Somalia Posted August 14, 2013 A farmer in western Sweden is under pressure to find female companionship for his lone male pig, with authorities threatening to take the hog away if he fails to comply. The warning comes from animal welfare inspectors with the Västergötaland County administrative board (länsstyrelsen) who are fed up with the farmer for dragging his feet when it comes to attending to the pig's welfare. "The pig is alone...this has been a temporary solution," the inspector said following a June visit to the farm, located in Marks municipality near the town of Borås. "But this temporary solution has dragged on and on, from a month or two to several years." Swedish regulations governing the care of pigs state that hogs are "social animals" that thrive in the company of other pigs. "It contravenes good animal welfare to keep a pig in social isolation without the company of fellow members of its species," the inspector wrote. http://www.thelocal.se/49624/20130813/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nuune Posted August 14, 2013 Sweden first need to sort out their 3.8 million of single females(of which 1.5million are single mothers) and who end up being dragged out of the streets of Stockholm on every night's hangout, then they can sort out this lonely and only one Pig in the country that needs mate, priorities gone wrong for Sweden! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
