Pigs are one of the most highly intelligent creatures on the planet, as
smart as chimpanzees & dogs, and both very affectionate and social. The
problem is, they do not have the big eyes, soft fur and the other features that
we humans find attractive, so we tend to scorn them.
We are outraged when we
see videos of dogs being stacked on trucks and slaughtered for food in Asian
countries, but the terrible way that pigs are raised, shipped, and killed
for food right here in the USA is indefensibly cruel. They are reared in cages so small that they cannot move or turn around, their intelligence and sentience ignored. It is inhumane.
This is why bacon jokes are not the least bit funny.
