Article Photos: Walmart latest target of animal-rights protests



Members of the national animal rights organization Mercy For Animals, joined by a 10-foot-tall pig, bloody with sores and locked in a narrow crate, greet shoppers outside an Alexandria Walmart. The organization was protesting Walmart's practice of confining pregnant pigs on factory farms where they are unable to  turn around or lie down. (Taylor Holland/Examiner photo)

Members of the national animal rights organization Mercy For Animals, joined by a 10-foot-tall pig, bloody with sores and locked in a narrow crate, greet shoppers outside an Alexandria Walmart. The organization was protesting Walmart's practice of confining pregnant pigs on factory farms where they are unable to turn around or lie down. (Taylor Holland/Examiner photo)