Together we secured a ban on some of the worst cruelty to farmed animals in Aotearoa. Our campaigns have led to bans on battery cages and sow stalls. We even went to the High Court and used our voice to stand up for mother pigs, leading to the Court ruling that farrowing crates and mating stalls were illegal.
While we continue the fight against cruelty happening right here in Aotearoa, we must ensure that our hard-fought victories for animals are not undermined - nor contribute to suffering overseas. Right now, there are pigs kept in cruel sow stalls in countries like Canada for the New Zealand market. We banned these practices because they are unacceptable, and that means we shouldn’t allow overseas products from those same practices to be sold here.