Isn't it a shame that in New Zealand pig farmers require laws to police how they care for their animals - laws that get down to exactly what the minimum width of a sower cage should be and how many days a sower can be left in the cage at any one time...
These standards might permit the highest yield of offspring possible, and might fatten the pigs faster for the market - but there are other standards that should be foremost in farmer's minds, these are ethical standards that cannot be measured by a ruler, where the well-being of the animal is the paramount standard.
Pigs are intelligent animals and I believe that they should be farmed in such a way that their access to open space is the minimum standard.
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