Stop Indoor Intensive Pig Farming in Australia

Stop Indoor Intensive Pig Farming in Australia

The Issue

There are serious animal welfare issues surrounding the use of indoor intensive pig farming in Australia. These barren environments have a lack of enrichment, sow and boar confinement for pigs, all of which are vital components for pigs that are required under the RSCPA Approved Farming Scheme Standard- Pigs. Piglet husbandry procedures are not permitted, yet some pig farms in Australia use husbandry procedures including: ear notching, tail docking and clipping. This cannot go on, as it is a inhumane, painful (for the pigs) and unsustainable process that happens in secret, with the majority of the population not knowing what continues to happen in factory farms.

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The Issue

There are serious animal welfare issues surrounding the use of indoor intensive pig farming in Australia. These barren environments have a lack of enrichment, sow and boar confinement for pigs, all of which are vital components for pigs that are required under the RSCPA Approved Farming Scheme Standard- Pigs. Piglet husbandry procedures are not permitted, yet some pig farms in Australia use husbandry procedures including: ear notching, tail docking and clipping. This cannot go on, as it is a inhumane, painful (for the pigs) and unsustainable process that happens in secret, with the majority of the population not knowing what continues to happen in factory farms.

The Decision Makers

Sussan Ley
Minister for the Environment
Hon. Sussan Ley MP
Hon. Sussan Ley MP
Minister for the Environment

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Petition created on 11 August 2020