Even in farms with higher welfare standards, little piglets have their ears punctured, teeth clipped and tails cut without anaesthetic. On some farms, piglets who grow too slowly are killed by being slammed headfirst onto concrete floors. This standard industry practice is called "thumping."
Ngisho nasemapulazini anezimiso eziphezulu zenhlalakahle, amachwane ezingulube abhotshozwe izindlebe, amazinyo afasiwe nemisila inqunyiwe ngaphandle komuthi obulala izinzwa. Kwamanye amapulazi, amachwane ezingulube akhula kancane abulawa ngokushaywa ngekhanda phansi kukhonkolo. Lo mkhuba kule mboni ubizwa ngokuthi "i-thumping."