Footage obtained by investigators working for Surge of a pig farm near Scarborough, UK, has revealed shocking levels of suffering, injuries and flagrant disregard for animal welfare by workers, prompting several leading UK supermarkets and Red Tractor to drop the farm.

Horrifyingly, these words weren’t spoken by a cricketer or baseballer, but instead a worker at a farm operated by Bernard Matthews – the UK’s largest turkey producer. Abigail Penny, Executive Director of Animal Equality UK, writes.