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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Pigs in Pain

Target: Minister Leterme, Lutgen & Demotte, Vlaamse Regering
Sponsor: Michel Vandenbosch, GAIA
  • Signatures: 7,624
  • Goal: 100,000
  • Deadline: 12-31-2008
GAIA opposes the castration of piglets carried out without anaesthesia. This very painful procedure is carried out for economic reasons and should be prohibited by legislation.



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Number Date Prefix Name Age
7,649 10:24 am PDT, Sep 21 Mr. Nicolas Champagne 0
7,648 8:06 am PDT, Sep 4 Mr. Lander Janssens 24
7,647 8:33 am PDT, Sep 3   marjolein Duran 22
7,646 1:14 am PDT, Jun 13 Mr. Arnaud Hussard 38
7,645 9:35 am PDT, May 3 Ms. Mi N 21
7,644 3:24 pm PDT, Apr 16 Ms. Anonymous 57
7,643 3:56 pm PST, Mar 6   Susan Holmes 43
7,642 12:40 pm PST, Mar 4   hilde vervoort 41
7,641 8:32 am PST, Mar 1 Mr. Kirk Barrett 21
7,640 2:15 am PST, Feb 25 Ms. Alongi Sandra 21
7,639 2:46 am PST, Feb 23 Mrs. Lucette Cabrilhac 46
7,638 10:01 am PST, Feb 1 Mrs. Sylvia STOJKOVIC 52
7,637 10:24 am PST, Jan 15 Ms. Maria Antchougova 14
7,636 1:16 pm PST, Jan 10 Mr. Jean-Gabriel Verheve 29
7,635 2:06 pm PST, Dec 28   Jennifer Gardner 27
7,634 1:29 pm PST, Dec 16 Ms. Drusilla Keeling 17
7,633 12:26 am PST, Dec 16 Mrs. Michelle Campbell 48
7,632 12:59 pm PST, Dec 14 Mrs. Anonymous 44
7,631 11:04 am PST, Dec 14   Ashley .............. 16
7,630 5:07 am PST, Dec 14 Ms. ANGELA BOND 26
7,629 2:31 am PST, Dec 14   Connie Hawkins 48
7,628 11:33 pm PST, Dec 13 Ms. Julia Allison 39
7,627 2:23 pm PST, Dec 13 Ms. Celeste Oehl 49
7,626 3:57 am PST, Dec 13 Mrs. Susanne Max 30
7,625 6:32 pm PST, Dec 12 Mrs. Ellaine Lurie-Janicki 52
7,624 5:55 am PST, Dec 12 Mrs. porla garratt 42
7,623 4:10 am PST, Dec 12 Mrs. Filomena Pereira 50
7,622 8:15 am PST, Dec 11   michele bucci 36
7,621 10:55 pm PST, Dec 9   Anonymous 38
7,620 10:26 am PST, Dec 9 Ms. Jessica Miller 24
7,619 7:15 pm PST, Dec 8 Ms. Cristin Moore 31
7,618 3:03 pm PST, Dec 8 Ms. Nele Vastmans 21
7,617 8:19 am PST, Dec 8 Mrs. Anonymous 16
7,616 3:13 am PST, Dec 8 Ms. Monika Dudziak 34
7,615 6:34 pm PST, Dec 7   Valerie Hildebrand 51
7,614 5:04 pm PST, Dec 7   Colleen Klaum 42
7,613 9:28 pm PST, Dec 6 Ms. Anonymous 23
7,612 12:09 pm PST, Dec 6 Ms. Beatrice Barberis 19
7,611 7:06 am PST, Dec 6 Ms. Carolyn Tonahill 65
7,610 5:51 am PST, Dec 6   NICK DAVIS 37
7,609 7:42 pm PST, Dec 5 Ms. Lisa Lewis 41
7,608 7:25 pm PST, Dec 5 Mrs. Julie Zserdin 54
7,607 3:24 pm PST, Dec 5   Jessica Cresseveur 33
7,606 8:28 am PST, Dec 5   Mary Hockett 108
7,605 4:56 am PST, Dec 5   elisabeth karcher 61
7,604 9:51 pm PST, Dec 4 Ms. Anonymous 39
7,603 7:04 pm PST, Dec 4 Mrs. Lynne Levine 55
7,602 6:32 pm PST, Dec 4 Mrs. Twyla Sparks 56
7,601 10:15 am PST, Dec 4 Ms. Laurel Watson 40

Pigs in Pain

GAIA’s campaign convinced the minister of animal welfare to establish a special working group of scientists, representatives of the pig farmers unions and representatives of GAIA. Unfortunately, the decision to stop castrating piglets without anaesthesia and to allow it only under anaesthesia by 2006 as a first step in order to replace castration altogether by immunoneutralisation by 2009, has not been implemented. This is due to the attitude of the pig farmers’ unions, who have done nothing to make progress.
GAIA does not accept this situation. In the meantime, the unnecessary suffering of a huge number of defenceless animals goes on. This must change.

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