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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.

Krommesteeg 32, Ede

Ede · Pigs

Beter Leven 1 star

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Beter Leven
Pig

This location in Ede keeps pigs. This location holds the Beter Leven 1 star certification.

Dik van Veldhuizen keeps 2,400 fattening pigs with one Beter Leven star in Ede. In 2017 “Boer Dik” (Farmer Dik) was the face of “Boeren Bedankt”, an advertising campaign by the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (Dierenbescherming) for the Beter Leven label. The well-known promotional video giving consumers a (selective) look inside a Beter Leven barn was made at his farm. Although Van Veldhuizen says in the video that his Beter Leven pigs are “feeling great”, Ongehoord filmed a sick bay there full of pigs with serious conditions. The footage also shows the use of an electric prod and cannibalism among pigs.

  • 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. Schoon produceren van stervlees. Varkens, 2019.

    varkens.nl

  2. Bedankje richting Beter Leven boeren. Varkens, 2017.

    varkens.nl

  3. Video Beter Leven boer Dik. Dierenbescherming.

    youtube.com