animal welfare

Cumbrian dairy farmer, James Robinson, has recently entered into bTB restrictions and here he gives a first-hand account of the day the news was delivered and gives an insight into the stigma attached to having a TB breakdown in a supposed ‘clean’ area

It is that time of year again. I do not mean the festive season, but that time when your heart is in your mouth as the callipers squeeze what looks like a bottom lump on a cow when having your six-monthly bTB test.

A husband and wife have been given suspended jail sentences after admitting to animal cruelty offences and failing to dispose of animal carcases correctly

The new cohort of Nuffield Scholars have been announced, but what are they hoping to do?

The NFU Council today (October 23) unanimously agreed to examine the governance of Red Tractor and to look more widely at farm assurance and whether they give 'fair value' for producers

Familiar farming faces create videos to support Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health's 'Cattle Wellbeing Pledge'.

From October 17, the use of snares and glue traps will be made illegal in Wales to 'prevent indiscriminate suffering to animals.' The Welsh Government appreciate rodent control is essential, but said there are ‘more humane and targeted methods available'

RSPCA said the ewe had managed to crawl into a drain on a farm in Stair, Keswick, when it became stuck

Speaking at the British Veterinary Association event in Cardiff, the Rural Affairs Minister said she wanted Wales to be the 'best place' to practice veterinary medicine

A Shropshire farmer has been fined almost £6,000 and ordered to carry out 100 hours of community service after being found guilty of causing unnecessary harm to his poultry