HSVMA senior veterinary medical advisor Barry Kellogg, VMD, said: “As veterinarians, we recognize that isolating intelligent, social animals from each other in tiny cages with the inability to engage in most natural behaviors causes them great physical and psychological suffering and is unacceptable. We recognize Smithfield Foods’ latest move to improve sow welfare as a step in the right direction.”

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