• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago

        Only if you neutered them very young. Removal of the testicles reduces the potential for odor and taint associated with male hormones in boars after puberty. If you didn’t do this to your pet pig, you are going to regret it when you cook it.

        Source: My mother ran the local 4H club. Kids shouldn’t see live castrations of animals IMHO. Especially since they are mostly done without anesthesia. The squeals still haunt me.

        • hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
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          4 months ago

          The fact that people are so insulated from the suffering of the animals they eat is part of the problem