You may have heard of the Horse Whisperer, but Dutchman Kees Scheepens is well-known throughout the Continent as the Pig Whisperer. His longstanding career as a pig vet, and as a pig farmer in his own right, has helped him to develop the Pig Signals concept, that he has now written about in four books. According to Mr Scheepens, too many stockmen suffer from what he calls "farm blindness". This is where they get stuck in a routine that means they miss the subtle signs that pigs give off to indicate their state of happiness, or stress.
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