gestation stalls and the welfare of sows in Canada
A 2006 report by the Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals and the Vancouver Humane Society
February 1, 2006
To the average consumer, a pound of bacon looks much the same as it did 50 years ago. But the hog farms that produce that bacon bear little resemblance to the small-scale, family operations of yesteryear. Now, hog farms are large, intensive businesses holding thousands of pigs in conditions that might shock today’s consumers. One of the most controversial and disturbing developments of modern hog farming is the emergence of the sow stall.
