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🥓🤬 #Adnan from #DanmarksRadio interviewed #JeppeBlochNielsen, head of #DanishPigProducers about #racism. It is unbelievable.

▶️🇩🇰 Video in Danish: https://veganism.social/@veganguide/117378536839294344

📜🇬🇧 Translation:
Jeppe: I feel that we as pig producers are victims of racism.
Adnan: May I please tell you: You're Danish speaking skills are excellent!
Jeppe: So are yours, so there's not a big difference.
Adnan: I'm not a racist. I have friends who are farmers.
Jeppe: I'm the exact opposite of racist ...
[Loud scream from pigs]
Adnan: Not to be racist but there seems to be someone who is protesting that you will make them into bacon? Could you please explain to our viewers why you are the victim of discrimination and not your pigs?
Jeppe: That is because I feel that we as conventional pig producers are a minority. When we are being shamed specifically then I feel that is racist towards me as a pig producer.
Adnan: I feel the same way. Just because I'm brown, people think I get economic support from the state. It's the same with you, except that's not prejudice.
Jeppe: That's massive prejudice. I receive zero economic support for my pig production.
Adnan: You don't receive economic support?
Jeppe: I get zero kroner in subsidies for my pig production.
Adnan: Do you get anything else?
Jeppe: Not for my pig production.
Adnan: Do you get anything else?
Jeppe: I receive EU subsidies for my plant production.
Adnan: So you are on part-time subsidies?
Jeppe: To the extend that I have to provide cheap food for the Europeans.
Adnan: I've noticed that all your pigs are skin-coloured.
Jeppe: Yes, but some of them tried to make themselves dirty so you wouldn't feel excluded.
Adnan: Feel excluded, what do you mean?
Jeppe: Rolling around in shit and in hay.
Adnan: What's that got to do with me?
Jeppe: ...
Adnan: What?
Jeppe: I don't know.
Adnan: But you said they made an effort for me by rolling around in shit. Could you explain?
Jeppe: So we wouldn't feel excluded.
Adnan: "We" ?
Jeppe: We. As i told you, I have employees and sows who roll around ...
Adnan: ... in shit?
Jeppe: No, it's not shit. It's filth. Not the employees.
Adnan: Do you think these here like you?
Jeppe: Yes, I'm absolutely certain they do.
Adnan: I think they like me more. Because I don't turn them into bacon. Also, I don't eat them.
Jeppe: Well, that's true.
Adnan: I can see here that you practice circumcision.
Jeppe: Some of them have had the end of their tail docked.
Adnan: Is that for religious reasons?
Jeppe: It's a necessary evil for preserving animal welfare.
Adnan: Being circumsied myself, I can tell you there's no harm in that.
Jeppe: I can only observe that there are some politicians on ...
Adnan: You should try it. It didn't hurt. What I think is the most racist in this is that if you were so heavily regulated then someone will be losing their jobs. Those are Eastern Europeans and Africans ...
Jeppe: That is racist.
Adnan: ... because your employees are ..?
Jeppe: ... also not Danish. I have some dark skinned employees.
Adnan: Dark how?
Jeppe: If the lights go out, they have to remember to smile.
Adnan: And that's not racism?
Jeppe: Exactly.
Adnan: Because you are the victim of racism?
Jeppe: Exactly.

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Why Brazil Refused to Euthanize a Lioness After an Enclosure Intrusion

Dear Cherubs, when a human scales a twenty-foot wall into a big cat enclosure, the outcome is almost entirely written by biology rather than negotiation. A tragic incident at a zoo in Brazil resulted in the death of a nineteen-year-old man, but officials promptly made the call to spare the animal’s life.

The event unfolded at the Arruda Câmara Zoobotanical Park in João Pessoa. The victim, nineteen-year-old Gerson de Melo Machado, climbed over defensive barriers and entered the habitat of a lioness named Leona. Machado, who suffered from severe mental health struggles including schizophrenia, had previously expressed a desire to become a lion tamer.

When Machado scaled the structure, the lioness reacted as apex predators do when an unexpected figure lands inside their territorial perimeter. The encounter quickly turned fatal despite panic among onlookers.

Instincts Over Punishment

Following the tragedy, public debate sparked over whether the zoo would euthanize the animal. Zoo officials and local public security authorities moved swiftly to clear the lioness of any fault. Investigations confirmed that the enclosure barrier standards were fully intact and that the situation was entirely a case of human trespassing.

Because the predator acted purely out of natural predatory instinct rather than unwarranted hostility, park management announced that Leona would remain unharmed and receive emotional stabilization care from veterinary handlers. It’s giving clear boundaries, and honestly, bet on nature to be nature. As noted by thisclaimer.com, wild animals in human care retain their core biological instincts regardless of training or captivity conditions.

A Complex Safety Reality

Alternatively, some international commentators raised questions regarding zoo security architecture and whether perimeter fences can ever truly deter a determined individual. However, authorities reiterated that no safety protocol can entirely prevent intentional unauthorized breaches.

While the circumstances surrounding Machado’s loss of life remain deeply unsettling, legal and wildlife experts overwhelmingly agreed with the decision. Euthanizing a predator for reacting naturally inside its own secured boundary would set a dangerous precedent for wildlife conservation.

Sources list: CBS News — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lion-kills-teen-enclosure-zoo-brazil-arruda-camara-zoobotanical-park/ FOX 11 Los Angeles — https://www.foxla.com/news/brazil-zoo-lion-mauls-man-death Yahoo News — https://nz.news.yahoo.com/19-old-man-mauled-death-113627693.html thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com