In animal science, savaging (from ) is overt aggression, usually including cannibalistic infanticide of newborn offspring, by a mother animal where it affects up to 5% of gilts. Some gilt attacks on the newborn piglets are non-fatal, while others involve the death and eventual consumption of the piglets by the mother. It is estimated that 50% of piglet fatality is due to the mother sow attacking or unintentionally crushing the newborn pre-weaned animals. Savaging has a negative effect on pig fa… (More on Savaging)