Researchers from the campaigning organization Viva reveal that Somerset farmers still rely on a barbaric practice. It seem that piglets raised on their farms have their teeth clipped off with petal pliers and the end of their cute small tails cut with scissors without anesthetic.
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17 December 2011
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Religious circumcision is universal in Muslims and Jews and for medical reasons it is also common amongst Christians in US. But while many say it is a genital mutilation, decreasing penis sensitivity and causing both physical and psychological damage, similar to what they do in west/central/northeastern Africa to wom... |
10 December 2007
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One of the Africa's most horrific traditions persists in the 21st century: "purification", "female circumcision" or, more correctly named female genital mutilation (FGM). About 2 million African girls are mutilated annually, and 135 million women live with the mutilation. The age to be done varies between 2 to 1... |
13 November 2007
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They call it "purification" or euphemistically "female circumcision", but it is in fact one of the most horrific practices that survive in the 21th century Africa: the female genital mutilation (FGM). Thousands of Egyptian girls undergo it annually, but the case of Budour Ahmed Shaker, 11, dead while having undergone... |
3 September 2007
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They euphemistically call it "female circumcision", but this is in fact one of the most horrific practices that survive in the XXIth century Africa: the female genital mutilation (FGM). When girls are close to the marriage age (which usually does not bypass 12 years), they will suffer this operation. In some areas, g... |
11 May 2007
19:26 GMT |
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