BBC TAKEN TO OFCOM OVER MISLEADING PUBLIC ON PIG SENTIENCE

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A sow looks through the bars from inside a farrowing crate on an intensive pig farm with her piglets nearby. She is one mother in a long row of many. Sub-Saharan Africa, 2022. Image Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / Sibanye Trust / We Animals
A sow looks through the bars from inside a farrowing crate on an intensive pig farm with her piglets nearby. She is one mother in a long row of many. Sub-Saharan Africa, 2022. Image Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / Sibanye Trust / We Animals

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