Transitioning from conventional farrowing crates to flexible farrowing pens will bring many challenges, along with significant opportunities to further improve pig welfare, based on producers’ ...

Lower piglet mortality is the goal when Norwegian researchers study the conditions of perky newborn piglets and their mothers. Several countries aim to reduce the loss of piglets using a system in ...

An AFBI-led research project is supporting Northern Ireland pig farmers address the challenge of transitioning away from ...

There is a lot of talk in the industry about “flexible farrowing” – systems that allow temporary confinement of pregnant and birthing sows – with those in favour seeing it as a positive welfare ...

An influential Tory animal welfare group that counts Carrie Johnson and Michael Gove among its patrons today launches a new campaign in tribute to murdered MP Sir David Amess. The Conservative Animal ...

The government is planning to end the use of hen cages as part of a raft of proposals to improve animal welfare standards in England. The measures also include moving away from the use of pig ...

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Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws Caged hens will be a thing of the past in England, the government has announced, as it ...