The National Pig Association estimates that 5,000 flexible farrowing places are already in use, with another 1,000 currently ...

Snaring and puppy farming are set to be banned in new sweeping reforms to animal welfare, the government is set to announce.

The animal welfare strategy also plans to tighten protections aimed at stopping cruel breeding practices such as puppy ...

The strategy also outlines plans to ban trail hunting and snare traps, alongside introducing a closed hunting season for ...

Unlike open wounds, which have the ability to heal, the likelihood of a gilt’s cauliflower ear to completely resolve in eight ...

The modern pig in breeding herds around the world has been managed to reach some of the highest levels of reproductive ...

Denmark is a world-wide leading country for the export of swine abroad: Annually 12 mio pigs (nucleus pigs, breeding sows, slaughter pigs and carcasses) are being exported to all continents of the ...

Lobsters that end up on the plate will soon get there somewhat differently in England. The UK government on Monday announced ...

Dog owners will be banned from using electric shock collars as part of a raft of changes to improve animal welfare. The ...

Government ministers say that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method” for crustaceans and alternative guidance ...

The animal welfare strategy, launched on Monday, includes plans to ban trail hunting, for fear it is being used as cover for ...

The Government has also included plans to ban trail hunting amid fear it is being used as cover for chasing live foxes ...