Download NAWAC review of the use of farrowing crates for pigs in New Zealand

The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) was asked to assess whether there needed to be an amendment to the Pigs Code of Welfare regarding farrowing crates. NAWAC’s review of farrowing crates for farrowing sows, and options and alternatives to their use in New Zealand, showed there was no recent significant change in science, technology or good practice and recommends that the existing standard remains in place (no review of the Code is necessary).