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Pets & Animals > Animal Facts & Resources Advantages of farrowing crates

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The use of farrowing crates in intensive pig production has come to be a highly controversial and emotional issue. Their continued use has polarised opinions. According to the "Protecting Animals in Democracy" campaign, farrowing crates are "a profound welfare insult" and "a severe curtailment of..natural behaviour". However, despite the actions of groups like these, farmers continue to use and support crate systems. One American farmer says "I thought they might be cruel. Boy, was I wrong! Instead of carrying out buckets of dead baby pigs, I now have a 95-98 percent survival rate." Accord...

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