24 Jan

Posted at 16:00h in Animal Welfare Snapshot

Send us your news! News 12 - 25 January 2023 Cross-sectoral New US Legislation Prioritizes Emergency Preparedness to Help Farm Animals and Taxpayers (AWI O/S) Cattle in beef & dairy production Health and welfare of UK dairy herd vital for success (Dairy Global O/S)Why So Many Broken Tails? (Dairy Herd Management O/S)Improving calf welfare during disbudding (Dairy Global O/S) Pigs in pork production Hog welfare laws covered less than 3% of all hogs in U.S. in 2022, USDA says (Investigate Mid-West O/S)HyLife weaning ramp receives Temple Grandin endorsement (National Hog Farmer O/S)Norwegian police weigh animal cruelty charges against pig farmers (Courthouse News Service O/S) Poultry in meat & egg production Update - National Chicken Council Broiler Welfare Guidelines and Audit Checklist (National Chicken Council O/S)‘Please don’t get a chicken’: New Zealand egg shortage sparks scramble for poultry (The Guardian)Colony cages: the struggle continues for chickens (SPCA NZ O/S)Belgian region ends force-feeding as last foie gras farm closes (Euractiv O/S)Focus - higher welfare in poultry production (Poultry World O/S)Lasers could encourage broiler movement, welfare (Watt Poultry O/S) Sheep in meat & wool production Shearing worker shortage leads to sheep crutching invention at Springleigh Station (ABC) Animals in transit & at slaughter ...

11 Jan

Posted at 23:50h in Animal Welfare Snapshot

Send us your news! News 16 December 2022 - 11 January 2023 Cross-sectoral Insects may feel pain, says growing evidence – here’s what this means for animal welfare laws (The Conversation O/S)More than 500,000 US farm animals died in barn fires in 2022 (The Pig Site O/S)An exploded aquarium and chimpanzees shot dead: Is it time to stop keeping animals in captivity? (Euronews O/S) Cattle in beef & dairy production How enrichment could help cow welfare and public perception of dairy (Farmers Weekly O/S)Study looks at how composting shelters affect dairy farm systems (NZ Herald O/S) Pigs in pork production USDA Issues Report Showing Current Status Of Hog Welfare Laws (SwineWeb O/S)ERS examines impact of state sow welfare policies on pork production (National Hog Farmer O/S)Welfare quality through the piglet perspective (Pig Progress O/S)Is antibiotic reduction related to pig welfare? (Pig Progress O/S) Poultry in meat & egg production Major Swiss 3-year toe pecking in layers study (Poultry World O/S)Controversy over lack of eggs has been years in the making (StuffNZ O/S)New Zealand bans battery cages for hens – but replacement ‘just as bad’ (The Guardian)Australia ‘decades’ behind in phasing out battery-farmed eggs, animal advocates say (The Guardian)Israeli innovation could end the slaughter of day-old male chicks (Jewish News O/S)Golda, the Israeli hen that lays only female eggs (Israel 21c O/S)Gene-edited hens may end cull of billions of chicks (BBC O/S)Cage-Free Eggs: Yay or Nay? (Health News O/S)Walmart, Kroger will not meet 2025 cage-free commitments (Watt Poultry O/S) Sheep in meat & wool production Key details of Irish sheep welfare scheme ahead of January 9 closing date (Independent.ie O/S) ...