Скачать или смотреть Farrowing Crates: a life of torment for pigs

In 2009 SAFE's dedicated ‘Love Pigs' campaign led to a real change in the welfare and regard of pigs in New Zealand. Images of mother pigs suffering in sow stalls featured on national television and shocked the nation. Ordinary Kiwis saw for themselves the suffering caused when pigs are forced to spend their whole lives confined, unable even to turn around.

The subsequent outcry caused a controversy that 18 months later led to a phase out of the stalls. Despite this progress the pig industry still relies on factory farming systems such as farrowing crates.

In a farrowing crates a mother pig can only stand up and lie down. With no straw for bedding, she scrapes her nose over the bare concrete floor in an attempt to build a nest for her piglets. Her inability to properly mother her piglets only adds further to her frustration and depression. Her piglets will be taken away at a mere four weeks of age. 67 per cent of New Zealand pig farmers currently use farrowing crates.

Watch Farmwatch's video about the cruelty of farrowing crates and join us in calling for a ban on this cruelty!