Brussels, 03/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Surgical castration of pigs is expected to be abandoned by 1st January 2018. This commitment was made by representatives of European farmers, meat industry, retailers, scientists, veterinarians and animal welfare NGOs. On the invitation of the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency these representatives adopted “a European declaration on alternatives to surgical castration pigs”.
Surgical castration (a “painful” operation, even when it...