How ‘Welfare’ and ‘Sustainability’ May Work Together Against Pigs
Summary By: karol orzechowski | Original Study By: Antonio Velarde, Emma Fàbrega, Isabel Blanco-Penedo, Antoni Dalmau | Published: June 11, 2015
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Making small welfare improvements may increase "sustainability" of production, but they may not make things better for pigs overall.
This article examines how increasing the “welfare” of farmed pigs at various levels of production can also help to increase “sustainability” as well. Written from a clearly pro-industry perspective, it looks at everything from housing to slaughter, and describes how small welfare improvements can increase “productivity” and “efficiency from a cost of production perspective.” This article would be especially useful to advocates of veganism who wish to show how some welfare improvements might work against pigs in a broader sense.
Meet the Author: karol orzechowski
Faunalytics' Content Director karol orzechowski is an animal advocate with a passion for blending activism and art. In addition to producing numerous investigative short films on animal issues, and co-producing the Animal Voices radio show for a number of years, karol was the director of Maximum Tolerated Dose, a full-length documentary about the psychological toll of vivisection on both animals and humans.
Citations:
Velarde, A., Fàbrega, E., Blanco-Penedo, I., & Dalmau, A. (2015). Animal Welfare Towards Sustainability in Pork Production. Meat Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.05.01
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