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Table 1 Percentage of pigs tail docked and pigs provided suitable enrichment material (mean, max and min) in relation to the pig population in the 24 countries surveyed

From: ‘Phasing out pig tail docking in the EU - present state, challenges and possibilities’

Country

(number of usable answers)

Tail-docked

Enrichment material

Pig populationa

 

Mean % (range)

Mean % (range)

 

Austria (2)

92.5 (90–95)

60 (30–90)

2792

Belgium (7)

97 (95–100)

78 (10–100)

6176

Czech (1)

90

60

1479

Denmark (1)

98

97

12,281

Estonia (1)

45

90

266

Finland (2)

1.5 (0–3)

85 (72–98)

1197

France (5)

95 (85–99)

72 (10–99)

12,793

Germany (3)

89 (80–99)

95 (90–99)

27,376

Hungary (1)

70

40

2907

Italy (4)

94.5 (90–100)

44 (30–70)

8477

Ireland (2)

97.5 (96–99)

46 (16–76)

1527

Latvia (1)

90

10

336

Luxembourg (1)

95

95

95

Malta (1)

56

45

41

Netherlands (5)

91.8 (88–97)

52.4 (25–100)

11,881

Norway (1)

0

60

1644

Poland (2)

95

55 (20–90)

11,107

Romania (2)

100 (100)

87.5 (75–100)

4707

Serbia (1)

60

60

3200

Slovakia (1)

98

20

585

Spain (5)

94.6 (90–98)

39.4 (5–100)

29,231

Sweden (4)

0

97,25 (90–99)

1471

Switzerland (2)

2.5 (0–5)

90 (80–100)

1442

UK (2)

84 (70–98)

91.75 (89–100)

4538

Europe-24 total pig population

77% (median = 95%)

67% (median = 76%)

147,549

  1. aPig population (thousands of heads) Eurostat data 2016, Switzerland Knoema, Serbian statistical office