Name: strokoker.nl
Uploaded: 2011-06-19
Description: The Beulinks invented the straw tube, a PVC pipe filled with straw. For this, they received a Beter Leven star from the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (Dierenbescherming). In the footage, not a single pig shows any interest in the tube, and there is no straw visible in the pens.

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The Beulinks invented the straw tube, a PVC pipe filled with straw. For this, they received a Beter Leven star from the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (Dierenbescherming). In the footage, not a single pig shows any interest in the tube, and there is no straw visible in the pens.

Part of this investigation

InvestigationJune 19, 2011
The life of a pig
The Ongehoord research team visited no fewer than 26 pig farms. The result was a huge collection of injured, sick, and dead animals. At one organic farm, stereotypical behavior and leg defects were filmed.