The upcoming parliamentary election is, in part, about pigs, and on Sunday a demonstration was called on Rådhuspladsen in Copenhagen.

At the demonstration on Rådhuspladsen, people were urged to look their bacon in the eye.

There was a demonstration against Denmark’s pig production on City Hall Square in Copenhagen on Sunday. Near the square’s two hot-dog stands, the smell of bacon-wrapped sausages drifted over the crowd. At one of them, called Restaurant Fodkold, the owner said demand for organic sausages was higher than usual. Foto: Jens Dresling
There was a demonstration against Denmark’s pig production on City Hall Square in Copenhagen on Sunday. Near the square’s two hot-dog stands, the smell of bacon-wrapped sausages drifted over the crowd. At one of them, called Restaurant Fodkold, the owner said demand for organic sausages was higher than usual. Foto: Jens Dresling
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Perched atop a stick, nestled in a small bouquet of flowers, a tiny pink teddy-bear-sized piglet stands guard over a cardboard sign.

»Care for piglet«, the lettering reads.

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