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2005年12月 5日 星期一
打印本页 Pork body rejects free-range call
AUSTRALIA - The peak body representing Australia's pork producers has rejected a call to convert the entire commercial pig herd to free-range production.The animal welfare group Voiceless is calling on consumers to avoid hams this Christmas as a protest against what it says are cruel conditions in pig stalls.
But John Lamont, from Australian Pork Limited, says it would be cruel to leave pigs to roam in paddocks.
"In a country like Australia with our climatic conditions, pigs like humans do get sunburnt and will suffer from skin cancer," he said.
"Piggery waste can leach through different soil types into the water table, equally it can run off into water courses.
"Plus also there's the issue of trying to segregate the commercial herd from the feral pig population and also you don't want piglets being preyed upon by foxes and dingoes."
Source: abc.net.au
