Smacking the squealing piglet in the face with a heavy board, the farm worker delivers his blows as the terrified animal writhes and recoils.
The astonishing cruelty – exposed in new undercover footage obtained by this newspaper – is just one of a litany of harrowing scenes captured at a factory farm supplying Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons.
From injured piglets violently kicked across the floor by workers to others left contorted in pain during slow and agonising deaths, this is the daily reality for pigs farmed by Britain’s largest pork supplier, which insists animal welfare is ‘close to its heart’.
The bombshell findings come just months after The Mail on Sunday revealed that piglets were being beaten to death at a different farm run by the same company, Cranswick.
The story sparked national outrage, wiped £250 million off the company’s value and forced supermarkets to cut ties with the farm.
