Pigs
'Family Ties'
Title: Family Ties
Image size: 280x500mm
Original Availability: For Sale
Giclee Prints Available: Yes
Image size: 280x500mm
Original Availability: For Sale
Giclee Prints Available: Yes
This painting focuses on the intelligence of pigs, their distinct personalities and strong social bonds. Like all animals, pigs are sentient beings which means they feel emotions and build relationships with each other, other animals and people. Pigs naturally enjoy rich forested environments, using their highly sensitive snouts to root among leaf litter, explore and forage for food. They are known to be among the most intelligent of all mammals.
However, in New Zealand, around 16,000 sows are confined in cages, known as farrowing crates, barely larger than their own bodies in the lead up to, and aftermath of, giving birth. This prevents the mothers from carrying out their natural instinctive behaviour - to build nests, interact socially with other pigs and care properly for their young. The reason for using farrowing crates is the drive for ever-greater financial returns per animal and per square metre of farm shed and has resulted in genetic selection for larger sows, oversize litters and a desire to pack the maximum amount of animals possible into the minimum conceivable space.
SAFE For Animals presented signed petitions to stop the use of farrowing crates to Parliament on 15 March 2018. Following inaction by the Government, SAFE For Animals took legal action in June 2020.
Proceeds from the sale of this painting and prints will be donated to SAFE For Animals, New Zealand's leading animal advocacy charity committed to creating a future that ensures the rights of animals.
However, in New Zealand, around 16,000 sows are confined in cages, known as farrowing crates, barely larger than their own bodies in the lead up to, and aftermath of, giving birth. This prevents the mothers from carrying out their natural instinctive behaviour - to build nests, interact socially with other pigs and care properly for their young. The reason for using farrowing crates is the drive for ever-greater financial returns per animal and per square metre of farm shed and has resulted in genetic selection for larger sows, oversize litters and a desire to pack the maximum amount of animals possible into the minimum conceivable space.
SAFE For Animals presented signed petitions to stop the use of farrowing crates to Parliament on 15 March 2018. Following inaction by the Government, SAFE For Animals took legal action in June 2020.
Proceeds from the sale of this painting and prints will be donated to SAFE For Animals, New Zealand's leading animal advocacy charity committed to creating a future that ensures the rights of animals.