31 May

Posted at 15:50h in Animal Welfare Snapshot

A selection of animal welfare news from around the worldbrought to you by O/S = Overseas source  Send us your news! News 19 May - 1 June 2023 Cross-sectoral Learning Hub Series: New animal welfare modules (Agriland O/S)Researchers probe ear tag loss in cattle and sheep (Grampian Online O/S)Animal health, a prerequisite for animal welfare (Euractiv O/S)Animal Welfare: The benefits of Northern Arizona Animal Search and Rescue (Arizona Daily Sun O/S)Recap of 2023 Animal Care & Handling Conference (Meat + Poultry)Government delivers manifesto commitments on animal welfare (Gov UK O/S)Australia's animal health on show to the world (Farm Online)Government accused of being 'in turmoil' after dropping animal welfare bill (Farming UK O/S)Ministers accused of betrayal after animal welfare bill scrapped (BBC O/S)A Conversation with Animal Rights Pioneer Peter Singer (Nautilus O/S)Smart and Sustainable Livestock Houses Powered by IoT (IoT for All O/S) Cattle in beef & dairy production Dehorning cattle a dilemma for some breeders, but genetically polled on increase in national herd (ABC)How to eliminate costly transition cow diseases on your farm (Farmers Weekly O/S) Pigs in pork production Pork leader Margo Andrae calls out animal activist harassment (Sheep Central)US pork council applauds introduction of new Animal Health Bill (The Pig Site O/S)Animal activist poses as tradie to gain entry to pork industry office, claims CEO (ABC)Victorian parliament to hold inquiry into pig welfare following alleged abattoir break-ins (ABC)Woolworths ends alignment with controversial animal welfare benchmark (Beef Central) Poultry in meat & egg production Cage-free model egg farm and training centre to be built in China (Poultry World O/S)Key Welfare Indicators promote responsible poultry practices globally (Poultry World O/S)Third Press Release: Best Practices Hens, a project for alternative egg production systems, held its final conference in Brussels (Best Practice Hens O/S)World-first chicken meat research consortium forms (Grain Central O/S)Animal welfare groups lose court challenge over ‘Frankenchickens’ (The Guardian O/S) Sheep in meat & wool production Dealing with the fall-out from bad weather at lambing...

17 May

Posted at 22:06h in Animal Welfare Snapshot

New episode available Animal welfare and ethics principles for managing animal welfare and ethics conundrums A selection of animal welfare news from around the worldbrought to you by O/S = Overseas source  Send us your news! News 5 - 18 May 2023 Cross-sectoral Facial Recognition Technology Could Improve Livestock Health (Modern Farmer O/S)Why A ‘Humane’ Label On Meat And Eggs Means Very Little (Forbes O/S)Lab-Grown Meat More Harmful to Environment Than Real Meat, Claims New Study—Produces 25X More CO2! (Tech Times O/S)Animal protection charity welcomes budget funding for new animal welfare strategy (Vet Practice Magazine)EFSA: Better housing needed for dairy cows, ducks, geese, and quail to improve welfare (EFSA O/S)USDA Organic Livestock Standards Set to Improve Animal Welfare and Public Health (Foodtank O/S)Cedar the Goat’s Story Revealed Our Beliefs about Pets and Livestock (Scientific American O/S)Veterinarians explain the keys to the new animal welfare law (Nation News O/S)UFAW Early Career Animal Welfare Researcher of the year (Animal Welfare Science)What does 'No Animals Were Harmed' mean? The disclaimer is not a guarantee of animal safety (Insider O/S) Cattle in beef & dairy production Welfare of dairy cows (EFSA O/S)Dehorning ban among extreme measures weighed up in Europe (Irish Examiner O/S)UW’s Animal Welfare Program: ‘Giving cows a voice through science’ (The Badger Herald O/S)The power of AI and machine learning to optimise beef and dairy cattle (Farmers Guide O/S) Pigs in pork production Supreme Court’s ruling on humane treatment of pigs could catalyze a wave of new animal welfare laws (The Conversation)Animal Protection Groups Call on USDA to Require Cameras Inside CO2 Stunning Areas of Pig Slaughter Plants (Animal Welfare Institute O/S)US Supreme Court judges found common ground on a case about the humane treatment of pigs (Quartz O/S)Supreme Court backs California animal cruelty law requiring more space for pigs (KVPR O/S)  Poultry in meat & egg production Indonesia makes first-ever export of live chickens to Singapore (Antara O/S)Cage-free egg production proliferates as food corporations address animal welfare concerns (Food Ingredients First O/S)Cameras could automate broiler gait scoring, improve welfare (Watt Poultry O/S)Mitigating the detrimental effects of heat stress in poultry (Poultry World O/S)Research into pain perception in chick embryos (Poultry World O/S)2 ways technology could transform poultry health (Watt Poultry O/S)EFSA: more space in cattle and poultry farms (EFA News O/S) Sheep in meat & wool production ...

