MYTH: Baby pigs are getting crushed in these open housing arrangements mandated by California’s Prop 12 and other similar laws.
FACT: Baby pigs aren’t even in these housing arrangements. This claim isn’t even narrowly true, because gestation crates are only used while pigs are pregnant. In other words, there are no piglets that could, in theory, be crushed. Prior to giving birth and through the three weeks of nursing their young, producers move mother pigs inside farrowing crates. NO STATE LAW BANS FARROWING CRATES.