VGT warns: Pork farms earn splendidly - animal welfare falls by the wayside!

VGT warns: Pork farms earn splendidly - animal welfare falls by the wayside!

In the lawsuit daily by the pig industry about allegedly low revenues, there is a new ray of hope: Despite the claims in the industry, according to which a switch to animal -friendly forms of husbandry cannot be financed, current studies show the opposite. Extensive research has shown that the switch to a system with deep straw litter and improved animal husbandry would only cost 35.07 cents more per kilogram of slaughter weight, such as apa.at . While an average pig farm with around 600 animals generates a net profit of 109,514 euros annually, the profit for larger companies is even 138,552 euros. These are five times as high profits as two decades ago, while the industry is fighting just 35 cents per kilogram to switch from one of the most cruel keeping systems to a more species -appropriate lifestyle. The association against animal factories (VGT) has therefore demanded that the government finally take responsibility and bring about a change.

An upcoming and effective public event of the VGT on March 19, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. on Ballhausplatz in Vienna, the topic will continue to put it in the spotlight. Here, an activist disguised as a farmer will stand next to a "structured" full column floor, symbolically accompanied by five pig figures. This campaign is intended to illustrate the critical situation in which the pig farm is located and increase political pressure to draw attention to grievances that affect up to 50 percent of the funding for animal husbandry.

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