Why cant a pig be killed?

1. Why are pigs not being slaughtered?
2. Do pigs feel pain when slaughtered?

Why are pigs not being slaughtered?

The industry has said pigs will have to be killed and incinerated by farmers because of a shortage of abattoir and butchery workers, which is causing a huge backlog of healthy pigs being held back on farms, unable to be sent to abattoirs, and getting too big to be housed.

Do pigs feel pain when slaughtered?

Not a lot of people know this, but in most cases it's actually illegal for cows and pigs to feel pain when they're slaughtered. In 1958, Congress passed the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act, which set slaughter requirements for all meat producers supplying the federal government.