Pig welfare outweighs climate concerns for consumers, study finds

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Oct 25, 2023, 2:17 pm195 pts
Pork production is a societal concern on several fronts: antibiotics use, infectious disease, poor animal welfare and climate and environmental pressures. Even though the beef, coffee and chocolate industries are each major climate culprits, the world's total consumption of pork emits hundreds of millions of…

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