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Gestation crate: a metal cage which is so narrow that the sow cannot turn around or walk even one step, and can only stand up and lie down with difficulty
The sections for areas of the world exclude castration & CO₂ stunning stats, which are all at the end together (scroll down) ↓
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
71-85% of pigs in the UK undergo tail docking, typically without pain relief.[S]
Up to 90% of sows in the UK are impregnated via AI.[S]
Only 40% of sows in the UK are "kept outdoors", although only 4% of UK sows will spend their entire lives outdoors.[S][S]
Around 60% of UK sows are kept in gestation crates during birth and nursing.[S]
Other Europe
Other Europe
77% of pigs across Europe are tail docked, with rates per country ranging from 45 to 100% (excluding four countries in which it is banned: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland). This is typically done without pain relief.[S]
Only 5% of the national pig production in Spain comes from free-range systems.[S]
Only 2% of pigs in France are kept in outdoor systems.[S]
Only 1% of pig farms in the Netherlands keep pigs in free-range systems.[S]
More than 98% of sows in the Netherlands are impregnated via artificial insemination (AI).[S]
12.2% of piglets in the Netherlands die in their first month of life — 4 million every year.[S]
16.1% of piglets in Sweden die in their first month of life.[S]
21% of pigs in Germany die before ever reaching slaughter — 13.6 million every year.[S]
United States
United States
Every year over 330,000 pigs die during transport to slaughterhouses in the US, and an additional 800,000 are unable to walk on arrival.[S]
In the US over 97% of sows and gilts are impregnated via AI.[S]
Around 60% of sows in the US are kept in gestation crates during birth and nursing.[S]
Over 97% of sows and gilts in the US are housed in facilities with no outside access.[S]
Over 99% of grower/finisher pigs in the US are housed in facilities with no outside access.[S]
Japan
Japan
Two practices which we have a loottt of data on, especially for Europe ↓
Gas Chambers ("CO₂ stunning")
Gas Chambers ("CO₂ stunning")
86% of pigs in the US are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
The largest pork producer in Canada uses CO₂ gas chambers in 4/5 plants, the second-largest & sixth-largest (the latter is also the second-largest in Ontario) stun all pigs like this. No data is available on the rest of producers.[S][S][S]
85% of pigs in Australia are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
2 of the largest pork producers in Brazil use CO₂ gas chambers (one exclusively, and one for 65% of pigs). No data is available on the rest of producers.[S][S]
Europe
Virtually all pigs in Sweden are stunned using carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas chambers.[S]
98% of pigs in Denmark are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
90% of pigs in Finland are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
90% of pigs in the UK are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
87% of pigs in Belgium are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
75% of pigs in Germany are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
75% of pigs in Poland are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
75% of pigs in The Netherlands are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
75% of pigs in Spain are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
50% of pigs in Austria are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
50% of pigs in Italy are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
31% of pigs in France are stunned using CO₂ gas chambers.[S]
Castration
Castration
100% of male piglets in the US are castrated, virtually always without pain relief.[S][S]
99.3% of male piglets in Japan are castrated, 97.3% of the time without any pain relief.[S]
100% of male piglets in China are castrated, typically without pain relief.[S][S]
39% of male piglets in Cyprus are castrated, with none (0%) receiving anesthesia.[S]
Europe
95% of male piglets in Austria are castrated, with only 1% receiving proper pain relief (both anesthesia & analgesia).[S]
80% of male piglets in Belgium are castrated, with only 3% receiving proper pain relief.[S]
90% of male piglets in the Czech Republic are castrated, with only 6% receiving proper pain relief.[S]
Over 97% of male piglets in Denmark are castrated, with none receiving proper pain relief.[S]
All male piglets (100%) in Estonia are castrated, with none receiving proper pain relief.[S]
96% of male piglets in Finland are castrated, with only 0.5% receiving proper pain relief.[S]
75.6% of male piglets in Greece are castrated, with none receiving anesthesia.[S]
99% of male piglets in Hungary are castrated, with none receiving any pain relief.[S]
93% of male piglets in Italy are castrated, with only 0.5% receiving proper pain relief.[S]
All male piglets in Latvia are castrated, with none receiving any pain relief.[S]
90.8% of male piglets in Lithuania are castrated, with only 28.8% receiving anesthesia.[S]
99% of male piglets in Luxembourg are castrated, with none receiving proper pain relief.[S]
All male piglets in North Macedonia are castrated, with none receiving proper pain relief.[S]
35% of male piglets in the Netherlands are castrated, with none receiving any pain relief.[S]
81.8% of male piglets in Poland are castrated, with only 13% receiving anesthesia.[S]
12.5% of male piglets in Portugal are castrated, with none receiving any pain relief.[S]
95% of male piglets in Romania are castrated, with only 2% receiving proper pain relief.[S]
95% of male piglets in Slovakia are castrated, with only none receiving proper pain relief.[S]
99% of male piglets in Slovenia are castrated, with only 1% receiving proper pain relief.[S]
15% of male piglets in Spain are castrated, with only 1% receiving proper pain relief.[S]
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