Former hospital chief physician and chief surgeon Ellen Appelquist has lived in her house for 44 years. It is located only 100 meters away from the industrial pig farm Vandvaerksgaarden in the small village of Tingerup. The pig farm has a strong negative impact on her life, Ellen reported to Greenpeace Nordic in Denmark. According to information she has, the value of her house was lowered by 50,000 Euro because of the stench from the stables, and woodwork and tiles in her property are covered with green algae. Here, Ellen is washing away the algae from the glass walls of her greenhouse.
Ellen said: “Often, I simply leave my house and go to visit someone, because the smell is too awful. I don’t understand, how it can be legal to have so many animals in such a limited place - and in such a short distance from people’s houses.”