Yes, standards were followed at our place. We had the SPCA come in right after this whole incident started in 2019. Everything was good. None of that, of course, made it to any kind of press or news.
As for the way it affected us as a family, yes, for a number of years it was basically like you were always being watched. We used to be proud to be hog producers. Now we don't tell anyone. The perception that people have about us has all been spread by lies and stuff that are not true. It takes the fun out of what you do.
There aren't many farmers left, especially in B.C. There used to be 300 producers in the nineties. I do believe there are now four or five producers left. It's a dwindling farming industry, for sure.