03 May

Posted at 21:05h in Animal Welfare Snapshot

A selection of animal welfare news from around the worldbrought to you by O/S = Overseas source  Send us your news! News 21 April - 4 May 2023 Cross-sectoral Troy launch of Butec OTM is a high point in animal welfare (Sheep Central)In Europe, Animal-Welfare Rulings Needlessly Threaten Jewish Ritual and Culture (National Review O/S)China enhances wildlife protection as law takes effect (Xinhuanet O/S)Research scopes-out prospects for developing a Lifetime Animal Wellbeing Index (Beef Central)Dr. Yasam Ayavefe explains the immense importance of animal protection activities (Business Insider Africa O/S)Animal Sentience Research Gets a Big Boost in Colorado (Psychology Today O/S)Is consuming lab-grown meat ethical, nutritious, safe? What the evidence says (Observer Research Foundation OS)WA Government tips in another $22.2m for sheep and goat EID (Sheep Central)More feed additives show promise in reducing livestock methane (Sheep Central) Cattle in beef & dairy production Bucolic scenes on UK milk adverts hide reality of life for ‘battery cows’ (The Guardian O/S)Low-stress Cattle Handling’s Domino Effect on Improved Health, Productivity (AgriNews O/S)Keeping lameness under control ahead of breeding (Agriland O/S)Standardized handling training could benefit beef industry (Missouri Farmer Today O/S)New study seeks to address issue of heat stress in cows (Farming UK O/S)Updated dairy code of practice will see improvements for more than a million cows across Canada (Coast Mountain News O/S)        Animal welfare concerns and the beef industry (Farm & Ranch Guide O/S) Pigs in pork production Pig abattoir ceases operations amid investigation into 'serious and disturbing' allegations (ABC)Suffering of gassed pigs laid bare in undercover footage from UK abattoir (The Guardia O/S)PIGS Act seeks to permanently ban pregnant sow confinement (National Hog Farmer O/S)Farmer fined for neglected pigs (Shepparton News O/S)Goulburn Valley farmer fined for neglected pigs (Agriculture Victoria)Pig abattoir ceases operations amid investigation into 'serious and disturbing' allegations (ABC) Poultry in meat & egg production International Respect For Chickens Day Celebrates the Joy of Chickens (PR Newswire O/S)Giant 'Franken-chickens' could be banned from supermarkets in new legal battle (Mirror O/S)Egg Prices to Jump Again as Bird Flu Outbreak Hit Numbers ‘Never Seen Before’ (VegNews O/S)How sprinklers help broilers combat heat stress (Watt Poultry O/S)ChickenTrack report reveals companies’ progress on higher welfare (The Grocer O/S)EFSA publishes new opinions on broiler, layer welfare (Watt Poultry O/S)Research into pain perception in chick embryos (Poultry World O/S) Sheep in meat & wool production ...

