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By Mirko Bagaric, published 9/5/2006We are camped somewhere near the base of the moral mountain when it comes to pig farming.
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Let’s look at the subject of this article – pigs (though factory farming also affects chickens (meat and eggs) and, to a growing extent, cattle and sheep).
In Australia up to 62% of sows may be placed in sow stalls for part of their reproductive cycle and around 26% are housed in stalls for most of that time.
More than 90% of growing pigs are raised in confinement.
These figures are from the Voiceless report referred to in the article (available from http://www.voiceless.org.au/Get_Informed/Factory_Farming/Pig_Industry_Report.html).
If there is a move toward less cruel farming – hallelujah! That’s exactly what this article is calling for.
And in your reply to Lizey, you raise the old, ridiculous argument that the populations of farmed animals would spiral upward if we didn’t do the 'decent thing' and kill them for food. Crazy stuff, Yabby!! The move toward veganism will happen gradually. Decreased demand will cause producers to reduce breeding. Eventually, no demand will mean no producers. If it also means that domesticated cattle and sheep become virtually extinct – so be it.