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A pig stands on a slatted floor in a bare, soiled pen and looks into the camera; a chain with a piece of wood hangs behind it.

Fokbedrijf Den Tip

Bergeijk · Pigs

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Fokbedrijf Den Tip in Bergeijk keeps pigs. This location holds the Beter Leven 1 star certification.

Loes van de Pas runs a breeding farm with 300 sows (with suckling piglets), 1,000 weaned piglets and 2,500 fattening pigs. The farm breeds mother animals for sale to other pig farms, and it also fattens pigs for slaughter. The meat is destined for supermarkets such as Jumbo and Lidl, and chains such as IKEA and Unox.

At the end of 2025 Van de Pas took part in a promotional campaign for the Beter Leven label. Her portrait in De Telegraaf was part of a series of promotional articles paid for by the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (Dierenbescherming), with the aim of encouraging readers to buy Beter Leven products. The article can also be found on the Beter Leven website. A photo of Loes with a piglet in her arms is meant to convince consumers of the label's animal-friendliness. In Ongehoord's footage we see Loes van de Pas beating piglets to death against a gate.

  • Investigation

    Pig farmer Loes cuddles piglets for a photo in the Telegraaf, but beats them to death when nobody is watching. Pig farmer Pieter is honoured by the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (Dierenbescherming) – on hidden camera footage he abuses his animals with an electric prod. At the three-star company Livar the pigs are, according to the Dierenbescherming, "simply content". Investigation group Ongehoord filmed serious tail biting there: a behavioural disorder that points to stress and frustration in the animals.

3 sources

  1. KRD Noord-Brabant, Bredasedijk 24, Bergeijk.

    krd.igoview.nl

  2. Fokvarkens Den Tip; Over ons.

    dentip.nl

  3. Loes leeft haar hele leven al tussen de varkens. De Telegraaf, 2025.

    telegraaf.nl