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Piglet tail docking is unethical from two standpoints

Compassion, Farming, livestock, pain and distress, Pigs, sentience / By MikeB / May 13, 2023

Just like dogs, pigs use their tails to express their emotions, wagging them when happy and hiding them between their legs when they are stressed or scared. Yet this [tail docking] is …

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Stereotypical horse behaviors in stables due to stress

Stereotypical behaviours by horses in stables is obviously due to boredom causing stress (video)

horse behavior, Horses, stereotypical behaviour / By MikeB / February 22, 2023

It seems extraordinary to me that at one point in time perhaps not that long ago so-called experts in horse behaviour did not have the common sense to understand that when a …

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