Pignorant - film

Pignorant

Pignorant is a 2024 documentary film by Joey Carbstrong that highlights the use of carbon dioxide as a method to stun pigs prior to slaughter. The film includes undercover footage from the Pilgrim’s Pride abattoir in Ashton-under-Lyne in north-west England taken in February 2021.

The footage shows pigs being herded into metal gondolas in groups, lowered into a chamber and subjected to a high concentration of carbon dioxide gas. Pigs are seen shrieking, gasping, and writhing in apparent pain and distress.

The film was released in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2024. It has a runtime of 1 hour and 42 minutes.

Themes

Pignorant aims to bring attention to the realities of the pork industry, particularly in the UK. The film’s central themes include:

1. Exposing the Pork Industry: The film reveals the use of CO2 gas chambers in the pork industry, a common method of killing pigs in the UK, US, Australia, and Europe. It highlights the conditions endured by pigs in these gas chambers.
2. Investigating Animal Welfare Standards: The documentary examines various types of pig farms, including factory farms and so-called free-range pig farms. It seeks to show the actual conditions in which these animals are kept before they are sent to slaughterhouses.
3. Highlighting the Impact on Humans: The film also discusses the psychological impact that working in slaughterhouses can have on the workers.
4. Questioning Animal Welfare Organizations: The film critiques the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) for its support of companies that use gas chambers to kill pigs.
5. Promoting Social Change: By interviewing experts from various disciplines, the film seeks to raise awareness about the treatment of pigs in the pork industry.

See also

• Joey Carbstrong
• Carbon dioxide stunning
• Category:Films about farm animals

External links

• https://pignorantfilm.com/ Official website
• PIGNORANT | OFFICIAL TRAILER YouTube
• UK Co2 Gas Chambers Investigation WikiCommons
• UK First Investigation Inside Pig Gas Chamber (Pilgrim’s Pride, Manchester) YouTube

• Suffering of gassed pigs laid bare in undercover footage from UK abattoir The Guardian Archived May 12, 2023
• Pignorant IMDB
• Workers sacked after film shows pigs ‘beaten to death with iron bar’ The Independent