Thanks for your comment on well-treated pigs. I didn’t know.