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A sow with an ear tag and ear notching VIC 2024

A sow with an ear tag and ear notching

Piglets have parts cut out of their ears within the first few days of their life as a method of identification. Ear tags are also used to keep track of breeding sows and boars. Often, the ears of adult pigs are extremely mutilated.

Categories	Farm (meat)
Species	Pigs
Tags	Pigs Piggery Pig Farm Sow Pig Sows Ear Notching Ear Tag Mutilation Ear Cutting Investigation
Published	Mon 3 June 2024
Captured/filmed	2024
ID	r47on9k6loji3xdkdncn
Credits & licensing	Publisher/creator: Farm Transparency Project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Please credit: Farm Transparency Project. Link not required.
Country	Australia
Location	EcoPiggery, Leitchville, Victoria, Australia Open in map Open in gallery

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