Welfare Science

Farmed Pig Welfare: Scientific Foundation for Action

The scientific foundation for pig welfare advocacy ensures that actions are evidence-based and maximally effective.

Key Facts

Pig sentience and capacity to suffer is extensively documented and scientifically uncontested
Specific welfare measures including enrichment, space, and social stability have validated welfare effects
Assessment tools validated against physiological and behavioural welfare indicators ensure measurement accuracy
Economic analysis demonstrates that welfare investment has positive returns in many commercial contexts

Welfare Considerations

Evidence-based pig welfare advocacy is both more effective and more credible than advocacy without scientific foundation. The scientific evidence for pig sentience, welfare needs, and effective interventions is extensive and robust. Using this evidence in advocacy creates credibility with industry, policymakers, and consumers that emotional appeals alone cannot achieve.

What You Can Do

Familiarise yourself with key pig welfare science to strengthen advocacy credibility
Cite specific evidence when advocating for pig welfare with industry, policymakers, and consumers
Support welfare research that strengthens and updates the evidence base for welfare advocacy