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Animal welfare activists, public submitters and the associate agriculture minister are still at odds around the use of farrowing crates and mating stalls at pig farms, amid the release of covert footage inside one.
The Ministry for Primary Industries was investigating what it called "minor animal welfare issues" at a South Taranaki pig farm, after activists released covert footage from inside the barn using farrowing crates.
MPI animal welfare inspectors visited the farm last week following a complaint it received from animal rights grou
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