Editing Intensive pig farming (section)

===New Zealand===
According to [[Scoop (news website)|Scoop]], in 2009 the New Zealand [[pork]] industry was "dealt a shameful public relations slap-in-the-face after its former celebrity kingpin, [[Mike King (comedian)|Mike King]], outed their [[farming]] practices as 'brutal', 'callous' and 'evil{{'"}} on a May episode of New Zealand television show ''[[Sunday (New Zealand TV programme)|Sunday]]''. King condemned the "appalling treatment" of factory farmed pigs. King observed conditions inside a New Zealand [[piggery]], and saw a dead female pig inside a gestation crate, lame and crippled pigs and others that could barely stand, pigs either extremely depressed or highly distressed, pigs with scars and injuries, and a lack of clean drinking water and food.

{{blockquote|Sow crate farming should be illegal and we should outlaw it right now. It is absolutely disgusting and I am sorry that I was part of it|sign=Mike King, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0905/S00230.htm|title=Mike King Condemns NZ Pig Cruelty - Scoop News|website=Scoop.co.nz|access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref>}}