Tripura govt bans manufacture, sale, use of gestation and farrowing crates in pig farming

Guwahati: The Tripura government has prohibited the manufacture, sale, and use of unscientific gestation and farrowing crates in pig farming.

Animal Resources Development Department’s Special Secretary K. Sasikumar in a notification said that comfortable and good housing is the right of all domesticated animals, which directly impacts their overall health, psychology and reproduction.

The use of improper gestation and farrowing crates confine the pig in a restricted area without providing opportunity for movement resulting in discomfort and stress, which make the animal vulnerable to diseases, it said.


Sasikumar said that as per the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, it is cruelty and a punishable offence if anyone keeps or confines any animal in any cage or other receptacle which does not measure sufficiently in height, length and breadth to permit the animal a reasonable opportunity for movement.

“Therefore considering the welfare of animals (pig) and to prevent adverse effect of the use of gestation and farrowing crates in pig, the Government is hereby pleased to prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of both gestation and farrowing crates for pigs within the state of Tripura," the notification stated.