Dear Annette,

Joaquin Phoenix, award-winning actor and star of the upcoming thriller Inherent Vice, is teaming up with to put an end to ’s continued support of blatant animal abuse in its pork supply chain.

Joaquin narrates a new MFA undercover video shot at a Seaboard Foods pig factory farm in Colorado—a major Walmart pork supplier.

The disturbing video footage shows:

 Pregnant pigs locked in tiny metal gestation crates unable to walk, turn around, or lie down comfortably for nearly their entire lives

 Workers slicing off the tails and ripping out the testicles of piglets using dull razors and their fingers

 Mother pigs suffering from open wounds and pressure

sores left to suffer without proper veterinary care

 Workers hitting piglets with rock-filled gas cans to force them into overcrowded walkways and transport trucks

This investigation at Seaboard is the latest in a string of MFA exposés at Walmart pork suppliers nationwide. Sadly, each of these investigations has revealed the same standard but sickening cruelty and violence to mother pigs and piglets. Perhaps the most egregious form of institutionalized animal abuse in Walmart’s pork supply chain is the use of gestation crates—barren steel and concrete cages that make it impossible for pigs to turn around or lie down comfortably for nearly their entire lives. Gestation crates have been widely condemned as one of the cruelest factory farming practices in the world, as they subject millions of sensitive and intelligent pigs to years of both mental and physical torture. In fact, gestation crates are so inhumane they have been banned in nine U.S. states and the entire European Union.

In just the last two years, more than 60 major food providers, including restaurants like McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and Chipotle, and major grocery retailers like Safeway, , , and Whole Foods, have all started demanding their suppliers do away with these cruel crates.

It’s time for Walmart to do the same! Please, take a moment to sign and MFA’s petition calling on Walmart to end the use of inherently cruel gestation crates in its pork supply chain.

Then please share the hidden-camera video with friends and encourage them to take action too. And if you haven’t done so already, please consider ending your support for needless by adopting a compassionate vegan diet.

Sincerely,

Nathan Runkle President

P.S. You can make a special tax-deductible donation to support the work of MFA’s hidden heroes who work undercover to expose and stop systemic animal abuse on factory farms. All donations made by December 31 will be doubled!