Ohio Moves to Restrict Gestation Crates For Pigs On 31st December 2025, Ohio became the 11th US state to restrict the use of gestation crates for breeding sows, closing a 15‑year chapter of campaigning and negotiation between animal advocates and…

That's outstanding & I'm glad this has finally happened.

HOWEVER, #farrowing cages are still being used.
They are just as cruel & they have to be BANNED.

Ohio Moves to Restrict Gestation Crates for Pigs

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#NewResearchAlert
"A novel approach for encouraging prepartum nest-building behaviour in crated sows: Its effects on farrowing characteristics" by Chung et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/W_Chung_et_a...

#farrowing #sowwelfare #prepartumbehaviour

Dora happily settled in the farrowing shed this evening!
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#pedigree #tamworth #pigs #farrowing #northumberland #northpennines #allenvalleys

Beryl seems happy to be out of the snow and in the farrowing shed ready for Sun/Mon

#rarebreed #pedigree #tamworth #pigs #farrowing #northumberland #northpennines #smallholders

This is no way to treat a female, a mother.

Making #farrowing crates larger, is just welfarist thinking, we need to keep moving to END the barbarity and #animalcruelty.

Any day now for Betty... But I've been saying that for over a week already 🙄
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#tamworth #pigs #gilt #farrowing #smallholder #northpennines #northumberland

PigCam all set up in advance of farrowing in a day or two
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#pedigree #tamworth #pigs #farrowing #allenvalleys #northumberland #northpennines

Slowly recovering after major flu/virus but last weekend saw the first litter for 2024. Just 2 piglets in the end but they're indoors out of the weather and doing well so far
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#pedigree #tamworthpigs #piglets #farrowing #northpennines #northumberland #smallholder