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A pig stands on a slatted floor in a bare, soiled pen and looks into the camera; a chain with a piece of wood hangs behind it.

Kruisweg 24, Woubrugge

Woubrugge · Pigs

Beter Leven 1 star

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Beter Leven
Pig

This location in Woubrugge keeps pigs. This location holds the Beter Leven 1 star certification.

Tom Kroes runs a breeding farm with 750 sows and their piglets. The footage of sows in insemination crates was made at Kroes's farm. We see the pig farmer striking sows with a stick. He too was put in the spotlight by the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (Dierenbescherming). In March 2024 Kroes was visited by Ellen Bien, director of the Dierenbescherming, and Bert van den Berg, one of the founders and driving forces behind the Beter Leven label. They rewarded Kroes with a GefeliciStaart cake because he is committed to preserving long tails on his abused sows.

  • Investigation

    Pig farmer Loes cuddles piglets for a photo in the Telegraaf, but beats them to death when nobody is watching. Pig farmer Pieter is honoured by the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (Dierenbescherming) – on hidden camera footage he abuses his animals with an electric prod. At the three-star company Livar the pigs are, according to the Dierenbescherming, "simply content". Investigation group Ongehoord filmed serious tail biting there: a behavioural disorder that points to stress and frustration in the animals.

2 sources

  1. Nieuwe zeugenstal met stro en eigen luchtsysteem. Boerderij, 2021.

    boerderij.nl

  2. Dierenbescherming brengt werkbezoek aan varkenshouder. Nieuwsbrief Beter Leven, 2024.

    beterleven.dierenbescherming.nl