19 Apr

Posted at 17:21h in Animal Welfare Snapshot

A selection of animal welfare news from around the worldbrought to you by Click bolded text to access links. O/S = Overseas source  Send us your news! News 7 - 20 April 2023 Cross-sectoral Industry slams activist slaughterhouse trespass (Weekly Times)From Lab to Table: Bay Area Startup Makes Cruelty-Free Meat (NBC Bay Area O/S)Assign a monetary value to animal suffering – EU auditors (Farming Independent O/S)Vic government slow on promised welfare reform (The Weekly Times)Seven protesters charged with trespass following alleged break-in at Benalla abattoir (ABC)‘Softer and more gelatinous’: taste testing Australia’s first lab-grown pork (The Guardian O/S) Cattle in beef & dairy production 18K cattle killed in Texas dairy farm explosion, one of deadliest fires involving animals (ABC 7 New York O/S)Mastitis control: small changes, big results (AHDB O/S) Pigs in pork production Local ag science startup Nutt Bio researches alternative for pork producers (Memphis Inno O/S) Poultry in meat & egg production Is this chicken free-range? New genetic tool could verify sustainability and welfare claims (Anthropocene O/S)Pulsed lighting system could improve layer welfare (Watt Poultry O/S)Wild birds at risk even as avian flu measures end (BBC O/S)Clemson researcher injects chicken eggs with probiotics to promote ‘One Health’ (Clemson News O/S)Free-range eggs back on store shelves (Food manufacture O/S)Want free eggs? Don’t buy chicks – rescue hens (The Guardian O/S) Sheep in meat & wool production - Animals in transit & at slaughter ...

06 Apr

Posted at 07:12h in Animal Welfare Snapshot

A selection of animal welfare news from around the worldbrought to you by Click bolded text to access links. O/S = Overseas source  Send us your news! News 24 March - 6 April 2023 Cross-sectoral Andrew and Nicola Forrest to launch animal welfare organisation (Beef Central)Genetic editing act ‘huge step backwards for animal welfare’ (Food Manufacture O/S)WA yet to set date when EID tags needed on all sheep and goats (Sheep Central)6 top tips for sustainable parasite control (Farmers Weekly O/S)China is cracking down on its wildlife trade. Is it enough? (Science O/S)Animal Groups Urge President Biden to Fire USDA Officials for Failing to Enforce Animal Welfare Act (PETA O/S)Why good animal health is the best guarantee for better animal welfare across the EU (European Scientist O/S)Bunnings will 'phase out' glue traps blamed for harming native wildlife after an online petition drew nearly 100,000 signatures (Daily Mail O/S) Cattle in beef & dairy production Welfare of calves on farm (EFSA O/S)EFSA: house calves in small groups to improve welfare (EFSA O/S)David Chin: Change is here, and dairy farmers are embracing it (NZ Herald O/S) Pigs in pork production Stunned (ABC)Reliable system for measuring pig welfare (Pig World O/S)Small-scale pig farmers call for end of carbon dioxide stunning (ABC)Woolworths and Coles source pork from abattoirs featured in ‘horrific’ pig slaughter video (The Guardian O/S)Calls for investigation after 'hard to watch' footage of pigs being stunned by gas (ABC)Feed, light and manipulating material help to prevent tail biting (Pig Progress O/S)Pig slaughter methods defended by pork industry after animal activists release footage (ABC)Abbatoir footage release puts spotlight on pig welfare (The Canberra Times) Poultry in meat & egg production Taipei Zoo's Happy Chicken Village for Animal Welfare (Taiwan Plus O/S) Sheep in meat & wool production Companies oppose animal protein questions in welfare benchmark (Sheep Central)70% of farmers experienced sheep worrying last year – survey (Agriland O/S) ...

