RSPCA Australia's Great & Small Talk
Ever wondered what egg labels really mean? 🥚🤔 What can we do to breed better, healthier dogs? 🐶 And what is mulesing of sheep, and what are the alternatives? 🐑
These are just some of the questions that we seek to answer in RSPCA Australia's Great and Small Talk 🎧
Join host Brian Daly as he questions RSPCA Australia scientists, policy officers, and experts about the animal welfare issues that we often don't talk about - but that we need to understand to improve the lives of all creatures great and small 🐾❤️
RSPCA Australia's Great & Small Talk
Pig confinement – beyond the sow stall
Pigs are social, intelligent and inquisitive animals who love to forage and explore, and who thrive in an enriched environment.
Unfortunately for the majority of the roughly 2.5 million pigs farmed in Australia, their reality is quite different.
Many Aussies are aware of sow-stall free products and choose to purchase them as a more welfare-friendly alternative. But beyond the sow-stalls, farmed pigs are still being confined to spaces not much bigger than their own bodies.
On this week's episode our host Brian Daly is joined by Melina Tensen, Senior Scientific Officer (Farm Animals), RSPCA Australia to talk about how pigs are farmed in Australia today, what needs to change for pig welfare to improve and what concerned individuals can do to help.