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Pigs Without Borders petition

Australian Commonwealth Government; NSW Government; VIC Government; QLD Government; WA Government; SA Government; NT Government; TAS Government; ACT Government

Pigs are cognitively complex creatures who experience severe suffering in current intensive farming practices. This petition aims to eliminate inhumane conditions, such as sow stalls and farrowing crates that severely restrict movement, end painful husbandry procedures performed without pain relief, and phase out CO2 gassing—a slaughter method that causes significant distress as pigs struggle to breathe. By demanding transparent food labelling and reviewing industry codes of practice, this petition also empowers consumers to make informed choices about the products they purchase.

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To: Australian Commonwealth Government; NSW Government; VIC Government; QLD Government; WA Government; SA Government; NT Government; TAS Government; ACT Government
From: [Your Name]

As a signatory to the following Animal Liberation ‘Pigs Without Borders’ petition, I am calling on the Australian Commonwealth and State Governments’ to commit to implementing the following urgent actions as applicable to their jurisdictions:

+ Mandatory phase out of all sow stalls, boar stalls and farrowing crates, and any other industry housing system which replicates this type of intensive housing such as ‘pig protection crate’ or ‘maternity ring’;

+ Mandatory phase out of all industry husbandry procedures, such as tail docking, teeth clipping, and castration, and until these practices are phased out, the mandatory use of pain relief for all such procedures;

+ Mandatory phase out the pre-stunning slaughter method of carbon dioxide ('CO2') gassing;

+ End the approval of more intensive piggeries and pig slaughterhouses;

+ Phase out existing intensive piggeries and pig slaughterhouses;

+ End all government public funding to the Australian Pork industry, including Australian Pork Limited ('APL');

+ Establish and implement ongoing annual government investment and funding to existing businesses or new businesses wishing to establish start-up operations for the manufacture and sale of alternative plant-based pork products;

+ Introduce honest and transparent food labelling for Australian pork products to detail clear consumer advice about the intensive housing systems, husbandry procedures, method of slaughter and the age of the pig;

+ Through public exhibition, review and overhaul the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: Pigs;

+ Through public exhibition, review all state and territory animal welfare and environmental legislation as it relates to intensive piggeries and pig slaughterhouses;

+ Through public exhibition, review all state/territory and local government planning laws and processes to ensure consistent assessments related to pig welfare;

+ Through public exhibition, review all planning laws including council Development Control Plans and Local Environment Plans to ensure consistency at local government council, state and commonwealth levels to ensure consistent and mandatory consideration of animal welfare, environmental and public health issues.