{UAH} 'We've bred them to their limit': death rates surge for female pigs in the US

"Over the last few decades, sows to have been bred to have less back-fat – because people don't want to eat as much fat – but we also want them to produce more and more babies. And that's not biologically possible; their bones are weak and they don't have enough fat to support the reproductive process. We've bred them to their limit and the animals are telling us that."

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'We've bred them to their limit': death rates surge for female pigs in the US

With sows producing 23 piglets a year on average, intensive farming is called into question over rise in animals suffering prolapse

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