A litter of
piglets who were rescued from a barn fire in Wiltshire have been served up as
sausages to the firefighters who saved them.
Eighteen
piglets and two female pigs, which had been reared for meat, were saved
from a fire at a farm in Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire.
Six months
later, the animals were turned into sausages and given as a gift to the Pewsey
fire team to say thanks, where they were served on a barbecue.
Farmer Rachel Rivers told the BBC: “I’m sure vegetarians will
hate this.” The firefighters added the sausages were “highly recommended”.
“I wanted to
thank them. I promised them at the time I'd bring down some sausages for them,
which they were all pleased about.
“I gave those
animals the best quality of life I could ever give until the time they go to
slaughter and they go into the food chain.
“You do feel sad at the end of it... but to
bring them down for their [the firefighters] Monday night practice was a good
way of saying 'thank you'.”
A spokesman
for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service thanked the farmer and added
that the sausages were “fantastic”.
FROM THE DESK OF ANIMAL RIGHTS WRITERS
ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
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