READERS LETTER
You can still enjoy your Christmas ribs with a clean conscience! Christmas is over. A time of lutefisk, lamb ribs and Christmas ribs. These last few years however, the Christmas ribs have been up for debate. Organizations and individuals keep pulling out the very worst single cases over and over, and brands the pig industry as a horrible industry. It is time for more facts, and less distorted images in this debate. As youths with an education related to agriculture it is extra interesting to follow the debate regarding livestock production. It is stained from a lot of misinformation. Today´s educations within livestock and 40 Edition 01 Volume 76
agriculture focuses greatly on welfare, ethology and sustainability. This is the foundation for good production possibilities. Additionally, the study for veterinary medicine has a raised focus on preventative work with animals. Animal studies has courses dedicated to animal welfare and everything we learn throughout our education is sculpted around the animals being in optimal health. This is forward-looking and considers a sustainable focus on breeding, nutrition, ethology and treatment. As the specialists of tomorrow, we think it is especially important to lift this forward, and we feel safe in that Norwegian
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farmers in every production will welcome the measures that are the very best for their animals. To be able to follow through with such measurements, the farmers and all agriculture are dependent on good programs for subsidies, economy and support from politicians and us consumers. These last years the pig industry has had a great focus on animal welfare. The most important measurement they have implemented is an animal welfare program for pigs. The program includes systematic work with animal´s welfare, to possibly best secure and document animal welfare for all
