A new draft code for pig welfare would impose unachievable and unjustified space requirements, effectively wiping out pig farming in New Zealand, says industry body NZ Pork.
New rules around the use of farrowing crates would also, perversely, result in up to 60,000 extra piglet deaths a year,
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