Is Denmark a leader in animal welfare?
Besvaret 27. oktober 2026
Not for pigs, going by the only cross-country comparison in my sources. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen found that Danish and German pig production scored only slightly above what EU minimum rules alone would give, while the UK and Sweden scored much higher.
Danish rules say pigs must not be tail-docked routinely. Piglets may only be docked if there is written evidence of tail biting and other measures have been tried first. In a survey of vets in 24 European countries, an average of 77 percent of pigs were tail-docked, against less than 5 percent in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. In a Danish inspection campaign, 110 farms said they could not get pigs with whole tails delivered.
The Danish National Audit Office finds that poor welfare is not caught and punished effectively, because there are several ways to avoid inspections.
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