At 16:45, the page was edited again, and that second version—which does not contain the language cited by Vetted Causes—is the one that remained publicly available and is the one we referenced in Sinergia’s 2022 Pigs in Focus report.
The version from 24 October 2022 at 16:45:06 does have the sentence “The Cooperative only chooses to adopt Immunocastration, as it is a less invasive practice.”, as mentioned by VettedCauses. The original Portuguese version says “A Cooperativa [Aurora] opta somente pela adoção a Imunocastração, por ser uma prática menos invasiva.”. As a native Portuguese speaker, I would translate this to “The Cooperative only chooses Immunocastration, as it is a less invasive practice.”. @VettedCauses, despite this, I agree with @Carolina Galvani—Sinergia Animal that Aurora was still performing surgical castration in 2022, although “with the use of anesthetic”. Otherwise, I would not have expected the version from 24 October 2022 at 16:45:06 to have elaborated on what to do when immunological castration is not possible.
Regarding surgical castration of piglets, we recommend immunological castration, which provides greater comfort and less stress to the animals. However, when this is not possible, the procedure should be performed according to technical recommendations and with the use of anesthetic.
Please note that Sinergia believes the appearance of the phrase “The Cooperative only chooses to adopt immunocastration, as it is a less invasive practice” on Aurora’s website in a Web Archive snapshot from October 2022 at 16:44 could due to a technical error of the website.
I cannot access the version from 24 October 2022 at 16:44:58. I am redirected to the version from 8 s later which has the sentence mentioned by VettedCauses.
Nevertheless, Aurora said in 2021 that they were using immunocastration on a large scale, and the information on Aurora’s website on 24 October 2022 at 14:45:06 is compatible with surgical castration rarely being performed then, and ending in 2023 regardless of Sinergia’s work. I guess ACE overestimated Sinergia’s impact on Aurora’s commitment by assuming this was as beneficial as preventing 7 years of all piglets being surgically castrated.
Moreover, I think ACE overestimated the benefits of the commitment, @Vince Mak 🔸. They used a decrease of 0.628suffering-adjusted days (SADs) per piglet helped referring an improvement from “Piglets (HIC) - full suite of mutilations” to “Piglets (HIC) - no castration”, whereas the real improvement was from surgical castration with the use of anesthetic to immunological castration, which seems to respect a much smaller decrease in the amount of suffering.
Hello Carolina.
The version from 24 October 2022 at 16:45:06 does have the sentence “The Cooperative only chooses to adopt Immunocastration, as it is a less invasive practice.”, as mentioned by VettedCauses. The original Portuguese version says “A Cooperativa [Aurora] opta somente pela adoção a Imunocastração, por ser uma prática menos invasiva.”. As a native Portuguese speaker, I would translate this to “The Cooperative only chooses Immunocastration, as it is a less invasive practice.”. @VettedCauses, despite this, I agree with @Carolina Galvani—Sinergia Animal that Aurora was still performing surgical castration in 2022, although “with the use of anesthetic”. Otherwise, I would not have expected the version from 24 October 2022 at 16:45:06 to have elaborated on what to do when immunological castration is not possible.
I cannot access the version from 24 October 2022 at 16:44:58. I am redirected to the version from 8 s later which has the sentence mentioned by VettedCauses.
Nevertheless, Aurora said in 2021 that they were using immunocastration on a large scale, and the information on Aurora’s website on 24 October 2022 at 14:45:06 is compatible with surgical castration rarely being performed then, and ending in 2023 regardless of Sinergia’s work. I guess ACE overestimated Sinergia’s impact on Aurora’s commitment by assuming this was as beneficial as preventing 7 years of all piglets being surgically castrated.
Moreover, I think ACE overestimated the benefits of the commitment, @Vince Mak 🔸. They used a decrease of 0.628 suffering-adjusted days (SADs) per piglet helped referring an improvement from “Piglets (HIC) - full suite of mutilations” to “Piglets (HIC) - no castration”, whereas the real improvement was from surgical castration with the use of anesthetic to immunological castration, which seems to respect a much smaller decrease in the amount of suffering.