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Every year, across the UK and EU, around 10 million sows and their piglets are locked up for weeks at a time in farrowing crates. Trapped in these cages, the mothers can barely take care of their young. The cramped conditions prevent them from turning round, restrict their natural behaviours and cause intense suffering.
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I totally agree with this but I've just scoffed a brie and bacon baguette, wtf I need to give bacon up but it's so dam tasty ffs

Nobody on here asking anyone to give up eating bacon or any other meat Mega.
Merely to be aware of the cruelty and ensure your meat is sourced from reputable farms.
Animal suffering can be eradicated just by doing a bit of research and avoiding these companies.
ie they'll be forced to change their methods.

This is not just pigs, turkeys, chickens etc even fish are caged and farmed now, look at sea bass in supermarkets all farmed they look awful undersized under weight, does make you ashamed to be a human the unnecessary suffering we inflict on animals. I am on the verge of going vegetarian, I hardly eat red meat, these last few years I have cut right down, I think most bacon is Danish and imported.

Sad thing was I knew someone once that was trying to sell the Danish a quicker way to breed pigs I forget the ins and outs but looking back it was not good.

Kenny Mann, exactly, we don't know how the Danes treat their pigs

The kindest way is to buy British, but do your research (I think) although some of the poor pigs featured in the video were from British farms, so research is needed.

Thing is the sow stalls were banned (although for some reason pregnant pigs and their youngsters) can still be kept in them.

thanks mega.

from compassion in world farming website



BUY ORGANIC OR FREE-RANGE, OR LOOK FOR ‘OUTDOOR BRED’ AND ‘OUTDOOR REARED’ ON THE LABEL. LOOK OUT FOR OUR GOOD PIG AWARD WINNERS.
ORGANIC
Organic production can offer animals higher welfare. In the UK organic pigs are outdoor reared (with access to straw bedded huts or tents and large paddocks). Sows and boars are kept in outdoor systems throughout life.

Be aware, organic in other countries does not necessarily mean the same as for the UK. Organic pigs may only have access to an outdoor run in some European countries.

FREE-RANGE
Whilst there is no legal definition of ‘free-range pork’ we believe this should mean pigs who are born and reared in outdoor systems throughout their lives, with permanent access to pasture.

As from 1st January 2013, individual stall housing for dry sows beyond a period of 4 weeks after service is no longer permissible in any EU Member State. Compliance however is low in some countries.

Sow stalls have been fully banned (i.e. throughout the entire gestation period) and not used in the UK since 1999. However, farrowing crates can still be used and pigs may be reared indoors in intensive systems without bedding. UK assurance schemes do not permit castration but allow tooth clipping and tail docking under certain circumstances.

OUTDOOR BRED
'Outdoor bred' means the pigs are born in outdoor systems in straw bedded arks with access to a large outdoor paddock. The pigs are brought indoors for growing and finishing at or shortly after weaning - usually into straw bedded systems in large airy barns or purpose built buildings. The growing and finishing system should be clearly stated on the label. The sows remain in the outdoor system throughout their life.

OUTDOOR REARED
'Outdoor reared' means the pigs are born and then reared in outdoor systems for around half their lives. During this time they may not necessarily have access to pasture, but will have access to an outside pen and a straw bedded tent or ark. The sows remain in the outdoor system throughout their life.

HIGHER WELFARE INDOOR SYSTEMS
If you buy any pig meat product (for example pork, bacon, sausages or ham) from pigs reared indoors look for 'straw bedded' or 'deep bedded' on the packaging. Straw is very important for pigs; it provides opportunities to root and forage, so that they don’t get bored. Bored and frustrated pigs can bite each other’s tails and causes farmers to tail dock piglets – a painful procedure carried out without anaesthetic. Straw is also good for thermal comfort.

REMEMBER INGREDIENTS
Check the ingredients of sandwiches, ready-meals etc. – unless it says the pork, bacon, ham or sausage used is free-range, outdoor bred or reared it probably isn’t.

GOOD PIG AWARDS
Our awards recognise companies that commit to using higher welfare pig production systems throughout their supply chain, ensuring non confinement and additional space for sows, manipulable material and bedding, such as straw, throughout the lives of sows and meat pigs, and no mutilations for meat pigs.

Find Good Pig Award winning companies that use higher welfare indoor, free-range, or organic pig meat, on our Food Business website.

FIND OUT MORE
Compare what the UK retailers do.
Find out more about assurance schemes and what they do for animal welfare by downloading our Compassionate Food Guide.
Find out about the lives of pigs.

the alternative is you're buying this.


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and that must be the most horrible photo i've seen.

Signed.