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Canada's National Farm Animal Care Council Recognizes Inherent Cruelty of Gestation Crates, Recommends Phase Out

By Twyla Francois on June 20, 2013 10:38 AM

The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), a livestock commodity-driven organization, recently released its Revised Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs. Set to replace the original code developed twenty years ago, the revised code was developed by a seventeen-member committee representing pig producers, transporters, processors, government, academia, and one representative from the Canadian Federation for Humane Societies.

While such codes are recommended and voluntary, some provincial courts have recognized them as forming the basis for the definition of "standard practice."

The revised code has significant room for improvement, but does recognize the inherent cruelty of gestation crates and mutilations without painkillers--two abuses exposed by our undercover investigation at a Manitoba pig-breeding facility last December.

 

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The Good

Gestation Crates

The draft code recognizes that sows confined to gestation crates show an increased incidence of stress behaviours, such as bar-biting and sham-chewing, and calls for an end to the permanent immobilization of sows.

·         As of July 1, 2014, all newly built or rebuilt barns must house sows in groups. All other facilities must house sows in groups as of July 1, 2024.

The Bad

Gestation Crates

·         No rationale is provided for the phase out date of 2024. The country's largest pork-producing corporations, retailers, and fast-food companies have committed to phase-out dates ranging from 2017 to 2022. The phase out date should reflect this timeline and be completed by 2022 at the latest.

·         The code continues to allow for some crated confinement. Sows may be confined for five weeks at a time - adding up to more than nine months of confinement during the sows' four-year lives.

Mutilations

·         Although castration is completely unnecessary and has in fact been banned by the EU (effective 2018; 2015 in The Netherlands; and already almost completely phased out in the UK), the draft code continues to allow the painful practice.

But you can help change this. NFACC's draft is up for public review until August 3, and pigs need you to speak up for them. Here's how:

Step 1: Click here to go to NFACC's website.

Step 2: Select the red square titled "Click here to participate in the pig code of practice public comment period."

Step 3: Fill out the survey. While the entire survey is lengthy and covers many issues, you can save time if you just want to focus on the issue of pig confinement by selecting "No comments on this section" for most of the sections. When you get to section  1.1.3, please write in the "Comments" section that you don't support allowing producers to confine pigs inside cages so small they can't even turn around for any length of time and that the phase out should be completed by 2022 at the latest. Also, please write in section 4.5.1 that you believe that castration should be completely banned. This should take you just two minutes.

Of course, the most powerful action you can take on behalf of pigs--and all farmed animals--is to move to a plant-based diet. For tips, recipes, and more, go to ChooseVeg.ca.