{"id":5837,"date":"2024-05-01T00:04:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T04:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/survey-1-maternity-pigs-in-monteregie\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:11:38","slug":"investigation-swine-nursery-in-monteregie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/en\/investigation-swine-nursery-in-monteregie\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation &#8211; Swine nursery in Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5837\" class=\"elementor elementor-5837 elementor-4105\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa6d18 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5fa6d18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"video\",\"background_video_link\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vimeo.com\\\/944909252\",\"background_video_start\":6,\"background_video_end\":30}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container elementor-hidden-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-embed\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9e309c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d9e309c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc06930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dc06930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd4d5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1bd4d5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f949b14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f949b14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Investigation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac29cd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac29cd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Whistleblower images reveal the horrific daily life of pigs raised in Quebec<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-566f117 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"566f117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Published by <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/a-propos\">the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>BESA team<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">May 1st, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f06c65a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f06c65a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e172e97 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e172e97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9db8527 elementor-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9db8527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"fadeInLeft\",\"_animation_delay\":0}' data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#video-documentaire\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-video\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch the video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02201b1 elementor-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"02201b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"fadeInDown\",\"_animation_delay\":700,\"_animation_mobile\":\"fadeInLeft\"}' data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/en\/petition-all-animals-must-be-protected-by-law-in-quebec\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-pen-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Act for them<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2313380 elementor-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2313380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"fadeInRight\",\"_animation_delay\":500,\"_animation_mobile\":\"fadeInLeft\"}' data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/en\/donation\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-heart\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Donate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7157d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8d7157d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-852f79e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"852f79e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #002820; line-height: 1.5em;\"><b>Far from the idyllic images seen in advertisements and on packaging, these pictures once again show that the law does not sufficiently protect farm animals in Quebec.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd64c4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd64c4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em; color: #002820;\">These images, captured by whistleblowers and shared with BESA, were taken at a pig farm in Quebec&rsquo;s Mont&eacute;r&eacute;gie region. They show unspeakable horrors, all symptoms of a system that treats animals like objects:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em; color: #002820;\">Mothers confined in cages so narrow they can&rsquo;t even turn around<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em; color: #002820;\">Many piglets suffering, sick, injured, or dead beside them<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em; color: #002820;\">Piglets isolated and left to fend for themselves<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em; color: #002820;\">Castrations without anesthesia or pain relief, sometimes botched and &ldquo;fixed&rdquo; with adhesive tape<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em; color: #002820;\">Piglets&rsquo; tails cut off without anesthesia or pain relief to prevent them from biting them out of boredom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-864e401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"864e401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd1d021 e-con-full e-grid elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fd1d021\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"animation\":\"fadeIn\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60bafa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60bafa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_2433_edited-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7373\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_2433_edited-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_2433_edited-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_2433_edited-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_2433_edited-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_2433_edited-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-522fe02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"522fe02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14f387e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14f387e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Help us to help them !<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd918d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd918d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; color: #002820;\">Even today, not all animals in Quebec are sufficiently protected by law. Currently, their rights do not depend on their sensitivity or intelligence, but on their exploitation by various industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; color: #002820;\"><strong>Sign the petition to recognize their rights!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5f7059 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a5f7059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6dd4af elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a6dd4af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/en\/petition-all-animals-must-be-protected-by-law-in-quebec\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-pen-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">I will sign for the animals<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08ddcb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"08ddcb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e59768a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e59768a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"video-documentaire\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">See the images<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76fc90a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"76fc90a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f5944 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e1f5944\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"video_type\":\"vimeo\"}' data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/944909252?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dce7a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dce7a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e57026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e57026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em; color: #002820;\">The industry has defended itself in the past by saying that these kinds of conditions are &ldquo;not accepted by the industry.