Press Release: Animal Welfare: Commission steps up pressure on Member States to implement ban on individual sow stalls

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Series Details IP/12/404 (26.04.12)
Publication Date 26/04/2012
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The Commission has stepped up calls on Member States to ensure that the ban on individual sow stalls is fully applied from 1 January 2013. Council Directive 2008/120/EC on the protection of pigs requires that sows and gilts (immature female pigs) are kept in groups during approximately 2 months and a half of their pregnancy in all pig holdings keeping 10 sows or more from 1 January 2013. As a result, pigs will be moved from individual narrow stalls to more welfare friendly systems.

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European Commission: Memo/12/280: Questions and Answers on the upcoming ban on individual sow stalls http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/280&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
UK: Defra: Press Release, 18.6.12: Level playing field for UK pig farmers http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2012/06/18/sow-stalls-level-playing-field/
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