COUNTRYFILE viewers were left raging and said they switched off following a “disgusting” pig farming report on the show.
As the BBC show made a return to screens it faced a backlash from viewers on Sunday night.
Charlotte met with a farmer who kept his pigs in a pen indoors
Viewers were angered by the conditions the pigs were kept in
Sunday night’s special edition of the BBC programme, saw host Margherita Taylor mark Remembrance Sunday from Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in Cornwall.
Charlotte visited one farmer called Charlie, who tended to his pigs that were kept in a pen indoors.
The farmer explained: “We are what you call a nucleus pig farm, so we breed pedigree breeding stock.”
Some branded the show “disgusting” for showing the crowded pig and chicken farms.
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He showed viewers were his 7,000 pigs were kept altogether.
However, some viewers were left angered by the conditions the pigs were kept in, and many took to social media to discuss their thoughts.
One raging viewer wrote: “Pretty disgusting to see you showing pig farmers with 7,000 pigs kept in sheds and chicken farms with 28,000 hens.”
Another disappointed viewer added: “Expected better of you supporting this type of farming. Shame on you #Countryfile.”
A third penned: “100% agree about the pig farming, no life at all for those poor creatures stuck indoors all their days. Switched off!!! #Countryfile.”
A fourth fumed: “perhaps your pig farmer wouldn’t need to cool his pigs if he let them out to enjoy their lives instead of abusing them. Their pork would taste better as well.”
Elsewhere in the episode Adam Henson revealed who will be crowned Countryfile Young Countryside Champion of the Year at the BBC Food and Farming awards.
Countryfile airs Sundays on BBC One and available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
Viewers were left raging when they saw were the piglets were being kept
