Editing Intensive pig farming (section)

===Denmark===
Slaughterhouses and veterinarians are obliged to report pigs with injuries to the [[Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries|Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries]], which forwards cases to the police. There were relatively few cases before 2006, but by 2008-9 there were about 300 per year.<ref name=poldk/> When there are visible injuries, it represents not only a problem in animal welfare but also the farmers economy because parts or occasionally the entire carcass has to be discarded.<ref name=poldk/> From 2006 to 2009 the number of pigs with injuries caused by hard objects, such as planks or chains received by slaughterhouses rose significantly. It was possibly related to a system introduced in 2006, which rewards "the rushed loading of animals onto vehicles", as well as a sharp increase in uneducated Eastern European farm workers unaware of Danish laws.<ref name=poldk>Andreas Lindquist (26 July 2010). ''[http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1023503/danske-svin-bliver-banket-gule-og-blaa/ Danske svin bliver banket gule og blå.]'' [[Politiken]]. Retrieved 31 May 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/22615/alleged-increase-in-pig-cruelty|title=Alleged Increase in Pig Cruelty|website=The Pig Site|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref>

Gestation crates were sometimes used on some Danish farms to restrict the movement of sows during pregnancy, as documented by British celebrity chef [[Jamie Oliver]] in a television programme for the UK's [[Channel 4]] in 2009.<ref name=dbmc>{{cite web |url=http://www.dbmc.co.uk/press%20office/news_bull_display.asp?NEWS_BULLETIN_ID=58 |title=Response to 'Jamie Saves Our Bacon' |date=29 January 2009 |website=[[Danish Bacon|Danish Bacon and Meat Council]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504110340/http://www.dbmc.co.uk/press%20office/news_bull_display.asp?NEWS_BULLETIN_ID=58 |archive-date=4 May 2009}}</ref> In other fields, such as bathing facilities for the pigs and floor material Danish requirements were higher than in the UK.<ref name=dbmc/> {{as of| 2008}} the practice was already prohibited for pigs exported to the UK.<ref>Christian Coff, David Barling, Michiel Korthals, Thorkild Nielsen, [https://books.google.com/books?id=MWLdeCeRdGkC&pg=PT111 ''Ethical Traceability and Communicating Food''], pp.90–91, Springer, 2008 {{ISBN|1-4020-8523-0}}.</ref> The use of gestation crates became illegal in Denmark (as part of the EU) in 2013.<ref>Jacky Turner. ''Animal Breeding, Welfare and Society.'' Earthscan, London. {{ISBN|978-1844075898}}</ref><ref>Humane Society International/Canada. ''[http://www.hsi.org/world/canada/work/intensive-confinement/facts/gestation_crates_campaign.html Ban Gestation Crates.]'' Retrieved 31 May 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Livet i fikseringsboksen |trans-title=Life in the fixation box |url=https://anima.dk/landbrugsdyr/livet-i-fikseringsboksen |date=25 October 2012 |website=[[Anima (organization)|Anima]] |access-date=5 September 2024 |language=da}}</ref>