Farmers could be forced to slaughter 100,000 pigs because of CO2 shortage

Farmers could be forced to slaughter 100,000 pigs because of CO2 shortage

Around 100,000 pigs are currently left on farms as the industry contends with staffing shortages (Picture: Getty)
A ‘really dark day’ awaits farmers with the global gas crisis threatening the unnecessary cull of 100,000 pigs.
CO2 is needed to stun animals so they can be killed humanely, but the shutdown of two fertiliser plants which produce carbon dioxide as a by-product has left abattoirs with…

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