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Originally Posted by Steve
Having been born and raised in Iowa, the pork capital of the world, I have never seen hogs kept in confined spaces, except when farrowing. And that was just to protect the piglets until they were weaned and able to fend for themselves. Otherwise they were kept in large pens with plenty of room to roam. I think this is just something dreamed up by the wacko California legislature whose members' closest proximity to hog farming was buying bacon at the grocery store.
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Thanks for posting. I had to look up the term farrowing (although I kind of guessed what it meant). When I did, it took me to a site with videos of birthing and piglets suckling after birth. I have to say the tight quarters, for the intent of keeping the piglets from being squashed did not look cruel. I wish I had seen these before I commented on the cruelty. I wonder if this was shown to the voters before hand, or if there reaction was based on ignorance like mine was.
Will giving them the 24 sq ft room as required actually result in the death of many piglets? After looking, it appears so to me.