Animal Welfare Programs in Germany—An Empirical Study on the Attitudes of Pig Farmers

In Europe, there is ongoing social criticism of conventional pig farming and demands for higher farm animal welfare standards. This applies primarily to products from pig production, as consumers criticize, among other things, the animals’ housing conditions, tail docking, neutering, or keeping them...

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Main Authors: Sirkka Schukat, Louisa von Plettenberg, Heinke Heise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Agriculture
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/10/12/609