22 Mar

Posted at 22:53h in Animal Welfare Snapshot

New episode available How to create change NOW A selection of animal welfare news from around the worldbrought to you by Click bolded text to access links. O/S = Overseas source  Send us your news! News 9 - 23 March 2023 Cross-sectoral Queensland producer backs new eNVD app (Sheep Central)Police warn of potential animal activist activity on farms (Mirage News O/S)La Niña has ended, with signs of drier weather coming (Sheep Central)Welfare fears following supply issues of Trimediazine for animal feed (All About Feed O/S)RFID Tags For Livestock Management Market to grow at a CAGR of 9.75% from 2022 to 2027, Driven by the regulations for animal welfare – Technavio (Yahoo Finance O/S)AWI Funds Innovative, Humane Strategies to Resolve Human-Wildlife Conflicts (AWI O/S)New Technologies Make Factory Farming More Palatable. That’s Not Good Enough (Forbes O/S)Animals in disaster: Caring for your pets and livestock (ABC) Cattle in beef & dairy production Meet Smartbell, the data intelligence firm involved in a ground-breaking dairy cow project (Dairy Reporter O/S)‘Emaciated and weak’: How Canada’s slaughter dairy cows fall through the cracks (Dairy Reporter O/S)UK to import high-carbon beef and low-welfare pork in trade deals (The Guardian O/S) Pigs in pork production New poll shows less than one in five Brits support the use of farrowing crates on farms, as campaigners call for caging pigs to be banned (Humane Society International O/S)Pork industry says cheap imported meat trumps our animal welfare standards (Stuff O/S)Can hormones in pigs' hair shed light on stress, resiliency in swine? (National Hog Farmer O/S) Poultry in meat & egg production Even chickens can de-stress with a good bath (Sciencenorway.no)How free-range eggs became the norm in supermarkets – and sold customers a lie (The Conversation O/S) Sheep in meat & wool production Sheep sector advised to heed regulator greenwashing advice (Sheep Central)Growing concerns from sheep farmers ahead of mandatory electronic tagging (ABC) ...

08 Mar

Posted at 23:40h in Animal Welfare Snapshot

New episode available humane research australia (HRA) – The code: limitations and the need for review A selection of animal welfare news from around the worldbrought to you by Click bolded text to access links. O/S = Overseas source  Send us your news! News 24 February - 9 March 2023 Cross-sectoral Are we world-leading in animal welfare? Or just welfare-washed? (Stuff O/S)Animals' 'sixth sense' is more widespread than previously thought (Phys.org O/S)Media release: Funding available for scientific researchers (NSW Gov)Study: By 2040, over half of the meat we eat will be vegan or lab-grown (The Manual O/S)World Wildlife Day: We have animal rights for pets and livestock – why not insects? (The National News O/S)What Does “Free-Range” Mean? (Sentient Media O/S)‘We keep pets and eat livestock, why not this?’: China’s defiant fur farmers (The Guardian)The Emotional Life of Animals—And What It Means for Us (Greater Good Magazine O/S)Research reveals attitudes to precision technology in livestock (NFU O/S)Over $20 million additional funding for animal welfare (NSW Gov)Being a public scientist is not an easy choice (Times Higher Education O/S) Cattle in beef & dairy production Read the behavior of cattle in their state of health (Nation World News O/S)How a low-cost camera improves lameness detection for dairy farm (Farmers Weekly O/S)Reducing respiratory illness in calves (Morning Ag Clips O/S)Boyanup saleyard lease renewed for a decade as operator commits to improve animal welfare (ABC)Ticking the (black) box on feedlot feedback + Video (Beef Central) Pigs in pork production A promising model for sow lameness detection (Pig Progress O/S)How point-of-care platforms can elevate pig care (National Hog Farmer O/S)Emerging Chinese farming technique prompts disease and welfare concerns (Yahoo News O/S)Well-fed pigs show more play behaviour (Pig Progress O/S)‘Good for climate and welfare’: Assisted fertilization in development for pigs, but some animal rights groups push back (Genetic Literacy Project O/S)More details published on grants to support slurry management and animal health and welfare (Pig World O/S) Poultry in meat & egg production EU farming organizations aghast at EFSA broiler and hen welfare recommendations (Feed Navigator O/S)Iceland steps up food safety checks on poultry (Watt Poultry O/S)Animal welfare: Cages for hens in the EU must go (The Brussels Times O/S) Sheep in meat & wool production ...