Animal rights activists PETA have targeted celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in a recent TV broadcast concerning his restaurant's endorsement of local British pork.
Those unfamiliar with PETA's firm stance on the treatment of animal life might find this surprising, considering Oliver had recently broadcast a television documentary on the very same subject, titled Jamie Saves Our Bacon. In this program, the chef recommended viewers to support locally-bred British pork instead of foreign-bred pork-- which, although cheaper, caused pigs to be raised in poorer conditions.
But PETA argues that it's a choice between "bad" and "worse;" so why be limited to those two options? Their spokesperson responded with the following statement:
"The answer to saving pigs is not to buy British pork. It's to go vegetarian."
Oliver contested PETA's accusations by clarifying his position. He stated that he never meant to justify the pigs' living conditions specifically by any means; rather, he wanted to provide a glimpse into the local farming community and show fans that his restaurant, Fifteen, serves pork from "the happiest pigs you can get."
PETA doesn't agree that keeping sows in restricting crates until the time they are to give birth can be constituted as "happy."
So is the answer to the problem really to go vegetarian? I'm not so sure. Ideally, the answer to the problem may come due to Chef Jamie Oliver's broadcast after all. It's put pig farmers all across the world under the radar. Will it be enough to make the changes necessary? Or does it even matter at all?
Source: UK Telegraph
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