Can't believe Smallholder magazine stooping to a whole page for this
The Ad is bad enough but advertising live animals as christmas presents? where is the moral code in advertising??
on another forum i visit there has been lots of talk of this some have even contated the magazine voicing their concerns, i doubt it will get through though.
i have noticed loads of free micros and kk's ads i should think the novelty soon dies down once the pigs start damaging the house and garden.
the trade is old news but i am flabbergasted that an animal welfare friendly magazine like smallholder would stoop to this
Nature'sgrafter
Joined: 22 Feb 2012 Posts: 527 Location: Sanday , Orkney
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 12 9:08 pm Post subject:
"In the UK, British micro pigs have been bred since 1996.
These pigs are bred from the kunekune (a New Zealand pig that weighs around 200 pounds (91 kg)), the Gloucester Old Spot (800 lbs) and the Tamworth (800 pounds (360 kg)).
After several generations of crossing, the pigs have been marketed as truly tiny pigs that work well as pets.
They have not been bred long enough to be considered a true breed and are not a consistent size or shape.
After the initial press releases, breeders began popping up all over Britain trying to push pocket-piglets which later became genuine hogs unfit for suburban dwelling. "
Quote from wikipedia.
16 years later and it still amazes me that people are stupid enough to still be tricked into buying mogeral pigs on the promise they will always be tiny and cute.
Is it just me that does their research before buying any animal.
Smallholder magazine, like all the others, has always whored itself out to the highest bidder - the plethora of feeds designed and priced with the novice in mind, the overpriced expensive & poorly ventilated poultry houses, etc, none of it is ethical, it's just there to cash in on the 'trend' of keeping animals as pets, albeit in a 'back to the land' veil.
P.S. Sean put it far more succinctly.
oaklandspigs
Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 113 Location: East Sussex
The Ad is bad enough but advertising live animals as christmas presents? where is the moral code in advertising?? 
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