A Horizon research survey shows that three-quarters of New Zealanders (75 percent or 2.88 million adults) believe farrowing crates should be phased out immediately or within five years.

Sows are highly motivated to build a nest prior to farrowing, but, given the barren environment of farrowing crates, this behaviour is limited and improperly expressed. We aimed to assess the effects ...

The government has been accused of "brazen industry capture" by passing a series of changes to pig welfare standards that are ...

With a gentle, expert touch, pork industry executive Phil Borgic inspects the sow in the tight metal crate. For almost her entire life, iron bars will hold this mother pig on the slotted concrete ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc. said Thursday it will phase out gestation stalls or crates at all 187 sow farms it owns in eight states and replace them with "more ...

The Animal Products (Closing the Welfare Gap) Amendment Bill was tabled in May by Green MP Steve Abel. The bill will enable ...

Although sow confinement at farrowing is inherently stressful, farrowing crates remain in widespread commercial use. Sows adapt to their environment, however adaptation may be counter-productive if ...

Like a lot of food-obsessed people, I love pork. The chef David Chang, whose Manhattan restaurant Momofuku is practically a porcine temple, once declared the pig a “mystical, magical animal.” In ...

About a third of all Chipotle restaurants are not serving carnitas at the moment, because the restaurant chain has suspended one of its major pork suppliers. The restaurant chain has declined to ...