Pig farming
A technical leaflet providing useful guidance on well managed and designed housing systems. Produced by Compassion's
Food Business Team.
'Hokverrijking voor varkens' - June 2012
'Zajištění obohaceného prostředí prasatům' - June 2012
'Die Bereitsstellung von Beschäftigungsmaterial für Schweine' - August 2011
9 page guidance document, July 2011
'Techniques d'enrichissement pour les porcs - Juilliet 2011'
6 page briefing from 2010
6 page briefing from 2010
11 page briefing from November 2009
39 pages report from 2009
Referenced report on the welfare of pigs in the EU in relation to current legislation and enforcement. Identifies necessary improvements to protect the welfare of breeding sows and pigs reared for meat in the EU.
6 page submission to the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, from 2008.
Position paper from 2008.
Online resources from 2006.
"Animal welfare aspects of Good Agricultural Practice: Pig Production" is the first part of a vital new series of educational resources for agriculture, veterinary and animal science courses.
6 page report from 2001.
Case studies of good alternative systems for sows in the France, Netherlands and UK, including group size, stocking density, feeder system, floor type, making the case that humane group systems for sows are economic and workable.
8 page report from 2000.
Illustrated brochure produced in run-up to sow stall ban decision in Europe (2001), outlining cruelty of stalls, arguments for group housing with straw; also deals with farrowing crates & fattening pigs and gives Compassion in World Farming’s objectives for pigs.
38 page report from 2000.
Produced in run-up to EU Directive (2001) banning sow stalls from 2013. Includes scientific evidence of health and welfare problems caused by sow stalls, using 1997 SVC report and other research from a number of European countries; alternative systems, including feeding and management; experience in Sweden; economics of groups housing with straw in Netherlands, France, Denmark and UK; includes statistical tables on sow housing.
12 page report from 1997.
Describes the damage to the health and welfare of sows kept in sow stalls.
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