AS an animal lover and a vegetarian, it was a pleasure to see the pig in Bolton Christmas Parade treated with such care and dignity.
What a contrast to the brutality and living hell that pigs suffer in the factory farming process.
If any reader wants to know all the true facts about the cruel pig farming industry, they should contact: VIVA, 12 Queens Square, Brighton, BN1 3FD about their 'pig in hell' campaigns.
Joan Abbott
Ilkley Close, Bolton
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