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Podcast Pig Welfare in Action - #1: Hans Spoolder

Welfare in Action, ©EURCAW
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Summary
  • Subject
    Inspections, farms, animal welfare, podcast
  • Target audience
    Welfare inspectors
Pig Welfare in Action is a podcast series from EURCAW-Pigs, especially for pig welfare inspectors. In the first episode, Hans Spoolder introduces the EU Reference Centre for animal welfare pigs (EURCAW-Pigs) and talks about tail docking and tail biting as one of the major topics.

Hans Spoolder is senior animal welfare scientist at Wageningen University & Research in The Netherlands and director of EURCAW-Pigs.

This initiative emerged from contacts with inspectors in the field who described how they would spend many hours travelling to farms for inspections and also expressed a keen interest in both topics of welfare as well as the experiences of other inspectors.

In this series, you will hear inspectors telling their personal stories during inspections of pig welfare, and experts giving insight and knowledge on specific pig welfare topics. Expect inspiration ánd information! The episodes are being hosted by Spotify for Podcasters.

Also to be found at: Spotify and Apple podcasts.

Pig welfare in Action is hosted by Dutch freelance journalist and podcaster Maarten Dallinga.

Introphoto: Pig Welfare in Action (©EURCAW-Pigs)