Tail docking

July 2021 - January 2020

Red Tractor revises farm standards to equip British agriculture for the future

Disease Pig Welfare Enrichment

21 July 2021

15 minute read

Red Tractor, the UK’s largest and most comprehensive food assurance scheme, has shared how it has listened to feedback and outlined what is changing in its revised farm standards from November.

Additional training and barn investments could help phase out tail docking

Pig Welfare Tail biting Tail docking

7 July 2021

4 minute read

It is still too early to stop docking piglets' tails on all pig farms in the Netherlands, according to a new study carried out by Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and commissioned by the Producers Organisation for Pig farming (POV) and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture.

WAP study shows that American consumers are becoming more aware of pig welfare

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13 January 2021

4 minute read

Research from World Animal Protection and Crate Free Illinois finds that a majority of pork buyers in the US show concern for pig welfare and hold retailers responsible for what many see as objectionable practices.

GroupHouseNet: four years of EU-wide collaboration on tail docking solutions

Disease Pig Welfare Enrichment

14 April 2020

6 minute read

In 2016, the EU programme, COST, funded an initiative to collaborate across Europe with the aim of reducing damaging behaviour in group housed pigs and poultry. The resulting COST Action, “GroupHouseNet”, has worked over the last four years to reach that aim.

Carrefour announces pig welfare overhaul in Brazil

Disease Pig Welfare Castration

13 January 2020

3 minute read

The Brazilian branch of Europe’s biggest retailer, Carrefour, has announced that all own-brand pork products will come from producers who commit to ending the surgical castration of male piglets by 2025.

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