Confinement

Tie-stall barn: a type of stall where animals are tethered at the neck to their stall, restricting their movement and ability to socialize, among other natural behaviours

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

Chickens

• 60% of egg-laying hens in the US are raised in battery cages.[S]

• 83% of laying hens in Canada are raised in battery cages.[S]

• 28% of eggs sold in the UK are produced in battery cages, and another 7% in non-free range systems considered cage-free.[S]

• Despite only 6% of laying hens in Germany being kept in cages, notably only 20% are kept in free-range systems.[S]

• 36% of laying hens in Italy are raised in battery cages, with only 5% in free-range systems.[S]

• 32% of laying hens in Australia are raised in battery cages, with only 49% in free-range systems.[S]

• 48% of eggs sold in New Zealand come from battery cages, with only 32.8% from free-range systems.[S]

• 99% of eggs sold in Japan come from battery cages.[S]

• 80% of eggs sold in India come from battery cages.[S]

• 95% of eggs sold in Brazil come from battery cages.[S]

• 90% laying hens in Argentina are raised in battery cages.[S]

• 41% of laying hens in Colombia are raised in cage systems.[S]

• 90% of egg farms in China use cage systems.[S]

• Over 90% of laying hens in Indonesia are raised in battery cages.[S]

• 93% of laying hens in Israel are raised in battery cages.[S]

• Only 1.4% of broiler (=chickens raised for meat) chickens in Germany have access to the outdoors.[S]

Pigs

• Only 40% of sows in the UK are "kept outdoors", although only 4% of UK sows will spend their entire lives outdoors.[S][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]

• Around 60% of UK sows are kept in gestation crates during birth and nursing.[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]

• 91.6% of Japanese sows are kept in gestation crates.[S]

Cattle

• 80% of lactating dairy cows in the US have no access to pasture.[S]

• 71.8% of dairy cows in Canada are housed in tie-stall barns.[S]

• 10% of dairy cows in the UK do not have access to pasture.[S]

• Around 17% of dairy cows in Sweden are housed in tie-stall barns.[S]

• Around 10% of dairy cows in Germany are housed in tie-stall barns.[S]

• Only 31% of dairy cows in Germany have access to pasture.[S]

• Around 70% of dairy cows in Japan are housed in tie-stall barns.[S]

• 72.5% of dairy cows in Japan are given no access to pasture, with only 12.5% being let out every day.[S]

• 24.4% of older beef calves in Japan are housed in tie-stall barns.[S]

• 41.3% of beef cattle in Japan are given no access to pasture, with only 32.9% being let out every day.[S]