&rdquo; But these images are similar to two other investigations into Quebec pig farms broadcasted in <span style=\"color: #549e90;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #549e90;\" href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1795985\/porcherie-porgreg-militants-antispecistes-rapport-accablant-mapaq\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2019<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> and in <a style=\"color: #002820;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvanouvelles.ca\/2023\/10\/25\/production-de-porcs-des-conditions-delevage-epouvantables-dans-une-maternite-de-lanaudiere\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #549e90; text-decoration: underline;\">2023<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>. Meanwhile, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #549e90;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #549e90; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lebulletin.com\/elevage\/le-delai-pour-passer-aux-truies-gestantes-en-groupe-pourrait-etre-reporte-de-5-ans-104038\">Quebec&rsquo;s pork industry is delaying the abandonment of cages in maternity units and is not questioning large-scale farms<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. Quebec&rsquo;s law also remains very unclear on what is legal or not to apply to farm animals (<span style=\"color: #549e90;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #549e90;\" href=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/petition-tous-les-animaux-doivent-etre-proteges-par-la-loi-au-quebec\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">see our petition on the subject<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c60fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"21c60fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ddcf9 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b2ddcf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce34b81 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce34b81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb7adf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb7adf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Locked in cages<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce65f34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce65f34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5694\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2276_edited-scaled-e1714313961526.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-521dbcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"521dbcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mother pigs are constantly locked in cages so small they can't even turn around.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f8b215 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9f8b215\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\",\"animation_delay\":700}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb6a665 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb6a665\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wounded mothers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03956a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03956a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2228_edited-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5693\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2228_edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2228_edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2228_edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2228_edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2228_edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2228_edited-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208a4c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"208a4c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sows frequently show wounds, sometimes infected. They'll be sent to the slaughterhouse quickly, whatever happens.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e9b748 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e9b748\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\",\"animation_delay\":1200}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1be1ca3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1be1ca3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Agonizing little pigs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7addc86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7addc86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2665_edited-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5710\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2665_edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2665_edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2665_edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2665_edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2665_edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2665_edited-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f661dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f661dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Piglets spend the early part of their lives with their mothers, in cages above a swamp of excrements.  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ca2f3c e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ca2f3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbc821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fbc821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Failed castrations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fba65b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8fba65b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_1998_edited-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5682\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_1998_edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_1998_edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_1998_edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_1998_edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_1998_edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_1998_edited-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-848c4a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"848c4a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The piglets are castrated without anesthetic or analgesia. Sometimes, the operation is poorly done: tape is used to keep their organs inside their bodies.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f72b90 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f72b90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\",\"animation_delay\":700}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edbf866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edbf866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More and more animals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a2af2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11a2af2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2995_edited-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5731\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2995_edited-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2995_edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2995_edited-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2995_edited-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2995_edited-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DSC_2995_edited-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-104062a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"104062a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To meet demand, farms are expanding. They are now huge sheds filled with animals. Who has time to take care of all of them ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a5e7f6 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a5e7f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"animation\":\"fadeIn\",\"animation_delay\":1200}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc6bd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bc6bd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To the slaughterhouse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aaa05d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0aaa05d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53128913050_e8c45b4815_o-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5675\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53128913050_e8c45b4815_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53128913050_e8c45b4815_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53128913050_e8c45b4815_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53128913050_e8c45b4815_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53128913050_e8c45b4815_o-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53128913050_e8c45b4815_o-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b45466 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b45466\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The final fate of all these animals after such a terrifying life: a long, arduous truck journey to the slaughterhouse.  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be53678 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"be53678\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1df438c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1df438c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-150eb37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"150eb37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db4b64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5db4b64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88e1af6 e-con-full e-grid elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88e1af6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"animation\":\"fadeIn\"}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b54d27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b54d27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2c7b00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2c7b00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You want to do more for them ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1528c6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1528c6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; color: #ffffff;\">Whether it&rsquo;s by reducing your consumption of animal products, or by using your passion and talents to defend their rights, there are many ways to help animals in Quebec.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, geneva, sans-serif; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Discover the best ways to act simply, and at your own pace, for animals!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4509900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4509900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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